Found this in another forum:

March 31, 2004 -- QUINCY Jones was psyched to line up Norah Jones, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Sting and Stevie Wonder for his "We Are the Future" concert in Rome on May 16, but there's one artist who Jones does not want. "Michael Jackson desperately wants to be a part of this concert," says an industry insider. "He has contacted Quincy, but Quincy turned him down. Michael wants to do the concert because it would help his image right now, but because of the molestation charges, Quincy isn't interested." Jackson is particularly hurt about not appearing in the show, because Jones, who helped Jacko launch his solo act, got him involved in "We Are the World" over 10 years ago. "It is a bit of a scandal," said the source, who added Jones is in talks with several networks to broadcast the show in the U.S. The concert will be seen across the world, even in the Mideast. It will feature 2,000 children between the ages of 5 and 8 - another reason to keep Jackson away. Reps for Jackson and Jones didn't return calls.

Harlepolis said:

Uh, yeah, well why the thumbs down? Quincy did a lot for MJ already, he doesn't owe him anything. And it really isn't common practice to send accused pedophiles to Rome to play concerts for thousands of children. Or at least it shouldn't be (they still let R. Kelly play concerts to children, didn't they?). Once he's acquitted, he can go.

I'm sure Randy Jackson would be accepted.

VoicesCarry said:

You could say Mike did a lot for Quincy too. Mike gets ACCUSED of some shit and people act llike he's got an R Kelly style video out with him and some kid. Just goes to show you what type of cats are out there in the music biz. Q can suck one
[This message was edited Thu Apr 8 13:19:02 2004 by intha916]

Q made the right call. MJ would just serve as a distraction. People would question Q's judgment, considering the charges against MJ and the nature of the event.

I think Q has probably proven himself to be loyal to MJ enough times to not have to weather any undue criticism at this point. Jackson, on the other hand, likes to be around little boys enough to disturb most adults.

Again, Q made the right call.

The truth is this is Mix fan bases that are coming to these concerts
Quincy Did it For Michaels Best
He doesn't Wan't Michael to indure a Humiliation because somedecides to boo or shout obcenities
Quincy knows more then anyone else that mj is innocent
but he doesn't wan't to risk anything
Both of them are extremely close
would you let your best friend endure humiliation?
im Pretty Confident that MJ is gong to be aquitted
but The media has already nailed and crucified mj
reminds me
Jesus was always seen with children?
would you find him abnormal?
people are so ignorant at times

Luv4oneanotha said:

Oh yeah, 'cause MJ's so similar to Jesus.

VoicesCarry said:

Numbder of charities he spends millions on
AIDS Project L.A.

American Cancer Society

Angel Food

Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles

BMI Foundation, Inc.

Brotherhood Crusade

Brothman Burn Center

Camp Ronald McDonald

Childhelp U.S.A.

Children's Institute International

Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund

Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)

Dakar Foundation

Dreamstreet Kids

Dreams Come True Charity

Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

Love Match

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Minority Aids Project

Motown Museum

NAACP

National Rainbow Coalition

Rotary Club of Australia

Society of Singers

Starlight Foundation
The Carter Center's Atlanta Project

The Sickle Cell Research Foundation

Transafrica

United Negro College Fund (UNCF)

United Negro College Fund Ladder's of Hope

Volunteers of America

Watts Summer Festival

Wish Granting

YMCA - 28th Street/Crenshaw

small amount of acomplishments his heal thew orld foundation have made
Accomplishments:


1992:
June -- Donated 100,000 DM to Sophia Childrens' Hospital in Rotterdam.

July -- Donated L. 821,477,296 to La Partita del Cuore (The Heart Match) in Rome. Donated 120,000 DM to children's charities in Estonia and Latvia.

September -- Donated 1 million pesetas to charity headed by the Queen of Spain. Dedicated children's playground at orphanage in Bucharest, Romania.

November -- Forty-seven tons of winter relief supplies airlifted to the children of Sarajevo in association with AmeriCares, including medical items, blankets, winter clothing, and shoes.

December -- Relief supplies airlifted to children in Bosnia in association with Operation Christmas Child, consisting of 30,000 "shoebox gifts" of toys, school items, photographs, and letters collected by U.K. schoolchildren.



1993:
January -- A new U.S. Children's Relief Initiative announced in Los Angeles: "Heal L.A.", in collaboration with Cities In Schools, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the BEST Foundation, Watts Health Foundation, and the Partnership for a Drug Free America, wil l help solve the problems facing inner-city youth by providing drug-abuse and AIDS prevention education, mentoring, and immunization campaigns in the wake of the 1992 unrest.

Donated $1.25 million dollars plus proceeds from Michael Jackson's half-time performance at Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, CA (USA) to Heal L.A.

