Timmy84 said:

Nothing wrong with that!
In quite a few interviews she has talked about her relationship with her father and she said they're closer then ever! I remember she showed up with her dad at the premiere of Nutty Professor 2 The Klumps. Everyone was like:
I've also heard that MJ and Joe reconciled after the trials
Idk how true that is though....

brooksie said:

I guess the will, in a way, doesn't say that Michael loved his family any less (even Jermaine said Michael didn't leave Joe out because Katherine and Joe are supposed to be "connected", whatever that is), but who knows?

brooksie said:

As in?

midiscover said:

Joh'Vonnie? She's a fact. He even put his name on her birth cert. She was born in 1974. Randy Taraborelli put a pic of her in his book...she's 100% Joe Jackson mint issue. Maragret Maladinado confirmed it too.

I've heard Joe has a kid or two much younger by a White woman somewhere. Dunno if that's true, but Joh'Vonnie is.

brooksie said:

I think midiscover is thinking you're hinting at something going on b/w Joe and Joh'Vonnie.

So glad Marlon's name was brought up, cause that dude could dance his butt off (next to MJ, of course). I remember him on a few shows back in the day and was like damn! ! He didn't have the greatest voice, but he used to jam!! I can't remember the name of that mild hit he had, though...

Jackie was the finest of them all, IMO. Yowza!!! I didn't know he had a solo career and I didn't know Randy did either lol I loved "One More Chance," though. He put his foot in that one.

I loved Jermaine's "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'" and "Dynamite". I think I still have that album.

midiscover said:

Joh'Vonnie? She's a fact. He even put his name on her birth cert. She was born in 1974. Randy Taraborelli put a pic of her in his book...she's 100% Joe Jackson mint issue. Maragret Maladinado confirmed it too.

I've heard Joe has a kid or two much younger by a White woman somewhere. Dunno if that's true, but Joh'Vonnie is.

brooksie said:

This is why I don't believe Janet has a secret child. If the media can track down Joe Jackson secret love child, then they should be able to do the same for Janet who is far more high profile.

whatsgoingon said:

Joe wasn't exactly discreet about this kid or her mother. He signed the birth cert and that's public record in the US. Besides, that's why Katherine filed for divorce the 1st time. not saying I believe or disbelieve the "secret baby" story, but all Janet would have had to done is have the kid outside of the US. France, Switzerland, etc would have been ideal because their privacy laws are so strict. Prince and Paris were said to be born in France or Switzerland, IIRC.

If Janet spent time there when she was supposed to be preggers/delivered, it's actually not unlikely that she did have a secret kid. If she did so, obviously this kid wouldn't have gone to the obvious place (Rebbie or whoever), but either the DeBarges or some further out non famous Jackson relatives. We know far less about celebs than we think we do, even w/ all this net and papo drama!

Think about it like this, MJ managed to show up w/ a kid one day in Vegas at a Seigfried and Roy show. We have NO IDEA of his origins at all. Blanket's a complete mystery wrt almost everything. MJ said his mother was Black, but who really knows? If a celeb of his stature could keep this hidden, imagine how much else we don't know about any of 'em?
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But Blanket mother is suppose to be a surrogate. A surrogate mother can be kept hidden, but a child-your own child that is different, unless she gave that child up for adoption as soon as it was born and has no contact with that child at all. But according to sources this alleged child is still within the Jackson family. By now someone would have taken a pic of her child and given it to the media by now.

^^^ This is a Jacksons topic, so how else can it be but w/ weirdness added? Did you expect differently? You said yourself that Joe and co were weird, so...

I'm glad Tito's gone for blues these days and will keep my eyes peeled. I'd like to see him live. He's gone back to where Joe started, the blues. Tito took one for the team and it paid off.

As for the rest of them, we'll just have to see what happens. This whole story will get far more interesting before it's over. I just hope some good music comes from it.
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Jermaine is lazy.Even though he hasn't had a hit song in many years,he could still get out there and tour.He could play small theatres and venues,focusing on his solo hits.Artists such as Howard Hewitt,Jeffrey Osborne and Charlie Wilson tour regularly een though their "heyday" ended decades ago.

Jermaine is lazy.Even though he hasn't had a hit song in many years,he could still get out there and tour.He could play small theatres and venues,focusing on his solo hits.Artists such as Howard Hewitt,Jeffrey Osborne and Charlie Wilson tour regularly een though their "heyday" ended decades ago.

Timmy84 said:

The thing is, the Jackson brothers don't need to build on someone else's legacy, they have their own. Frankly, much of their problem has been stubbornness. They sat around waiting on Michael to do another family fest and didn't make serious moves to do their own things. Well now they know that ain't no reunion gonna happen, so now it's time to do something w/ their talents. I hope they realize this and get opportunities.

Sean Lennon has actually done quite well for himself in terms of an indie career. I don't think he really wants big fame. This is also true for Dhani Harrison and it was for Julian L. Zac Starkey has had an amazing career...he's a far better drummer than ol Ringo ever was.

I never said it would be easy, but it can be done. Much of this is about the Jackson family dynamics as opposed to lack of opportunities, I suspect. The sitch has changed now.

brooksie said:

Keep in mind that sometimes Michael was also just as stubborn (and selfish?!?) as his brothers when it came down to any ideas of a reunion album & tour.

But if the brothers could do it all over again between the 1995-2005 time flame, they should've done a reunion album WITHOUT Michael and then go on tour promoting the album as the opening act for Janet.

I never cared about the other brothers but this is a interesting thread