Michael Jackson's Birthday Bash!

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You could say that Spike Lee always had a special connection to Michael Jackson: They were born a year apart, both to musical families. Back in the day, every Saturday morning, Lee, like many other black kids across the country, sat down in front of the TV, glued to the โ€œJackson 5โ€ cartoons.

โ€œWeโ€™re of the same era,โ€ Lee told The Root. โ€œI wanted my Afro to be perfectly round like Michaelโ€™s, all that stuff.โ€

Years later, the two ended up working together, collaborating on a music video for โ€œThey Donโ€™t Care About Usโ€ in Brazil. The two never worked together again, but Lee found himself hit hard by Jacksonโ€™s death.

So he decided to throw Michael a birthday party.

Not just any birthday party: A โ€œBrooklyn style block party,โ€ Lee says. โ€œItโ€™s going to just be how we do it, Brooklyn style, Iโ€™ll leave it at that. Itโ€™s going to be a joyous, festive, celebratory party.โ€ Free.

Anybody and everybody is invited to attend Michael Jacksonโ€™s 51st birthday party on Saturday, August 29, from noon to 5 p.m., at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. DJ Spinna will be spinning all things Jackson, from the Jackson 5 to the Jacksons to Michael Jackson. The Brooklyn borough president will be on hand to declare Aug. 29 โ€œMichael Jackson Day.โ€

โ€œAt the end, weโ€™ll all sing Happy Birthday to Michael,โ€ Lee says. โ€œWeโ€™re going to make sure he hears us, too. All over the world, people are going to be celebrating his birthday. But heโ€™s going to hear Brooklyn; Brooklyn is going to be in the house. Deep.โ€

View the flyer here.

To Prospect Park, Nethermead Meadow

Directions: Take Brooklyn bound Q train to Prospect Park stop.

Exit Prospect Park exit or Lincoln Road exit and follow the signs.

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