What they don’t want you to know about Michael Jackson

Written by: Christopher Hamilton

When you hear the name Michael Jackson, what do you think of? A fool? A criminal? A showman? A businessman? Whatever you’re thinking, throw all your ideas out the window and let’s examine the facts together…

For years, the media has given him the nickname “Wacko Jacko.” What happened to MJ? Wasn’t he once the biggest person in music? Since when did he become a “wacko”?

All you have to do is see when Michael started to look like a “wacko.” This doesn’t go back to the era of the album “Thriller.” It’s interesting that you can be a man of dance and singing. That’s exactly what they wanted.

“Don’t go thinking you can turn into a thoughtful businessman. Don’t go buying the Beatles catalog. Don’t let the idea of marrying Elvis Presley’s daughter into your head. Don’t you dare have the courage to go up against the music industry in their own way.”

When Michael was called a “wacko,” it was because he began his business activities—things that no one had succeeded in doing before.

Michael took two musical symbols and broke them apart. Throughout our lifetimes, we are bombarded with two truths. The Beatles were the greatest music group in history, and Elvis Presley was the king of rock and roll. Michael bought the Beatles catalog and married the king of rock’s daughter.

If I weren’t even suspicious about the correctness and goodness of mankind, I would say that Michael married Lisa Marie Presley only to force those who believed Elvis was the king to accept this.

The Beatles were a big group, but not so big that they could keep the rights to release their songs for themselves.

Elvis was big, but he didn’t write his songs. His executive manager, Col Tom Parker—the mastermind behind Elvis—fed him prescribed drugs, and he did all the paperwork.

As an artist, Michael didn’t make mistakes.

With the album “Off The Wall,” he became the first solo artist whose four songs from the album made it into the top ten best-selling songs. “Thriller,” the best-selling music album in history, had seven hit songs among the top ten best-selling songs of the year. “Bad” was the first album with five number-one songs (even Thriller had only two number-one songs). All of this is good. But it’s not everything you have to do. “Read and dance.”

And Michael wanted to be bigger than that. He bought the legendary catalog of “Sly and the Family Stone,” and no one cared. When he bought the Beatles catalog, people paid attention. Sony, with great enthusiasm for owning the rights to Beatles songs, agreed to a fifty-fifty deal with Jackson. As a result, Sony/ATV Music Publishing was formed. Now Michael owns half of the publishing rights to songs of all the artists whose catalogs were packaged with Sony. You can see the complete list of these songs at sonyatv.com.

Publishing rights to more than 900 traditional American songs from artists such as Tammy Wynette, Kenny Rogers, Alabama—every Babyface song—Latin songs from singers like Selena and Enrique Iglesias—songs by Roberta Flack, Mariah Carey, Destiny’s Child, 2pac, Biggie, and FleetWood Mac; these are only a few examples of songs whose publishing rights Michael holds. The number of the most important songs goes beyond one hundred thousand.

“What does this man do? None of the music giants have done anything like this. Not even Bono, Springsteen, or Sinatra. He thinks he is who? Take revenge for these things on him.”

To “punish” someone, you have to attack what they love most. I won’t add any more explanation about this.

The only people who stood by Michael in this industry were Prince and, to a lesser extent, George Michael. Their reaction to George Michael was to announce that he was gay. Prince fought hard and said what he had to say. But even then, he still had to resort to a major distribution company to release his songs. Prince could have gotten a better share of the deal, but then the result would have been years of being called a fool and troublemaker.

The best moment for them was the press conference of Sneddon (the prosecutor in Michael’s case). “We got him.” Never has such happiness and satisfaction been expressed so clearly. Who cares whether we have evidence or not?

Michael was acquitted. There was no celebration. He went home and then left America. The best thing that could be done. Now what can his enemies do? He’s gone.

“Gone? What do you mean he went to Bahrain? Well, if he’s not here, how are we supposed to catch him? Quickly, find a writer to portray Michael as the one who caused the damage. Oh, we’ve done that—so what can we do now?”

On the surface, it seems that Michael is not doing anything to make money. Even if you count his CDs sold weekly—15,000 CDs per week, which isn’t a special figure for Michael—Sony/ATV catalogs are money for Michael. A huge amount. The fact that no one talks about this source of income is proof that it’s true. They prefer to tell you that Michael is bankrupt rather than tell the truth. Norland is still owned by Michael. The Jackson family home in Encino is still owned by Michael. Michael still has the Beatles catalog through his fifty percent stake with Sony, and he also has the publishing rights to all of his own songs. And that is our little secret.

Michael Jackson is, without exaggeration, walking a path that no one had walked before him. If he were to write his autobiography, it would be one of the most interesting in history. A Black man without a school education, despite hatred, despite racist feelings, despite enemies inside his team, and the media that wants to buy into everything at the highest prices—he became the most powerful person in the music industry.

If Sony had any sense, it would be offering Michael a continuation of the partnership right now. This is the only possible way to make money from Michael’s pre-existing catalog. Tommy Mottola didn’t lose his job at Sony because he was an incompetent manager. That was the result of a war. MJ exposed the truth, and Sony had to remove Mottola because he was no longer useful to them.

Companies always do this. Notice that none of Sony’s managers—and not even Mottola—ever sued MJ for slandering them. Michael has always been loyal to his employers at Sony/Epic. Let’s go back to the Grammy ceremony in 1984. He even brought Walter Yetnikoff, who later became the head of one of Sony’s distribution companies, on stage with him. He has always thanked Dave Glew, Mattola, and other Sony executives in his speeches when receiving awards.

Sony can still get along well with Michael, but maybe it’s too late. Even though they still have to keep up their friendly appearance, how long can they keep doing that? If I were them, I would still want Michael as an ally, not an enemy. This is a profitable mutual deal.

If I were one of MJ’s enemies, I would be terrified to the point of death when he lives across the water with Arab billionaire sheikhs. Believe me. They’re not there to argue about famous clothing brands and decide. A massive conglomerate is being formed.

In the end, the facts I’ve written here shouldn’t be the only thing you hear. But the sad point is that it is. I was worried that Michael might fall because of the jury’s doubts. That was unfair. If I’m telling you these facts now in EURweb, you can believe that the media also knows them. If they have their mouths watering for every news item related to MJ, it’s not because he made “Thriller.” They know what’s going on. Think about it.

Finally, Michael will not be known as the man accused of sexual abuse. He won’t be known for “Thriller.” He will be known as the man who went up against the music industry, won, and lived long enough to tell the story. This is a book worth reading.

What you read was an article by Christopher Hamilton titled “What They Don’t Want You to Know About Michael Jackson,” published on EURweb by the author himself. Christopher Hamilton is a writer who covers events in the film and music industry, and his articles are published in many media outlets. You can contact him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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