*Depending on your point of view, you might think Jermaine Jackson is straight trippin’ because of his recent comments.
In an interview with a British news outlet, that posted today, Jermaine says President Barack Obama would not be taking up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., in Washington, DC had it not been for his late brother Michael.
Speaking to The Independent ahead of the third anniversary of his brother’s death today, Jermaine Jackson expressed his deep-seated disappointment at how his brother has been commemorated in America since his death in 2009. “I think America has let Michael down. If he was from any other country they would have erected permanent tributes to him for what he’s done for music.”
Instead, he said, the Jackson family remain locked in grief and still seeking closure on what really happened during Michael Jackson’s final hours. The singer died in a rented estate in California where he was preparing for a comeback tour. “The family still need to know who else came into the house that night. In time we might get answers but there will never be closure.”
Jermaine Jackson is currently on a US tour with his three brothers, the first since the 1984 Victory Tour. Speaking from a rehearsal in Burbank in California, he argued that it was brother that had paved the way for America’s first black president. Citing Michael Jackson’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in 1993; in which the singer conceded to suffering from Vitiligo, he claimed the admission had the combined effect of reiterating Jackson’s Afro-American heritage while propelling Winfrey to fame. Winfrey’s backing of Obama in the 2007 primaries is cited by some as the moment that secured his nomination as leader of the Democrats. “Michael invited her [to Neverland] and that was the moment that put her in 90 countries around the world and made her successful. What did she do with that success? She put it behind Obama.”
Read/learn more at The Independent.
REALLY?? Jermaine???? I don’t get your logic at all I am thinking that black crap you put in your hair has seeped thru and damaged your brain cells. LOL!!!
This is the same guy that had two kids with his brother’s ex wife and owes delinquent child support…
It’s unfortunate that we live in a society which tears apart an artist’s life while they’re alive and makes a martyr of them after their death. Hopefully Michael is resting more peacefully than he lived, under the intense heat of the media. Who was the man in the mirror and behind the television screens? I addressed MJ’s legacy with a portrait on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/06/in-memoriam-king-of-pop.html Drop by and let me know how his music affected you. While you’re there, we’ve posted the Top 10 music videos of All Time from the King of Pop!
Not sure if I agree with Jermaine, but I will repeat what I said and others said back in 09. Obama’s lack of respect shown for MJ’s tribute to this country and the world must never be forgotten. Some stated he “didn’t have time” to issue a public statement on his death though Bush did on James Brown and Jimmy Carter did on Elvis…and even though Obama has issued COUNTLESS formal statements since on other artists who’ve made their transisitions. His proclivity to save face for “others” while continuing to marginalize the Black diaspora is an old song but a true one. History will remember him as a coward. Mark my words.
So Micheal is the reason Oprah is successful? Ok.
Jermaine STFU
Jermaine is a nut ball, what about those who fought and died for equality, the real trailblazers that paved the way for his beloved brother Michael. Oh and Michael helped propelled Oprah Winfrey to fame?? I bet she LOL at that one. You all got it right in the first sentence…Jermaine is straight trippin’.