Show Notes: Episode 16: News and Views 3 - Celebrate Michael Always

Description: This episode is all about Michael's birthday celebrations, the future of how his legacy will be handled, Gloria Haydock remembered, albums being recertified, Bad turns 34 and Janet's trailer for her documentary has been released. 

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Happy 63rd Birthday Michael!

Michael's birthday was August 29th but the day before that, members of the Jackson family sons Prince and Bigi and nephews Taj, Taryll, TJ and Siggy along with their wives and children, went to MJOne in Las Vegas. 

The day before his birthday, the Estate of Michael Jackson did a celebration of his birthday by showing MJ One and a Q&A session with people who worked with Michael. 

https://www.mjvibe.com/michael-jackson-birth-day-at-mj-one-the-run-down/?fbclid=IwAR2GqQSeYkeOVZKfoENDr3Vn2VsIGxiMcktsDMmMmKCbNGFHuyj8pp-rpok

This was the event Prince was in when he was meeting with fans and talking to them. When I saw pictures of him with the fans, I started to see that this was natural to him. This could be the real future of the MJE. This was a good look on their part. 

Video of the Q&A - 

Another video about that day - 

The next day, August 29th, was Michael's birthday and he trended most of the day. 

Oprah also trended and at first, I did not like it but then I clicked on the topic and I was relived that a video of her interviewing Dolly Parton was going viral. Oprah thinks her past is now going to come and bite her in the ass. SMH. 

While Oprah was getting attacked, people were celebrating Michael and his impact. Here are articles that discussed him - 

https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/flash-mobs-sky-banners-how-fans-celebrated-michael-jacksons-birth-anniversary-4144625.html

https://www.mjvibe.com/the-world-wishing-michael-jackson-happy-birthday/

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3146646/3-things-michael-jackson-invented-iconic-moonwalk-dance?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=share_widget&utm_campaign=3146646

I was reading the tributes on twitter and I was really moved by what people were stating about Michael. I was trying to hold in my tears because I realized that I miss him so much and it never gets better. It actually hurts as time goes on. I was happy to know that people were remembering his impact and not the nonsense. I read a tribute that Allan Scanlan aka Big Al stated on his Facebook account when he went to Vegas to celebrate Michael and met up with Michael's son, Prince. Here is what he stated - 

https://www.facebook.com/allan.scanlan.7/posts/4608435499169103

There was another tribute done by Michael's nephew TJ that he posted on one of his youtube channels called The Family Rules. He and his family went to Vegas to celebrate Michael and in the last part of his video, he gives a very nice tribute to his uncle. I did not cry and I am proud of myself. 

His father, Tito, did some interviews and you know, I am going to just tell you what he stated - 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/michael-jackson-set-return-stage-24857182

However, he did state that it was the obligation of the family to honor Michael's legacy. 

His brothers performed in Belgium on his birthday and this was what they stated about him - 

https://twitter.com/shedrivesmewld/status/1432075234815971330

There were celebrities and blue ticks that honor Michael on his birthday but when I saw this, I cannot state that I was shocked to be honest - 

Diana Ross pulled that stunt wishing Oprah a happy birthday knowing what she did to Michael and the family and she did not wish Michael a happy birthday but made sure to wish Beyonce one. We see you, Diana. Her son, Evan gave Michael a shout out on his birthday. He is the only one in his family that actually hangs out with the Jackson family. 

The MJ Estate will never truly get it together. You have fans doing awesome videos edits dedicated to him, one was posted on the Shade Room social media accounts but a billion dollar estate can only honor Michael with a 15 second gif of Michael's name in cursive. I kid you not!!!

This is lazier that lazy! They did not even try to try. Not even a simple decent tribute that is under two minutes. Michael deserved way than better than better. He deserved the very best. Also, there was rumored of the Estate executors making an announcement but as we all know, the Estate executors can't even honor Michael correctly so....

Michael's family gave their tributes among with fans, celebrities that were not haters and everyone else. As usual, the mainstream media ignore it but what else is new?? Overall, Michael was celebrated and should be celebrated always. Happy Birthday, Michael. 

Rest in Peace to Gloria Haydock

Before Michael's celebrations, one of the true blue fans who created a great space for fans to love and celebrate Michael, passed away. Here is an article discussing her and why these types of fans are not going to be created anymore. 

https://www.mjvibe.com/the-uk-fans-say-goodbye-to-gloria-haydock/?fbclid=IwAR0qyvwrGbEj0ChYrH1FNyl7PRHQBnpfvZPYk6oAePahvboyqzUg0kzbmik

Bad Turns 34, Defending a Classic

A classic album of Michael's turns 34. Here is an article that defends the importance of this album - 

https://chrislacy1990.medium.com/defending-michael-jacksons-bad-a-labor-of-love-cd0969983cd4

He is Number One/Recertified Albums of Thriller, Bad and Dangerous

Once again, Michael is number one on Smooth Radio's annual countdown - 

https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/smooth-icons-2021-results-chart/

https://chartmasters.org/2017/10/best-selling-artists-albums-and-singles-of-all-time/11/?y=alltime&fbclid=IwAR2-bAXg-K2T7eMFuOqaRuVGdzJDgvu_t3Wxl_rasrJ3OOp4PYiPFyg86bM

New Trailer to Janet's Documentary

Janet shocked all of us by posting the trailer to her upcoming documentary that will air January 2022 to celebrate her first album reaching 40 years. Here is the trailer and yes, Michael is in this. 

Exciting. 

References: 

Articles - mjvibe.com, news18.com, scmp.com, dailystar.co.uk, chrislacy1990.medium.com, smoothradio.com and chartmasters.org

Social media (Twitter) images of Michael trending from twitter.com, image of Diana Ross wishing Beyonce happy birthday from her twitter account @dianaross (verified) screen captured from twitter.com, Michael's brothers honoring him from @shedrivesmewld. Image of the tribute of Michael from his official twitter account @michaeljackson (verified). (Instagram) Image of Michael with Janet captured by @mjjjpresident and Janet Jackson's upcoming documentary. (Facebook) Allan Scanlan aka Big Al's post about Michael and the MJ One event. 

Youtube - Q&A Session with people who worked for Michael from The MJCast Youtube account. TJ Jackson's tribute to his uncle posted on The Family Rules youtube account and Janet's trailer to her documentary on her Youtube account.