February -- In association with Sega, launched an initiative to distribute more than $108,000 of computer games and equipment to children's hospitals, children's homes, and children's charities throughout the U.K.

April -- Unannounced visit made by Michael Jackson to three Heal L.A. project sites to participate in discussions with recipients and providers of the immunization, mentoring, and drug-abuse prevention programs.

May -- With the assistance of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Atlanta Project Immunization/Children's Health Initiative, arranged for the immunization of 17,000 children in 5 days in Atlanta, GA (USA); support from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., R onald McDonald Children's Charities, Gladys Knight, and TLC.

August -- With Pepsi-Cola Thailand, donated $40,000 to Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's charity, the Rural School Children and Youth Development Fund, in support of school lunch programs in rural villages in Thailand.

In conjunction with Pepsi-Cola International, donated new ambulances to the Contacts One Independent Living Center for Children in Moscow, Russia and the Hospital de Ninos Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

October -- Donated $100,000 to the Children's Defense Fund, the Children's Diabetes Foundation, the Atlanta Project, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark, New Jersey.

December -- With the Gorbachev Foundation, airlifted 60,000 doses of children's vaccines to Tblisi, Georgia.

In association with Operation Christmas Child, gave to children in the former Yugoslavia over 100,000 "shoebox gifts" of toys, small gifts, and letters donated by children in the U.K.



1994:
January -- In conjunction with Unihealth and the Los Angeles Immunization Coalition, provided vaccines to children made homeless by the Los Angeles earthquake; with Discovery Toys, donated hundreds of toys to the children in the immunization drive.

Provided $85,000 through Heal L.A. to earthquake relief efforts by non-profit organizations dedicated to aiding families with long-term recovery, including the Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center, Casa Rutilio Grande, Clinica Para Las Americas, Families in New Directions, Meeting Each Need With Dignity, Proyecto Esperanza, Pueblo Nuevo, and the Vaughn Street Family Center.

In association with General Electric, Lever Brothers, and Surf Wash, donated washers, dryers, and soap to 25 non-profit organizations to provide free laundry services to families affected by the quake.

Heal the World and Heal L.A. board member Edward James Olmos provided education about earthquake safety to quake victims in shelters.

With the Salvation Army, treated over 400 homeless children and parents to a day at Universal Studios.

Spring-Summer -- Heal L.A. Immunization and Mentoring Initiatives supported by visits by Kriss Kross to the George C. Page Children's Hospital Community Health Center and Raven-Symone and Bryton McClure to the Bancroft Middle School.

Summer -- In conjunction with the Los Angeles Unified School District, Youth Services, the I Have A Dream Foundation, Best Buddies, Overcoming Obstacles, and California One to One, provides 2000 children with tickets to see Janet Jackson in concert, the " L.A. Laker Jam", and the Beach Boys.

August -- In association with Toys 'R Us and AmeriCares, distributed $20,000 worth of toys, food, and supplies to children's hospital in Budapest, Hungary.

Fall -- Heal L.A. funds implementation of the Los Angeles Team Mentoring Program in six Los Angeles Unified School District Middle Schools in the South Central Los Angeles and the Pico Union District, reaching over 1000 young people.

October -- Launched the Community School/Safe Havens Initiative designed to provide Los Angeles communities with a safe environment in which students, families, and residents can pursue after-school academic and recreational activities such as instruction in computers, languages, mathematics, and sports.



1995:
February -- Heal L.A. expanded curriculum offerings and program hours of the Community School/Safe Havens Initiative, which grew to include over 1200 families.

March -- Paid for liver transplant for young Hungarian boy, Bela Farkas.

April -- Sponsored 46 children from 17 nations to gather at Neverland for the World Congress of Children, a three-day seminar to discuss drug abuse, homelessness, increasing violence, AIDS, and child abuse.

June -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors present the findings of the World Children's Congress to the World Summit of Children during the United Nations' 50th Anniversary celebration in San Francisco, CA, and meet with U.N. Secre tary Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and several U.N. ambassadors.

Summer -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassador from Mexico accompanies Children's Torch of Hope across the U.S., bringing the message of the World Children's Congress to over 30 events sponsored by the Coalition for Children of the Ea rth and EC2000.

October -- Brownstone and Tasha Scott perform at Horace Mann Middle School to launch new school year for Community School/Safe Havens Initiative.

Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors report to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, Switzerland.

December -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors address the dedication of the "Guardians of the Future" monument in Mexico City, co-sponsored by EC2000, Terra Christa Communications, UNICEF, the office of the mayor of Mexico City, a nd Coalition for Children of the Earth.

In association with the International Rescue Committee, shipped two pallets of toys to children in war-scarred Bosnia and Hercegovina.



