Official statement from the Foundation regarding the Michael song forgery by Bieber and an explanation of how the track was released

The Michael Jackson Foundation has finally issued a public, official statement about the forged Michael Jackson song titled “Slave to the Rhythm,” which was recently leaked on the internet with Justin Bieber’s vocals. (News) The Foundation said: "This song was not authorized. We assure you that the Foundation is extremely upset about the release of this song, and will do everything in its power to have this song removed from many websites and YouTube." They had previously contacted fan websites exclusively via email regarding this track. In this regard, Damin Shields, a member of the fan community news team, says he spoke privately with DJ Max Methods (Max Methods), who remixed the fake track. Max Methods: "I work with Tricky Stewart. He got me hired by Red Zone Ent publishing company and asked me to re-produce the song." Tricky Stewart has worked with famous artists such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, and Britney Spears. In 2010, the Michael Jackson Foundation asked Tricky Stewart to work on several unreleased Michael songs, including “Slave to the Rhythm.” That song leaked online that year, and contrary to the expectations and excitement of fans, it was not released on the album MICHAEL. Now, Max Methods claims that Stewart had instructed him to record a version of this song with Justin Bieber’s vocals. Bieber recorded the vocals in the studio. Methods says he doesn’t know anything about how the song leaked. But were they really surprised by this? When Bieber had promised a “big surprise” in a Huffington Post report just hours before the song’s release, can it be believed that they had no hand in this? Maybe they, desperate to obtain permission to release the song, decided to leak it online. Over these past few days, the hashtag #SlaveToTheRhythm has been trending on Twitter, and Bieber has benefited from the online controversy. Some radio networks illegally played the track as a collaboration between Michael Jackson and Justin Bieber. The joke of the week was also comments by some Bieber fans on Twitter and social media saying Bieber deserves a Grammy—an award he has never won. On Twitter, Methods wrote: "I have a great deal of respect for the Michael Jackson Foundation. Working on this song was an honor for me, but I’m sorry the song leaked before it was ready." As the Foundation says, Methods was not allowed in the first place to work on this beautiful song and distort it. They removed the verses sung by Michael and replaced them with Bieber’s vocals, so that Bieber’s fans would recognize it as a collaboration between teen Bieber and the King of Pop—and to take a stance against Michael’s fans who had objected to this song. In this way, a song whose rights belong to Michael Jackson was forged, and an unprofessional “collaboration” was forced on Michael and his fans! Some Bieber fans, by sharing a photo of Justin Bieber’s private messages on Twitter, claim that the Jackson family asked Bieber to work on the song. This image could be fake and made up by Bieber fans, but it includes a claim attributed to Bieber that last year the Jackson family gave the song to Radney Jerkins so he could give it to Bieber, because that’s what Michael wanted! It continues: "I was honored, but I didn’t go toward it until it was ready. Someone leaked the song—it’s not the final version." This is while Michael Jackson’s songs are in the hands of the Foundation, not his family. Radney Jerkins has also denied any involvement in the production, recording, and release of this song. Therefore, the statements attributed to Bieber in that image—whether true or fake—are not accurate. As you read earlier, the track “Slave to the Rhythm” was recorded by Michael in 1989, and it is from the same era as the songs “If You Don’t Love Me” and “Do You Know Where Your Children Are,” all of which were prepared for the album DANGEROUS. It has been said that Michael had completed work on “Slave to the Rhythm” before his death. In this situation, there is truly no need to tamper with this beautiful song, which—if released officially—could have been a masterpiece and topped the sales charts. Source: eMJey.com / MJ Estate