Michael Jackson
His Father Mocked Michael Jackson’s Nose, Then the World Judged His Face
Michael Jackson was famous before he was even a teenager, but being onstage did not make him confident about how ...
Michael Jackson Helped Build His Strange Image, Then Lost Control
By 1986, Michael Jackson was already one of the most famous people alive. Normal headlines were no longer enough to ...
Michael Jackson Won One Grammy, Then Came Back With Thriller
In 1979, Michael Jackson released Off the Wall and proved he was much more than the young singer people remembered ...
Michael Jackson Threw Handwritten Messages to Fans From His Hotel Balcony at 3:30 AM
Imagine waiting outside a London hotel in the middle of the night hoping Michael Jackson might appear. By 3 AM, ...
Michael Jackson Brought His Giant Snake Everywhere, Until It Ate a Parrot
Michael Jackson’s love of animals was legendary. He shared his Encino home with Bubbles the chimpanzee, a llama named Louie ...
The Record Label Thought ‘Thriller’ Was Finished. Michael Jackson Proved Them Very Wrong
By late 1983, Thriller was already a monster hit. “Billie Jean” and “Beat It” had dominated radio and MTV, and ...
The Celebrity Who Made Michael Jackson Publicly Say “I Am Very Angry”
Michael Jackson rarely attacked other artists publicly. But in October 2004, Eminem released a music video that pushed him too ...
Why Michael Jackson Went Shopping Disguised in an Abaya
For most of his life, Michael Jackson couldn’t walk into a store without causing a stampede. So in January 2006, ...
Michael Jackson Publicly Accused Sony Boss Tommy Mottola of Racism in 2002
Michael Jackson had spent decades working with one of the biggest record companies in the world. Then in 2002, his ...
Michael Jackson Filled This Stadium Five Times on One Tour, and Amsterdam Still Talks About It
Some artists play a city once and move on. Michael Jackson played Amsterdam’s brand-new stadium five times on the same ...