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Fat Joe Claims Chris Brown Is As Talented As Michael Jackson

Folks on X think Fat Joe is full of CAP after he claims the Rihanna incident the only thing keeping Chris Brown from being in the same conversation as Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson’s Nephew Stuns In Biopic First Look Photo

The first-look photo of the new biographical picture of Michael Jackson features the late star's nephew bearing a striking similarity to him in one of his iconic outfits.

Colman Domingo to Play Joe Jackson in Michael Jackson Biopic

Colman Domingo is collecting roles like Infinity Stones, and WE LOVE TO SEE IT.

Offset Channels Michael Jackson In Cover For ‘SET IT OFF’ LP

Offset channels the late Michael Jackson for the cover of his upcoming solo album, SET IF OFF, and dropped a new video inspired by MJ.

Lisa Marie Presley, Michael Jackson’s Ex-Wife, Dies at 54

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CHRIS DELMAS / Getty Singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of rock superstar Elvis Presley and former wife of music legend Michael Jackson, has died after being recently hospitalized. She was 54 years old. Her mother, Priscilla Presley, confirmed her passing Thursday evening (Jan. 12). “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla Presley said in a statement to the press. “She was the most passionate, strong, and loving woman I have ever known.” She asked the public for privacy as she and the family are dealing with “this profound loss.” Presley was rushed to a nearby hospital earlier that morning after paramedics were called to her Calabasas, California hom...

Upcoming Doc Claims Michael Jackson Used Fake IDs To Buy Drugs

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kimberly White / Getty Michael Jackson would have turned 64 this past Monday (August 29) and instead of celebrating the life and legacy of the King Of Pop, folks are focusing on the entertainer’s reported struggles with drug addiction. According to an upcoming documentary, Jackson allegedly used 19 falsified ID cards to obtain drugs. A new documentary coming next week titled TMZ Investigates: Who Really Killed Michael Jackson examines the passing of Jackson, who died at the age of 50 in 2009. According to widely known reports, Jackson succumbed due to acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication. Jackson’s physician, Conrad Murray, was charged with involuntary manslaughter after the death was ruled a homicide. Murray served two years of a four-year pris...

The 50 Best Albums of 1982

Looking back at 1982 in music, the headline is obvious: Thriller Sells A Bajillion Copies, Becomes World’s Biggest Album. But is it the year’s best album? Funny enough, Michael Jackson‘s sixth LP hardly even affected the charts that year — it snuck out in late November, just as Men at Work’s 1981 blockbuster, Business as Usual, began its commercial stranglehold in the U.S. Only one record on our list, Fleetwood Mac‘s chart-targeted Tusk follow-up, Mirage, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. (Doesn’t it seem weird, looking back, that Prince‘s 1999 peaked at No. 9?) Lots of fascinating shit was happening in 1982, and you didn’t always find it on the radio. On our list, we included everything from early hip-hop (Grandmaster Flash) to horror-punk (Misfits) to lo-fi synth-pop (Solid Space). Revisit...

Michael Jackson Turned Down Tupac Collaboration Due To Notorious B.I.G. Loyalty

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Lester Cohen / Getty Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., and Michael Jackson have been gone in spirit for quite some time. But we’re still learning new things about their time in the game seemingly every year and the latest tidbit is quite the eye-opener. According to HypeBeast a Tupac and Michael Jackson collaboration was supposed to have happened but interestingly enough, Michael backed out of the duet do to his loyalty to Big Poppa. Quincy Jone’s son, Quincy “QD3” Jones III used to work with Pac and in an interview for BET’s oral history of The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, QD3 revealed that he pitched the idea of a Tupac collaboration to Michael Jackson, but the King of Pop turned him down citing his preference to Biggie. “So I set up a meeting ...

Michael Jackson’s Thriller Expanded for 40th Anniversary Reissue

Michael Jackson’s iconic Thriller will be reissued in an expanded edition in celebration of its 40th anniversary on Nov. 18 via Sony Music. The double-CD set will feature the original album as well as a second disc of “never-released tracks which were worked on by Michael for” Thriller, according to the label. Details for the latter will be announced at a future date. The 40th anniversary release will also be available in a limited-edition vinyl and separate exclusive versions from Walmart and Target, while Jackson’s Web store is offering new merchandise with a special Thriller 40 logo. Thriller remains the best-selling and arguably the most influential album in music history, having most recently been certified for U.S. shipments of 34 million copies by the Recording Industry Association ...

Jay-Z’s Famous 2001 Summer Jam Performance With Michael Jackson Finally Unearthed [Video]

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ron Galella / Getty It’s been two decades since Jay-Z made Hip-Hop history by bringing out the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, out to that Summer Jam stage in 2001. Although it happened at a time when camera phones weren’t even a possibility, someone actually recorded Jay’s whole set that night and yesterday (April 12) HipHopVCR uploaded it to YouTube for the world to enjoy. Taking the stage in an oversized Knicks jersey and baggy jean shorts, Jigga had the concertgoers in the palm of his hands and after dropping some of his popular radio cuts, he debuted his classic “The Takeover” much to the shock of the crowd who knew exactly who he was talking about when he was dropping his bars. Then came the infamous moment when Jay put Prodigy (R.I.P) on blast and th...

Janet Jackson Weighs In On Michael Jackson Controversy

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ron Galella, Ltd. / Getty Janet Jackson is notorious for keeping her private life, private–but now it seems as if the Pop Icon is ready to bear it all after releasing the trailer for her upcoming documentary, ‘Janet.’ Taking to Instagram, the triple threat, along with A&E and Lifetime unveiled a new three-minute trailer from episode one of the two-part docuseries, which is scheduled to begin airing on Jan. 28. Executive produced by Janet and her brother Randy Jackson, the four-hour film, which was shot over the course of the last five years, features interviews with a host of celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg, Mariah Carey, Regina King, Ciara, Janelle Monáe, Tyler Perry, Missy Elliott, Teyana Taylor, Samuel L. Jackson, and Paula Abdul — who’ve wit...

Timbaland Posts Quincy Jones Meme Meant To Be Inspirational, Twitter Thinks Otherwise

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Gai Terrell / Getty Timbaland is getting off to a roaring start in 2022 in regards to controversial hot takes. After comparing The Weeknd’s latest album to one of the best albums of all time, the Virginia producer shared a meme regarding Quincy Jones that was meant to be inspirational but Twitter clowned it instead. As noted by Twitter, which kicked off the latest flurrying of replies, the meme Timbaland shared can be viewed below. On its own, one could see how Timbland’s sharing of this post was a bid to give some encouragement to those who feel like their grind hasn’t paid off. However, what Timbaland and many of his famous pals failed to note in the comments, Jones was a long-established producer, songwriter, and musician long before he helped Mi...