Ron Artest MJ Tribute

Hohoo. Not sure how long this has been out there, but Simmons (remember him?) made a brief reference to this in his Friday mailbag. Obvi I had to search it out.

Thing is incredddd:



--Nick

Shaheen Jafargholi

So I watched most of the Michael Jackson memorial yesterday after camp. Pretty solid I thought. Right in the middle of touching remembrance and celebration.

Besides his daughter's tear-jerking comments at the end, one thing really stood out to me. The performance of one 12-year-old chub who could sing his ass off. Had to do a lil research on who this random lil boy that was singing at the biggest memorial of the decade.

Turns out it's Shaheen Jafargholi, a finalist on the recent powerhouse season of Britain's Got Talent. Check out this if you didn't see it yesterday. Kid is amazing:



This is how it all started. He's trying to show the BGT judges -- including Simon Cowell -- what he can do. Cowell hates it at first. Then he switches the song and you;ll see what happens:



How ill is that? Kid busts out his idol's song in a competition. Murders it. Then gets to perform the same song at said idol's memorial televised worldwide. Good for him.

--Nick

Last Jackson Song

By now you've seen the video from Michael Jackson's last rehearsal. Ever since I first saw it, I had that tune stuck in my head for days. "All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us..."

Well, turns out this song is dece old, from like 1996, and was one of his most controversial songs because of the social ills it depicts and also for some slightly antisemitic lyrics referring to lawyers.

Spike Lee shot both videos, on somewhere is Brazil. The other in a prison. Here's the prison one. Song's like fire to me:



And here's that last rehearsal video I was talking about. You might see me doing that lil step-twirl dance sometime this summer. So simple but Mike Jack makes it look sick. Ill lil dance:



--Nick

Mike Jack: Swag On Mars

While risking this becoming a Michael Jackson tribute blog from here on out, I have to give one more shoutout to MJ. Wolfie and I were discussing MJ's swag level yesterday and we came to the following conclusion: it was on levels you can only dream of. Kanye West would be extremely jealous.

MJ's swag was unspoken and unmistakable. He was enormous. He knew it. But he didn't have to brag about it. Like this clip of him at the Super Bowl. Come up out of the ground and just stand there for 2 mins while people go wild. Look at that swag stand:



And don't forget when he debuted the biggest move in entertainment history: the Moon Walk. Thing was so legendary people actually accused him of using mirrors and shit because it was so impossible to do. Woo:



And this is just vintage. The reason why I loved this man:



Underrated that he's lip-syncing in all these. I guess he was the Kind of Pop, though, and that's what pop musicians do. Never got shit for it like Britney and everyone.

--Nick

Michael

Alright honestly I know by the time most of you read this you will already be sick of hearing tributes and talk about Michael Jackson, so I will try to keep this short.

I don't know what the F was wrong with Michael in his later years....maybe he molested boys, maybe he didn't, who knows really. The dude had no childhood and raised while on the road traveling with a band, I'm sure that can F you up. Actually, if I was on a tour bus with Lil Wayne right now I would probably die from a drug overdose....moving on

I've loved music all my life. When I was a young kid loving music, Michael Jackson was a GIANT. He sold millions of records world wide and was loved all over the globe. I had all of his tapes, the Free Willy soundtrack with him on it, and used to practice moon walking in my socks. He wasn't called the "King of Pop" for nothing....and I think our generation is probably the first that doesn't give him the props he deserves because of the whole touching boys thing. Jeez ya molest one little boy and everyone thinks your a gay weirdo....just kidding Mike.

He changed the industry, he MADE pop music...of course he also changed his skin color, and his nose...about 100 times. Whatever your thoughts are on him, his passing is tragedy to the industry. If you hate the dude and want to make a ton of too soon, probably not that funny jokes...by all means be my guest. Just remember you could live another 10 lifetimes and not even come close to accomplishing what he did. I said what I wanted to...enjoy your Friday.




-J Perk

RIP Michael Jackson

Like him or not Michael Jackson ran shit for a long time.....RIP Michael you weird zombie looking alleged child molester you.



-J Perk