michael jackson
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Black in the Day Music Videos And Their Dances Were Iconic For The Culture
Most music videos gave us a great plot and visuals, but for many what was most important were the dance moves
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Happy Birthday to Tito Jackson! This Is a Tito Jackson Appreciation Post
With a nickname like Tito, Joe and Katherine's third born was made for the pop culture limelight.
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‘What Made That Decade Special?’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Revisits the Enigmatic ’80s With Adrian Loving
The author, artist and historian's latest book, Fade to Grey, is a deep dive into the 1980s' groundbreaking convergence of music, art and androgyny.
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Video Soul Was My Entry Into the Wide World of Blackness
The show was the beginning of me learning how beautiful it was to be Black, a lesson I never forgot
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Judge Grants Michael Jackson Estate's Request to Dismiss 2013 Wade Robson Lawsuit
On Monday, a Los Angeles judge ruled to dismiss a 2013 lawsuit brought against two of Michael Jackson’s entertainment companies by now-38-year-old choreographer Wade Robson, Fox News reports. In the lawsuit, Robson alleged that “Jackson’s companies MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures failed in their duty to protect him when they hired him from Australia to…
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‘White Lies Matter’ Group Steals Confederate Monument, Threatens to Turn It Into Toilet if Ransom Demands Aren’t Met
White Lies Matter is a group that claimed responsibility for the disappearance of a Confederate monument in Selma, Ala., that was dedicated to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The group published a ransom letter in which it demanded that the headquarters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va., hang a banner that features…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 26: Michael Jackson's Off The Wall (1979)
Ain’t no way in the world this monthlong series would pass without a nod to one of the greatest albums ever that also happens to feature Michael Jackson at his Blackest. 1979’s Off The Wall is a certified classic. It’s the album that launched Thriller. But the cover let’s you know it’s about to be…
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Rock Your Body With You: Pharrell Reveals Justin Timberlake's Justified Tracks Were Originally for Michael Jackson
Imagine Michael Jackson singing about crying over rivers. Well, apparently, Pharrell Williams is sparking that imagination as the artist-producer said Jackson actually rejected the bulk of the Justified album, which was then given to Justin Timberlake, on a recent appearance on N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s podcast, Drink Champs. Yes, the very album that went triple…
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Michael Jackson Estate's Request to Take HBO Disparagement Dispute to Arbitration Has Been Granted
It looks like the legal tussle between HBO and Michael Jackson’s estate over the highly controversial documentary Leaving Neverland, which accused Jackson of sexually abusing Wade Robson and James Safechuck when they were young boys, will be heard by an arbitrator. According to Variety, an appeals court has granted Jackson’s estate appeal request in regard…