1996:
February -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassador from Mexico presents model for creating a sustainable environment to the U.N. Habitat II Prep Committee.

April -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors attend Children First: A Global Forum, in Atlanta, Georgia. The event, hosted by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, the Carter Center, and the Task Force for Child Surv ival, and co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the World Bank, and Heal the World, brings together 360 representatives from 100 countries to discuss strategies to improve the quality of life for children.

Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors attend the Spectrum of Light Youth Conference in Washington, D.C. to form partnerships to emphasize the need for a sustainable society based on a healthy environment.

From what i've read
He's Pretty Damn close...

Luv4oneanotha said:

Unfortunately Quincy claims to only know Mike "professionally" at this time in Mike's life...

Supernova said:

thats not true Quincy on many occaision's said he knew mj on both personal and professional level
problem is when your best friend is an alleged molester you can't be too careful
Bad publicity always tends to follow MJ

Luv4oneanotha said:

Yes, it is.

Luv4oneanotha said:

Uh, yeah. It's called a tax writeoff. Major corporations and asshole CEO's do it all the time. Guess they're closer to Jesus too!

Luv4oneanotha said:

WHOA PAL

THAT NOT EVEN CLOSE

VoicesCarry said:

Lmfao true it is a tax write off and? is that the best you got?
Ceo and Corporations Create a Saftey Corporation that handles charities inside the united states
anything outside the united states is not considered a Tax Write off
jackson Created a Foundation that handles mostly outside of the United States
in Actuality his Foundation is Nearly Bankrupt its sole income is from jacksons estate
nothing to do with taxes
Mj uses his Main charities in the united states as tax write offs
that was a good try though lol

I heard that MJ was also rejected a couple years back for the "Concert for America" special that was aired to raised money for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The producers said they felt MJ would be too much of a distraction. They wanted the show to focus on the event and not so much on the performers.

There are two sides to this:

1. MJ is innocent until proven guilty.

2. Would there really be a demand to see an MJ performance at this point in time?

Quincy is trying to distance himself from MJ. I don't blame him. MJ has been a PR nightmare for the last 10 years. He's literally shot himself in the foot EVERYTIME. It's MJ's own fault why he's not invited, not Q's.

ThreadBare said:

Now that we all know the bottom line...

I guess, it was the right move by Q. Whatever his intention was and I hope he just wants to save MJ from himself, the last thing MJ should do is such a PR stunt.

BlueNote

MJ really needs to keep a low profile these days,and stay OUT of the spotlght for awhile.As I pointed out on another thread,even when he tries to do something honorable,it usually turns into a public relations embarassment.Quincy made the right call.

A light that shines twice as bright...
I feel sorry for the man. It's been open season since his first facial reconstruction.

Where does he go from here?

Luv4oneanotha said:

I like how you claimed you weren't an MJ fan on your other thread.

VoicesCarry said:

all u need is google lol
any good tax lawyer knows that you use a third party corporation to write off taxes lol
MJJ has
MJJ Records and Heal The world
then he has reach for the stars his 3rd party corporations which is basically for tax write off charities
heal the world is basically what he does the most work in and hes not compensated for
and all you need to do is search google to find this shyt out lol
lol im a mj fan now i just bought thriller

marcdeondotcom said:

It really is a shame. I was just watching Michael and Q. on THE WIZ dvd this morning and thinking -"how did Micheal get to the horrible state that he's in currently??? Who fucked him up in his head so badly that we lost this brilliant young performer that I'm seeing on screen now??"

I mean, you sit and you watch Michael singing "You Can't Win" from this film and try to juxtapose it with current images of him and it's like something from the Twighlight Zone, just incredibly freakish and beyond tragic...on top of mutilating himself he keeps placing himself in questionable situations with young boys and it all feels so wrong- wrong to the point where I've actually wondered if there was a singular trauma in his childhood that triggered all of this...his whole state of BEING is just so beyond freakish, I look at footage from his younger years and I'm completely stymied, and I just think "baby, what happened? who did THIS to you????".

Somehow I have a feeling as if he just really didn't get to THIS all by himself if you know what I mean...

Luv4oneanotha said:

Another MJ freakazoid

ReeseStrongnight said:

Fame is a bitch. Imagine not being able to go anywhere or do anything from age... what was it 7? 9?

Nooo Thanks. It would probably screw my head up too.

And we all know Joe was a slavedriver.

ReeseStrongnight said:

Thriller did it to him...Thriller did it.

Luv4oneanotha said:

That makes him nothing like Jesus

Luv4oneanotha, I'm tired of hearing how rotten his childhood was.

When does Michael Jackson take responsibility for his adulthood?