The Early YearsMichael Joseph Jackson was born to Joseph Walter Jackson and Katherine Esther on August 29th, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. Michael was child number 7 of 9 with an upbringing in a strict home with the musical influence of his father who was a member of an R&B band named the Falcons, which was also comprised of his uncle, Luther Jackson.At a very early age, Michael had memories of being physically and emotionally abused by his father and did not speak out about that abuse until the early 90’s when he was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey. Later, Michael’s brother Marlon substantiated the claims of abuse by their father. Michael was often physically abused by his father in ways of long hours in the studio rehearsing to beatings and emotional abuse by being called names. In addition to his claims of abuse, Michael told accounts of a time where his father crawled into the open bedroom window in the middle of the night wearing a mask to scare his children and he screamed and ranted. Joe later stated that he did this to show his kids how unsafe it is to leave your bedroom window open at night making it… Read full this story
- A poem about memory and time, composed of recent tweets by Larry King
- Meet the young trans artist making pop punk bangers
- is too busy remembering other stories to tell its own
- Spotify Called Justin Bieber a 'Latin King,' So of Course All Hell Broke Loose
- King of Pain: 20 Years Later, Tupac Shakur’s Problematic Genius Still Haunts Us
- Privacy is an afterthought when convenience is king
- Remember When T-Pain Made Auto-Tune a Thing?
- Empire Recap: It’s Good to Be the King
- Remembering the Ones We Lost in 2013
- Remembering the King of Pop With Art
Remembering the King of Pop have 295 words, post on ezinearticles.com at June 26, 2009. This is cached page on X-Buy. If you want remove this page, please contact us.