MJJC Exclusive Q&A with Taj Jackson - Read Taj's answers

[passy001]

Sorry but what This is it movie has to do with crooks like Mann or Schaffel?

It just shows how little Taj understands of the relationship MJ had with Sony. MJ and Sony had one of the most complex business relationships you could ever find in the industry. and him comparing this to Howard Mann and dieter wiener is insulting. Besides MJ did not even know Howard Mann.

[passy001]

I keep thinking of the family attempts to make taj the third executor of the estate. With the views that he holds, i'm glad that never happened. MJ may very well have said to 3t one time that he's hoping they will carry on the jackson legacy, probably meaning being in the music business, but the fact he didn't have his family involved in his estate , as ben pointed out, is a far more powerful statement as to how he saw his own legacy as something separate.

I'm not sure Randy would be happy with that. He's been dying to be an executor since day one. Yet, none of them have any qualification for the post. They are all UNEDUCATED for crying out loud. Plus, they lack the business acumen and leadership to manage a business like the MJ Estate.

[Sunflowers]

Thanks Ivy and Taj for this. It didn't clear up a lot of things for me. But then Taj can't speak for the whole family. Cos as he said, the family is very big. And we have all seen that they don't all have the same opinions. That makes it that the family can't speak as one. So I do think it's good that TAj points out that he speaks for himself, otherwise we would have a lot of confusion again.
If someone form the Jackson family speaks we shouldn't see this as a families opinion, but as an individual opinion of who ever said the words. There doesn't seem to be 1 family thought and opinion about things. Which wouldn't happen in most families anyway.

[gerryevans]

I just have one question in response: Is it obvious that it was in Michael's interest to pick Katherine as the guardian of his children knowing exactly what would happen then? So you your opinion of the whole family just when from white to black all of a sudden as if you didn't know who or what they were about all the previous decades before? wait i know you were just seing them in Michael's shadow which is understandable but aren't you being unfair in your sudden judgement? Shady people have been lurking around this family since the beginning. Michael got the most of it.

Dsplenter…I’m going to preface my answer to your question by alluding first to MJ’s intellect. Because the man was indeed a genius, he was so smart his brain processes should be studied for posterity. Because YES, I do believe he made Katherine the guardian of his children knowing EXACTLY what would happen.

I believe he even made her the beneficiary for the lion’s share of his estate, as Katherine gets 40% and the children individually get 13%, because he knew she would try to take care of everybody else out of her share. MJ was with his mother for 50 years. He knew her a whole lot better than any fans. I do believe he’d be VERY surprised she’d align his children with a porno producer, but other than that, I don’t think he’d be shocked by her actions.

And as much as I believe he wanted Katherine to be the guardian of his children and knew what she would do, I believe he wanted experienced SUCCESSFUL businessmen in the industry to oversee his business to ensure funds would last a lifetime for his kids. The fact is in most instances where great wealth is involved, the executors are not family members, but professionals.

That doesn’t mean the professionals should not be watched or get a free pass. MJ’s executors certainly don’t from most fans. They’re eyed as suspiciously as everyone else when it comes to MJ, especially where money is concerned. But within that context as executors, they’ve coordinated some great projects for his legacy. The court appears to have a system in place for accountability. As the major beneficiary, Katherine should also have some kind of auditing privileges. If she doesn’t, then her advisers are dropping the ball. No one should be blindly trusted and no one is, especially by fans who are the main consumers and resource for most ventures to succeed.

My change in opinion has not been sudden. I don’t think any parties involved are all good or all bad. I just thought the Jacksons where the greater good. I believe they’re all equal now.


ETA: Equal when it comes to MJ and cashing in on his name, but as dysfunctional as the Jacksons are, I do believe they loved MJ.

[twinklEE]

are we in a twillight zone?

[mier]

11 Months before the Michael Jackson hand prints they started the "non actor / actress prints" with Kobe Bryant who happens to be an athlete.

