Last year on this date, I awoke from an afternoon nap and checked my phone to see this message from my friend Shakeel: “I am so sad right now.” I frantically wrote him back asking what happened. “Michael Jackson died” was the response. I remember that moment so clearly; the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach–what a reaction for someone who never knew MJ personally! I know many can relate.
There will be a lot of Michael Jackson tribute blogs today, no doubt. This morning after giving Sean a ride to work, I was listening to Drex’s morning show on Kiss FM. They played a clip of LaToya Jackson saying “they” murdered her brother.
Of Conrad Murray’s continued freedom, she says, “Personally I think it’s a slap in the face not just to Michael but to the entire family. It’s totally unfair, it’s wrong and it was not an accident. I don’t understand the justice system here. I don’t understand what’s going on and why this is taking so long and why the people that are responsible for this are not given the justice they deserve.”
Not backing down from her belief, Ms Jackson continued, “Michael was murdered for his catalog,” she said. “That’s the bottom line, he was murdered for his catalog. And they knew that and they knew Michael was worth so much more dead than alive. His children deserve the truth, I think his parents deserve the truth, his family and his fans.” -From Newstion.com
I’m also seeing a lot of people who are still stuck on the child molestation accusations and how he was a crazy wannabe white man. It really just seems that these people are ignorant to how fame, the media, and the industry work.
This is the cycle that happens so often: an incredibly talented artist soars to superstardom. The star realizes what the cost of fame really is (selling your soul and becoming a puppet), resists, then the media makes them look crazy and tears them down, sometimes at the cost of their lives.
It happened to Tupac, who was speaking out against the Illuminati. Britney Spears is probably forever shattered by her childhood fame and media frenzies surrounding her. It happened to Dave Chappelle, who was at the top of his damn game with one of the most popular and hilarious television shows of all time. When Chappelle realized how corrupt the entertainment industry really is, he bounced. “They” said he was on crack (uh, are they confusing the man with the caricatures from his show?), lost his mind, and ran away to Africa.
And of course, we know about Michael Jackson’s media stories about his alleged hyperbaric chamber sleeping habits, relationships with children (whom he loved because he never had a childhood), and his so-called “Wacko Jacko” antics.
It’s all a crock.
In his later years, he was speaking out more about how horrible the industry is, and of course “they” had to silence him. By calling him a nutcase, they discredited his testimonies. By censoring his epic (and one of his best) song “They Don’t Care About Us” in the United States, they refused to let the Americans know how he really felt about “them,” and labeled certain lyrics anti-Semitic.
“The song in fact is about the pain of prejudice and hate and is a way to draw attention to social and political problems. I am the voice of the accused and the attacked. I am the voice of everyone. I am the skinhead, I am the Jew, I am the black man, I am the white man. I am not the one who was attacking. It is about the injustices to young people and how the system can wrongfully accuse them. I am angry and outraged that I could be so misinterpreted.” -Michael Jackson
***
***
So, the wonderful Dr. Conrad Murray has officially been charged as responsible in Michael Jackson’s murder, yet he is still a free man, able to practice medicine? It doesn’t add up, but it makes sense–Michael was worth more dead than alive.
MJ was about to embark on a huge final tour, and also probably speak out more about the recording industry, and “they” just couldn’t have that. Michael’s life was already painful enough that he was dependent on drugs, so what better way to make his death seem “accidental” than by him overdosing and subsequently having a heart attack? Easy breezy. I wouldn’t be surprised if Dr. Murray was paid. “We’ll get you out of the situation,” I bet they told him.
Latoya knows. She knows. They all know, but they can’t come right out and say “he was killed by the people who OWN America, who own Hollywood, who own the media, who own the whole facade of politics.”
So I will. Call me crazy.
Michael Jackson impacted the vast majority of people on the planet and shared his beautiful art with us. He also lived a life of pain, isolation, and ridicule. His passing certainly still breaks my heart, but may his memory and light live on.
And for those of you who believe the hype and hoopla about his crazy, I ask you to prove it. Maybe do a little reading and think for yourself. Industry insiders are saying it right to your face, yet you refuse to listen. Ignorance is not bliss.
RIP.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Lito // Jun 26, 2010 at 3:31 pm
For the last seventeen years or so, Vanity Fair has been running a series of stories on Jackson and his legal reaction to the accusations. The first accusation in ’93 led to him paying the family 25 millions dollars after the child’s description of Jackson’s genitalia matched photographs taken by the police. He would prey on children from dysfunctional families, isolate them and turn them against their parents. On a few occasions would then jack them off, blow them, and eat their semen. Nothing ever published in Vanity Fair was challenged by the Jackson legal team.
It’s unfortunate that Jackson ended up the way he did–paranoid, fearful and so weak that he could not face everyday reality. Much of this blame can be laid at the feet of his father and the dysfunctional situation Joe created among Michael’s siblings. Like most sexual abusers of children, Jacko was himself a victim of abuse as a child, although whether it was of a sexual nature is up for debate. However, this does not change the fact that he was a sexual predator. He was not beautiful and he was not special. He was an effeminate, talented dancer and singer who never learned how to be an adult and preferred his sex to be with the pre- or barely pubescent. He does not deserve a quarter of the attention or adulation he has received from the world in the last quarter of his life.
For the last seventeen years or so, Vanity Fair has been running a series of stories on Jackson and his legal reaction to the accusations. The first accusation in ’93 led to him paying the family 25 millions dollars after the child’s description of Jackson’s genitalia matched photographs taken by the police. He would prey on children from dysfunctional families, isolate them and turn them against their parents. On a few occasions would then jack them off, blow them, and eat their semen. Nothing ever published in Vanity Fair was challenged by the Jackson legal team.
It’s unfortunate that Jackson ended up the way he did–paranoid, fearful and so weak that he could not face everyday reality. Much of this blame can be laid at the feet of his father and the dysfunctional situation Joe created among Michael’s siblings. Like most sexual abusers of children, Jacko was himself a victim of abuse as a child, although whether it was of a sexual nature is up for debate. However, this does not change the fact that he was a sexual predator. He was not beautiful and he was not special. He was an effeminate, talented dancer and singer who never learned how to be an adult and preferred his sex to be with the pre- or barely pubescent. He does not deserve a quarter of the attention or adulation he has received from the world in the last quarter of his life.
That being said though, this doctor of his belongs in jail. Jackson was taken of advantage of for a long time by a lot of people who should have been helping if for no other reason than it was their professional and therefore, ethical duty to do so.
2 Elissa Cisneroz // Jul 20, 2010 at 1:49 pm
I adore Michael Jackson, he is just awesome. Still can’t believe we lost him
Leave a Comment