(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been sitting here thinking to myself lately…outside of the Jackson 5 what have the other Jackson family members done lately. Granted it can be argued that the relevance and legacy, in large part, of the Jackson family rested solely on the shoulders of Michael Jackson and then Janet Jackson.
Only Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson would reach a level of international stardom that no one in their family can touch. Yet it seems they must put up with the dead weight of the rest of the family. This could be completely off but lately, other than Janet Jackson’s divorce, all you hear about is money connected to Michael Jackson’s estate. It’s just sad and high level foolishness.
It would be awesome to see something else from this family, or better yet just keep Michael Jackson’s estate out of the news. Janet Jackson’s in the new is a catch 22…sad she is facing a divorce, but happy she is resuming her tour. I admit her little boy is precious, and we look forward to hearing great things about little man. It just seems like there should be more upholding the family legacy other than just Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.
Joseph and Katherine Jackson had nine children and its only fair to wonder what has come of them, and their children. There must be more than infighting and arguing over money. Furthermore, its appalling that Katherine Jackson should ever have to fear for her life. Is that connected to money? When Michael Jackson put together his will he only mentioned his mother, and children…maybe there was a reason for this.
Regardless of the craziness…the Jackson family is music royalty I guess. Michael, Janet, Jermaine and even LaToya have had solo careers, but as we know only two of those siblings took off. With so many children and grandchildren one can only wonder what other talents are in this family other than music. Focusing in that direction could expand the Jackson legacy, beyond just Michael and Janet, in a positive manner.
Staff Writer; Adonicka Sassy
No one knows what goes on in the Jackson family and the things that are made public are really fake news that the media blows them up to be. I have followed Janet for decades and she has always been very private with her outside of the music endeavors and have witnessed the media trying to make that family out to be this horrible, money hungry, discombobulated family that was just so reckless and divided, and they aren`t. If you look at a lot of the entertainers who are on drugs, drunk driving, murdered someone, sex parties, getting caught up in everyday drama and look at the Jackson, you see none of those things. I get very frustrated when black people, writers, media outlets go along with this fuckery as the white media continues to tear down on legends in the media, like they did Michael, like they try to do Janet and think that this is okay. We have never seen Janet out on a drug binge, we never saw MJ on a drug binge he was depressed, suffered from anxiety and no one in the public knew this, but let the media say he was an addict, then every black person jumps on that bandwagon, forgetting about all the great music and how much of a great entertainer he was. They did the same thing with Janet, when this white man, tears her breast plate off exposing her breast on national television, she gets raked through the media, endorsements dropped, music not being played, totally black balled when she was equal to her brother in prominence in the industry, a Global Superstar, a Legend and Icon, like her brother, suddenly she becomes this monster. As black people, we need to do better, we need to stop excepting what the media says and start looking at how our legends and Icons have gotten us through tough times with their music and how their music and performances made us want to reach out and touch them and be like them.
I agree with Umobi.
Wouldn’t it be hard for Janet Jackson to hide a child literally? Someone within the Jackson family would have spill the beans. We know many of them chasing $money$.
Janet is an awesome entertainer! Looking forward to seeing her in concert again. *Note to pamela…girl, please! Janet did not have a secret baby with Debarge. That lie has been debunked many times over! Janet has one child with husband Wissam Al Mana.
I really think Janet Jackson had a baby girl James DeBarge.
I love Janet Jackson I am glad she is coming back and happy for her that she has a beautiful baby