So the rule change is not done for Michael, it's not sudden, it's not convenient.

and perhaps you should research before you comment?

That + Michael WAS also an actor:
The Wiz, Moonwalker, Captain EO, his many short FILMS.

[MIST]

Is it obvious that it was in Michael's interest to pick Katherine as the guardian of his children knowing exactly what would happen then?

It had been more likely that Michael would have lived longer than Katherine.
He lived healthy, he got drugs to be able to sleep but thought he was safe because he had a "doctor" who monitored him ...
I think Michael -and all of us-thought he had many years to live and the children should be adults when he died.
I think Katherine was more a name on the paper.

Thank you to MJJC and Taj

[gerryevans]

It had been more likely that Michael would have lived longer than Katherine.
He lived healthy, he got drugs to be able to sleep but thought he was safe because he had a "doctor" who monitored him ...
I think Michael -and all of us-thought he had many years to live and the children should be adults when he died.
I think Katherine was more a name on the paper.

Thank you to MJJC and Taj

With all the hell Michael went through, from false allegations, to a debilitating trial to non stop treachery all about him, I believe there is some truth in what others have said that he thought his life was at times in danger. Don't know how much he believed it, but just as a parent, he had cause to make provisions for those he cared about.

[MIST]

With all the hell Michael went through, from false allegations, to a debilitating trial to non stop treachery all about him, I believe there is some truth in what others have said that he thought his life was at times in danger. Don't know how much he believed it, but just as a parent, he had cause to make provisions for those he cared about.

Michael knew he could be a target for a crazy fan or for someone else and had to have a will if something should happen to him.
But he was a human and I guess we humans know we are going to die one day but not yet.
Somehow at least most of us don´t believe it´s going to happen to us soon but later,much later.

[qbee]

Mod Note
Lets not stray to far from the topic
We are discussing Taj and his answers - Thanks

[SuperBlessed]

Thank you Taj. You didn't have to do this for the fans. But you took the time to do this for us anyway. I am so grateful to you for this. You totally rock. I love you and your family. I'm still a big 3T fan! Thank you bunches! God bless you!

Thanks Ivy for working hard to organize this. I appreciate you too.

[Diplomate]

I wished Taj Jackson, could tell what he thinks about this article ( without lies of course )


http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/01/1...992,106985.php


a translation of a french article (01/16/2012)


Michel de Burgo, the former head of the City Hall has just won a third star at Robuchon in Hong Kong. Holiday in Carcassonne, Michel de Burgo says the Independent projects and also his memories. Of these, the head returns to the coming of Michael Jackson in the palace Carcassonne in September 1992: "He was in concert in Toulouse, and unwilling to share the same hotel as his family. I think it's his taste for unusual decorations that led him to the Hotel de la Cite ".

Michel Del Burgo has not forgotten the passage of the mega star. Starting with its entry in the lobby, like an apparition: "As we saw on TV, with his hat, his dark glasses and scarf over his face." The chief has kept the memory of a star behavior "exemplary" with staff, away from excess reported by the media. His night, however, was quite eventful. "His family joined him in Carcassonne. So he went to take refuge in his van in the parking lot of the hotel, with boxes of Orangina and Coca-Cola. Finally, the police intervened to send away his family, and he returned to his suite. "

In the kitchen, Michel Del Burgo did not have much to do. "He came with his Indian cook, wearing a turban. In the kitchens of the hotel, I watched him prepare vegetarian meals, with products to us, and others he had brought with him. The next day, all the hotel staff was invited to his concert. "

[MattyJam]

What's the point in agreeing to a Q&A if you have nothing of substance to say???

[Diplomate]

What's the point in agreeing to a Q&A if you have nothing of substance to say???

I thought he would answer to the questions. But he didn't.

[Autumn II]

What's the point in agreeing to a Q&A if you have nothing of substance to say???

As it turns out, I guess it was PR for the family? Surely by now, they know we have a few ISSUES with them? So he thought he could do damage-control? Guess not. . . .