The bizarre story behind Michael Jackson’s monitor with 50 Cent

For a lot of, the late Michael Jackson continues to be the ‘King of Pop’ and might by no means get replaced. Considered one of Jackson’s most well-known songs is ‘Thriller’. Nevertheless, the icon himself labored alongside Queens rapper 50 Cent on a music he felt was the following ‘Thriller.’ The ‘In Da Club’ emcee labored fortunately alongside the late legend. Nonetheless, following Jackson’s loss of life, 50 controversially claimed that the ‘Billy Jean’ singer was inferior to at least one specific artist.

Though Michael Jackson was a revered singer and songwriter who labored finest alongside the famend producer of ‘Thriller’ Quincy Jones, the icon nonetheless loved incorporating rap into his music and labored with MCs similar to The Infamous B.I.G. and Will.i.am. Within the late vocalist’s biography, Michael Jackson, Inc.: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of a Billion-Greenback Empire, there’s a chapter that recollects how he had an affinity for 50 Cent’s 2003 hit ‘In Da Club.’ The 2014 biography even claims that he beloved the monitor a lot he would take heed to it each morning.

In a 2010 interview with MTV Information, 50 Cent spoke about how their collaboration took place and recalled how he had had a phone dialog with Michael Jackson earlier that 12 months. Reflecting on the decision, he acknowledged, “I didn’t have the opportunity to physically be in Michael Jackson’s presence, But my DJ, Whoo Kid, he had the opportunity to actually meet Mike because he was interested in working with me, and he said that he had something he wanted me to actually hear, a song he created. He thought it would be perfect for us to collaborate on and then he put me on the telephone.”

The monitor was entitled ‘Monster’ and featured on Michael Jackson’s 2010 posthumous launch, Michael. Nevertheless, virtually a decade after Jackson’s loss of life, 50 Cent covertly dissed him on Instagram. Taking to social media, the Queens act shared a video of Chris Brown dancing on his Indigoat Tour.

The put up’s caption learn, “I would hate to be an R’n’B n*gga right now. This fool better than MJ, no cap!” This was not the primary time the rapper (actual identify Curtis Jackson) insisted that Chris Brown was higher than Michael Jackson. In early 2019, the ‘Many Men’ rapper posted, “CB better than MJ to me now, I can’t believe mike wanted to touch the little boys booty.‍ What the f*ck man.” He additionally posted,

Every week later, he shared one other comparable put up, studying, “All I’m saying is I never seen MJ come out like this!” Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson responded to the rapper’s numerous posts however did it respectfully as to point out respect to each her father and Chris Brown. You possibly can take heed to 50 Cent and Michael Jackson’s collaboration within the video under.