Here’s MJ being interviewed by good friend Brett Ratner in 2003 before the stupid allegations. He talks about his inspirations, favorite artists, and albums. MJ’s so intellectual and humble, HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us – King of Pop – 1958 2009 RIP “They Don’t Care About Us” is the fourth single from Michael Jackson’s album HIStory. The song remains one of the most controversial pieces Jackson ever composed. In the US, media scrutiny surrounding alleged antisemitic lyrics were the catalyst for Jackson issuing multiple apologies and re-recording the albumaltering the lyrics for that particular track. The singer countered allegations of antisemitism, arguing that reviews had misinterpreted the context of the song, either unintentionally or deliberately. Musically, it is an aggressive hip-hop production about social ills. The song was accompanied by two music videos directed by Spike Lee. The first was shot in a shantytown of Rio de Janeiro, where State authorities tried to ban all production over fears the video would damage their image, the area and prospects of staging the 2004 Olympics. Still, the residents of the area were happy to see the singer, hoping their problems would be made visible to a wider audience. The second video was shot in a prison and contained video footage of multiple references to human rights abuses. Commercially, the song became a top ten hit in all European countries. In the US, radio stations were reluctant to play the controversial composition; it, however, managed to peak at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. The first version of this video (called the Prison Version) was banned in some countries as too violent …

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Millions of people around the world watched coverage of Jackson’s memorial service on the Web, although the event appeared to fall well short of online viewership records. Global Web traffic was at least 19 percent above normal, and as high as 33 percent above normal, during most of the star-studded memorial at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, California, according to Akamai Technologies, a Massachusetts-based firm that monitors Internet traffic. CNN.com reported 9.7 million live …

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around the world with her rendition of the Dangerous song, but her identity had most viewers baffled — the We Are the World and Heal the World performers werent identified in the handouts at the Staples Center or on any other documents distributed to the press. According to the bio on Hills official Website, Judith was born in Los Angeles and raised in a family of musicians. Her mother is an immigrant from Japan who met her father in a funk band in the 1970s. Hill is described as …

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A weeping Brooke Shields gives an emotional eulogy of her longtime friend Michael Jackson. She called their bond “the most natural and easiest of friendships.”

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