As some radio stations across the world have decided to pull Michael Jackson’s music from its playlists, some shops such as H&M removing MJ merchandise, the Simpsons creators deciding to remove the episode which is famous for the Lisa Its your Birthday song and the media continuing to try & bring down a man with ridiculous stories that was cleared after an FBI investigation for a number of years. Why are we going through this again you may ask?, well it’s all because of this so called documentary Leaving Neverland.
The so called documentary which has no new or proven evidence to point to any wrong doing by Michael Jackson, stars two men Wade Robson & James Safechuck who have changed their stories multiple times in recent years with timelines that are not adding up & have also previously swore under oath that nothing had happened, James Safechuck in 1993 & Wade Robson in 2005. Along with the director of the Dan Reed that at first said that it wasn’t about taking Michael Jackson down but has since made it clear that his obsession with Michael Jackson is more than he first led us on to believe.
I sit back and watch with a smile as MJ has seen a surge in people buying & streaming music to put him back in the chart. Albums such as Number 1’s, Essentials, Thriller, Bad & HIStory have seen a surge in streams + sales on Apple, Spotify & all other streaming & download sites. This is a man’s legacy that is in danger of being reduced to shreds because of this farcical, ongoing media hate campaign which will not listen to the facts. It’s becoming so one sided with outrageous accusations & comments that even a normal person is starting to see there is an hidden agenda in all of this.
History has shown that many other artists who have been accused of doing something or even found guilty of serious crimes still get records played on the radio, artists such as Chris Brown, The Beatles, Steven Tyler, Dr. Dre, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stones, Mystikal, 6ix9ine, David Bowie are just some of the names that are been mentioned on social media, whilst I don’t condone anything they did or even accuse them of things they may not have done I also don’t say to people don’t listen to there music.
As a fan of hip hop myself the thought of removing various rappers who have been accused, locked up or charged for serious crimes including Dr. Dre from my music library is never going to happen but he was once charged for beating up a woman & has been accused of more in the past. But the radio has still stood by him & also one of the biggest artists on the planet right now Chris Brown who did similar to Rihanna is on the radio every day. Double standards you may say when comparing to MJ who was found not guilty & has been having a smear campaign on muting, removing, banning his music & tarnishing legacy all because of accusations made with no actual evidence to back up these horrific claims. In fact on a daily basis more evidence is been found to dismiss the claims with actual proof it didn’t or couldn’t have happened when the 2 accusers say it happened on the dates given.
Separating an artist from its art is hard, you won’t find me listening to Gary Glitter for example because he was found guilty of them disgraceful crimes he did, I also won’t listen to a couple other artists who have committed horrendous crimes towards children or people in general, but yes I have double standards when it comes to some rap artists or icons like Bowie or Elvis who themselves have been accused of sleeping with underage girls. Why because they were never found guilty and to assume they did it is a dangerous thing to do. This is why MJ should not and will not be muted.
It’s more important now than ever to stream, download, play, buy or ring up your local radio station and request Michael’s music. Tracks such as Leave Me Alone, Why U Wanna Trip On Me, Tabloid Junkie, Money, Scream, They Don’t Care About Us, This Time Around, D.S, Unbreakable, Privacy etc are perfect for this moment, his lyrics, anger and emotion in them songs are still so relevant today & are perfect in setting out a statement to the media and the smear campaign in that we won’t mute, and that MJ can still respond to the ridiculous accusations through his music.
When Michael died in 2009 he left us with arguably the greatest catalogue of music that any artist has ever produced, this is now our chance to let people know that his music will live forever & the truth will be told. As we watch the Jackson Estate, Family & friends of Michael fire back responses, await the documentary that Taj is producing, the lawsuits & anything else they might have in motion its important that we as a group continue to lay out the facts, play his music & continue to let the world know that MJ is INNOCENT!.
I would also like to give a huge shout out to some amazing sites that have inspired me in recent weeks & have really set the standards in pushing for the truth.
http://www.themjcast.com
https://www.jackson-source.com