Here are the news and tv interviews with michael and his brothers over the past 4 decades...


Obama: I Grew Up Listening to Michael Jackson Turns out, the President is a long-time Michael Jackson fan.

AP

Thursday, July 02, 2009

The King of Pop had a fan in the White House.

President Barack Obama described himself as a longtime follower of Michael Jackson, the legendary performer who died June 25 at age 50.

"I grew up on his music -- still have all his stuff on my iPod," Obama said in an AP interview Thursday, adding that Jackson "will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers."

At the time of his death, the pop icon was preparing a series of comeback concerts to overcome years of sexual scandal and financial calamity -- a troubled history the president acknowledged without naming specifics.

"I think that his brilliance as a performer also was paired with a tragic and, in many ways, sad personal life," Obama said.

He expressed pleasure that the public is celebrating Jackson for his talents, instead of dwelling on his personal tragedies.

"I'm glad to see that he is being remembered primarily for the great joy that he brought to a lot of people through his extraordinary gifts as an entertainer."

The president said he didn't see any controversy in the fact that he did not issue a formal public statement upon Jackson's death, and said he was unaware of any dissatisfaction in the black community with his response.

"I know a lot of people in the black community," Obama said. "I haven't heard that."

Obama added that Thursday's interview was the first time he had been asked about Jackson's death.

And let's flashback to 1988 to when Michael Jackson performed Man In the Mirror at the Grammy's....
one of my favorite songs...

BREAKING MICHAEL JACKSON NEWS...his last performance ever before he died...see him practice to They dont really care about us...

here's the actual video from back in the day...

and the video from june 23 from AEG live via CNN

There's over 100 hours of footage of Michael Jackson performing...

And Michael was healthy...he couldn't of got insurance unless he had it...


from that other site that's real good for LIVE on the scene in Hollywood... Hollywood.tv...fans reaction in LA....

THE LATEST is that you will be able to view MICHAEL's body this friday at Neverland Ranch...

The Apollo in NYC had a tribute? Did you hear about it? Here it is...


And in LA the memorial is growing...


So how healthy was michael before he died?


Michael's value is growing... according to this from CNN...


and his Will from 2002 has surfaced...

This is a real video from a website called hollywood.tv...about his health from June 10th...

Remember he was supposed to tour in London...here's what one of those tickets look like...

This picture is one of many from June 23 2009 - the last day he was seen publically

Michael Jackson's last public photos were taking on Tuesday June 23rd in LA.

Reverend Al Sharpton's speech (on CNN - courtesy of the Daily News NYC) from the Apollo Theatre Dedication Ceremony...

If you want the latest info....just click play...these videos are raw and straight from hollywood....

FROM SUNDAY JUN 28 at the BET AWARDS...

ANd JANET from Yesterday....made us all cry...

from hollywood.tv....

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The same channel that I did traffic reports on back in the day (last year) did a story on Michael Jackson...

incase you were wondering what it looked like when I did traffic for the morning news...
just click play...

I was broadcasting live from the Home Depot in Simpsonville on Saturday, June 20th...

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June 18, 2009

Its always fun talking about radio...especially with someone who wants to do what you have done...Big shouts to Chris "football" jones from Woodmont high school who shadowed me and others here at the Cox Radio Greenville SC Studios...big shouts to the American Advertising Federation Greenville 2009 Minority HS Internship Program!!!

THis is my JAM! I actually would check out our sister station when they played it because I really really wanted to hear this song! Now we play it!

Here is the Letterman performance...




And here is the video...

Shorty you da best...shorty you da best...Da Best I ever had...best I ever had... I call it the Whatever You Like part 2.
here is more on Drake ... just click play...