im sorry to bother you with yet another MJ related thread,
but hell wtf
here ya go

JACKSON WARS: Randy vs Jermaine

28/04/2004

The following incredible Fox News article exposes the power struggle for Michael Jackson:

"Jermaine Jackson must feel pretty stupid right now. For the last couple of weeks he's been in Bahrain on some kind of religious pilgrimage. In that time his younger brother Randy moved in on brother Michael, taking advantage of Jermaine's absence. Randy replaced Michael's lawyers and advisers, dismissed the Nation of Islam, and usurped Jermaine's power in the King of Pop's court.

Of course, Jermaine did the same thing back in December, when he took advantage of Dieter Wiesner's trip to Germany. That's when Jermaine brought in the Nation of Islam, tossed out Wiesner and partner Ronald Konitzer, and cut off all access to Jackson. Jermaine introduced Michael to Leonard Muhammad, the son-in-law of Louis Farrakhan, who wound up sitting at the head table at the famous "summit" meeting in late December of all Jackson advisers.

Now Muhammad has been forced out by Randy and his own counsel, Brian Oxman, a soft-spoken California lawyer who helped Randy through his own legal troubles once upon a time. Oxman knows the lay of the land between Randy and Jermaine. He was there when Jermaine conducted a hostile takeover of Randy's wife and children, humiliating the younger brother. Now Randy has gotten his revenge, so to speak. And Jermaine, who has had a rocky relationship with Michael in the past, is out.

If I were Randy Jackson, I wouldn't leave Michael's side now. As one of Michael's advisers put it yesterday: "You have to be there all the time, 24/7. I'm totally convinced that Michael has no memory of the last thing that was said to him. It's that bad."

So much for the happy family of singing, dancing boys who had all those hits in the 1970s. They are now at each other's throats most of the time, vying for access to whatever money Michael has left. The rise of Randy Jackson means yet another change in the current legal mess. Oxman's friend Thomas Mesereau replaces Mark Geragos and Benjamin Brafman as lead attorney in the case. Oxman himself has been heard telling people he's Michael Jackson's "civil attorney," although Michael has a battery of people who already claim that calling.

What happened to Muhammad and the Nation of Islam? How did Michael finally rid himself of this insidious problem? I'd like to say there was some moral outrage or big awakening on Jacko's part. But the real story is this: Michael was apparently dissatisfied with all the time Geragos was spending on the Scott Peterson case. In the time since the NOI became involved with the Jacksons, Geragos — who was afraid of them initially — had apparently become quite chummy with Leonard. Michael, I am told, had come to identify the NOI with Geragos. When it was time for him to go, Leonard went with him.

Now I am told that Muhammad is not leaving without compensation. He is headed from Chicago to Los Angeles even as I write this to try and work out some kind of arrangement whereby he can try and close some of the business deals he was developing concerning Michael. But otherwise, the NOI is gone, for now, from the world of Michael Jackson."

jeez u must have alot of time on your hands were u not the 1 who earlier started a new thread stating to keep all mj related topics to 1 thread or words to that effect and yet here u are starting another 1

ive looked at some other recent threads to and youve started more omggggg

You don't need to post every MJ article.

no kidding

i just thought it was hilarious lol

WildStyle said:

Hey, it's just funny all those stories!!

Luv4oneanotha said:

Interesting article - thanx. My personal thoughts on the case aside, Im glad the NOI are out on their ear - was NOT a good thing 4 Mikey 2 be associated with - particularly right now.

bananacologne said:

seems to me mike can easily be manipulated...

I think Randy and Jermaine have been at odds ever since Jermaine stoled Randy's kids mama right from under his nose and then turned around and married her.

Applying deductive logic:

Idiots will be idiots.
Randy and Jermaine are idiots.
Hence Randy and Jermaine will be idiots.
[This message was edited Sun May 2 12:17:15 2004 by VoicesCarry]

I have a serious question: Do any of the damned Jacksons have jobs?

u know, im getting really tired of all the people crapping on these types of threads.....the subject heading is specific about the content within it..If you dont care about the subject, dont open up the thread..

consider this a warning.....your bitching can be considered "off-topic" and im gonna bust out with my "edit" powers...





just kidding....maybe

sosgemini said:

Thank you, but that doesn't answer my question!

Adisa said:

yes, they are paid to listen to girlbros radio.....beyond that they are enjoying the royalties and getting wider and wider...

has anyone else noticed how all the jackson's faces seem to be expanding? well, except for mj and janet... nip nip..

sosgemini said:

Janet, yum, her plastic surgeon does a good job

VoicesCarry said:

janet, currently, is looking good...sometimes her make-up choices can make her look a lot plastic then she actually is..but ill give her props right now...

mj...well, mj...ummm..mj looks like he is still breathing..and that i guess is a good thing...

(mama said mama said....)

sosgemini said:

VoicesCarry said:

I think what Mj looks like all depends on how much make-up he puts on and lighting
sometimes he looks decent
and sometimes he looks utterly awful!
i swear his make-up artist literally paints his face to look human
im glad he got rid of that damn pixie nose
fawkin wants to be peter pan lol

Luv4oneanotha said:

His makeup artists need to use more natural tones. Not this troweled-on, corpse-white pancake coating coupled with blood-red lipstick the colour of exposed tissue.

