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Celebrity Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela and US singer Michael Jackson clasp hands at a press conference at the President's home Genadendal in Cape Town 23 March 1999
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The Michael Jackson Collection
- Various Jackets from Michael Jackson tours and events
(front row from left to right):
1. Hollywood Walk of Fame Black Sequin Jacket,
2. Red sequined jacket
3. Sequined jacket from the Victory Tour
(back row from left to right):
1. Black Faux Leather Jacket worn to a 1998 press conference regarding plans for proposed theme park “Majestic Kingdom.”
2. Military Jacket worn to the 26th Annual NAACP Image Awards.
3. Black and Red Military Jacket.
4.Red Sequin Jacket worn during the making of “What More Can I Give.”
5. Black and Gold Jacket worn at a 1993 press conference with Nelson Mandela.
6. Silver Sequin Jacket from the Victory Tour.
The Balmain Military Style Jacket
Click: Balmain.com
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September 11
“What More Can I Give” (also “Todo Para Ti” in Spanish) is a song recorded as a charity single by Michael Jackson and more than 35 other artists, with the goal of raising $50 million for numerous charities in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Spanish Version
A Spanish version was also recorded. Jackson was originally inspired to write the song after meeting with former South African president Nelson Mandela in 1999, and commented that the song was intended to “find solace in the wake of the attack on America and to create a sense of global unity in the face of mindless violence and mass murder.”
Tommy Mottola
Conflict with Sony
The single was never released due to a conflict between Jackson and Sony Music. Sony believed the release would create a marketing conflict with Invincible, his then-new album. However, even months after Invincible’s release, Sony still refused to release the single. This was one of several factors in Jackson’s labelling Sony chief Tommy Mottola a “racist” who he believed had sabotaged the marketing of his new material, and thus announcing his withdrawal from Epic Records. While the song never saw proper retail release, a pay download was eventually made available via whatmorecanigive.com, the (now defunct) official site.
Sony, however, claimed that it was Jackson’s own people that pulled the single from release because it was learned that the song’s executive producer, Marc Schaffel, was a former director of gay pornography, and, thus, they did not want him to be associated with Michael Jackson or a charity-benefit single.
Performance - On October 21, 2001, the song was performed at a 9/11 benefit concert called United We Stand: What More Can I Give?. This was Jackson’s last brand new song performed.
Award -In October 2003, The making of the song was shown at the 2003 Radio City Music Awards, where Jackson was presented with a humanitarian award.
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Report taken from ALLMICHAELJACKSON.com
Michael Jackson is a true humanitarian, an example to us all. He has devoted much time and money to a wide range of charities. He loves children and takes time out when touring secretly visting sick children. He also has special rooms at his home Neverland for sick and terminally ill children to stay over.
He was listed in the 2000 edition of the Guiness Book Of World Records for breaking the world record for the “Most Charities Supported By a Pop Star”. It states that Michael Jackson has supported 39 charity organizations either with monetary donations through sponsorships of their projects or by participating in their silent auction.
We have made an alphabetical list of known charities that Michael Jackson has individualy supported publically throughout his career. Michael Jackson also helped set up Heal The World Foundation, the charities this has supported have not been listed. Read our Heal The World/kids page for details of this foundation.
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I came across an interesting article on www.billboard.com that discussed his popularity and sales across the globe. For avid MJ FAN’s I thought I should share it. BofMJ readers tell me what you think?
Read the Rest: Brazil, India, China, Japan: Click Here
SOUTH AFRICA
“Growing up as a young black kid in a township, you either dreamed of being a freedom fighter or being Michael Jackson. It was as simple as that.”
So recalls the leading South African R&B artist Loyiso Bala, whose five South African Music Awards are a testament to the fact that he chose to follow the King of Pop.
The 29-year-old likens Jackson’s impact on his family—which includes his high-profile musician brothers Zwai and Phelo—to that of former President Nelson Mandela.
“The whole family would drop what they were doing and watch, mesmerized whenever Michael or [Mandela] came on,” he says of life in his Kwa-Nobuhle township home, located outside the Eastern Cape town of Uitenhage.
Lupi Ngcayisa, a DJ on Metro FM, South Africa’s biggest national urban commercial station, says Jackson’s “rich lyrics changed the complexion of black radio.”
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REMOVE THAT SCARF! YOUR HANDSOME!
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