No disrespect, but I see this mentality all over today. That people want to jump on a bandwagon of an artist only "to be a part of his/her legacy". I saw people say that about Adele's 25 album: that they buy it because they want to be a part of a record she sets (not even because they actually like it). I don't know but to me it's an odd reason to support any artist. I don't even feel it's legit to say anyone other than the artist and his/her crew can claim to be a part of that artists legacy. And when MJ and other legendary artists of the past broke records I have never seen such a mentality or these kind of considerations even being on people's minds. I was simply happy for whenever MJ won or broke a record, but it wasn't about ME being a part of anything. It was his achievement, not mine, it never even crossed my mind that buying his album, supporting him somehow makes me a part of his legacy. LOL.
I guess this young generation has some sort of jealousy of older generations being able to witness truly great artists and they became somehow desperate to build their own legends, even if it has to be in a somewhat contrived way. It's just weird to me, but I often see this mentality in young people lately.
Anyway, back to the Grammys, they tweeted this:
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michaeljackson’s ‘Off The Wall’ was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2008
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Michael Jackson’s influence lives on today.
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