VoicesCarry said:

co-sign

his make-up during dangerous and bad eras was cool...during history era....in they dontc.a.u. video he was great...Scream was ok...earth song and stranger in moscow was not bad BUT you are not alone was

Oxman knows the lay of the land between Randy and Jermaine. He was there when Jermaine conducted a hostile takeover of Randy's wife and children, humiliating the younger brother. more details please!

VoicesCarry said:

I'm pretty sure his make-up artists are aware of that- but the problem is usually that by working with a celeberity of that magnitude, you pretty much have to do what THEY want, even if what they want looks CRAZY, lol! I worked with his sister LaToya 10 years ago, and themake-up artist hired for the project was a top editorial guy from South America, totally VOGUE magazine calaber and had done the faces of every supermodel that was hot at that time; do you know that after he did her face (and BEAUTIFULLY I might add) she proceeded to reply that she looked "a little warm" and took his stuff and the lightest shades she could find and started RE-DOING her own make-up!!!??? Smacking herself in the face with lily white face powder and DRAWING IN CONTOUR on her nose and cheeks...IT WAS HORRENDOUS...but alas there's not really much you can do in a situation like that. At the end of the day you just kind of say "whatever", collect your check, and if you have any integrity try not to work with clients like that again if you feel they compromised you artistcally. Trust me, homeboy was GAGGING at the sight of what she was doing to herself, but when you're in a situation where you're working with even a "celebrity-non-grata" of that magnitude- you just kind of keep your trap shut so you don't get fired, even if you're just a freelancer working with them for a day or two...

jn2 said:

Make that a double
!

I hadn't heard about this- do explain!

I swear MJ Fawks his make-up artist
she is like really close to him, Practically in love with the man
whenever i see them together shes always hugging him etc
I wouldn't say she's skilled with her make-up kit though
then again Evening out his facial structure is quite the task...

Luv4oneanotha said:

Karen Faye. She's been around awhile. There was a pic of her with him back when filming 'Bad' in '87. The Sun 'newspaper' here in the UK tried to make out they were romantically attached under the headline 'Jacko's Cracker'. All seems such a long time ago now.

Marrk said:

jackos cracker?
gotta love those british tabloids

Randy actually wrote and produced a really good song on the Jacksons "Victory" album(1984)! The cut was a ballad called "One more chance" (not the MJ one) and is still an enjoyable listen! His voice is nice on this one too! The bridge or middle 8 in this song is gorgeous....

Also he sings well on the Jacksons "She" (off "2300 Jackson street" (1989))

He ruins "Hurt" (off victory) though with horrible falsetto! Shame as the track would of been quite good if he would of sang on it normally!

Still looking 4 "Randy and the gypsies" album, used to have it but can't remember it at all now!


Randy was way funny at MJ's 30 aniversary concert at Madison square garden! During the Jackson five medley, on "ABC", when the chorus is being sung, Randy shouts out to the crowd "U down with OPP?" ( U know that Naughty by nature song from the early 90's that samples "ABC") and Michaels face is priceless as he's furious with what Randy is saying! Michael even tries to stop him but Randy just pushes him away, ONSTAGE! Michael just walks back and looks at him very angrily! It's priceless! By far the best bit on the whole rather naff concert!

The jacksons should tour again, see if they get angry with each other on stage as MJ when solo can't get annoyed with anyone really! Plus if Janet could join (and even Laytoya and 3T) then that would be awsome!


By the way, why the hell wasn't Janet there 4 that aniversary concert(s)? Some sister? She could of performed with Mike on "Scream"! I ain't never seen them perform together, not even at awards shows or anything?

Randy actually wrote and produced a really good song on the Jacksons "Victory" album(1984)! The cut was a ballad called "One more chance" (not the MJ one) and is still an enjoyable listen! His voice is nice on this one too! The bridge or middle 8 in this song is gorgeous....

Also he sings well on the Jacksons "She" (off "2300 Jackson street" (1989))

He ruins "Hurt" (off victory) though with horrible falsetto! Shame as the track would of been quite good if he would of sang on it normally!

Still looking 4 "Randy and the gypsies" album, used to have it but can't remember it at all now!


Randy was way funny at MJ's 30 aniversary concert at Madison square garden! During the Jackson five medley, on "ABC", when the chorus is being sung, Randy shouts out to the crowd "U down with OPP?" ( U know that Naughty by nature song from the early 90's that samples "ABC") and Michaels face is priceless as he's furious with what Randy is saying! Michael even tries to stop him but Randy just pushes him away, ONSTAGE! Michael just walks back and looks at him very angrily! It's priceless! By far the best bit on the whole rather naff concert!

The jacksons should tour again, see if they get angry with each other on stage as MJ when solo can't get annoyed with anyone really! Plus if Janet could join (and even Laytoya and 3T) then that would be awsome!


By the way, why the hell wasn't Janet there 4 that aniversary concert(s)? Some sister? She could of performed with Mike on "Scream"! I ain't never seen them perform together, not even at awards shows or anything?