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

It's also funny that you think the fans are pro-estate blindly. Did you see so many fans are unhappy about the "Michael" album? Did you see so many fans are complaining about the TII sound tracks and the whole TII-Paul Anka fiasco? Fans are watching the estate and fans complains when estate did something bad. Same goes for the J family. Like what I said before, 2 years ago, most of fans supported the J family way better than the estate. However, 2 years passed, when you compared the projects hold by J family, most of them are scam and trying to exploite MJ.

You'd think by now everyone would get it. MJ fans are not some dumb mindless herd that will follow anyone or anything dangling an MJ carrot in front of it. It didn't happen with the Michael album or the Global tribute or the gazillion MJ books coming out every other week.

The "divisive tactics you so-called fans are using is playing right in their game plan" line is hilarious. Fans don't come up with any "tactics". That's all being perpetrated by the different factions trying to DIVIDE us from our cash. Then when the tactic fails, it's the fans fault.

But back on topic, I appreciate Taj took the time to answer our questions. What he said about the family and the estate not communicating has been apparent. I hope the lines of communication have opened up and remain open to best serve Michael's interests.
 
Sorry to come out of the blue but i feel like adding my two cents in here.

A few fans have been noticing this great divide and surge of negativity in the MJ fanbase every since his passing and it's starting to get clear to us what is going on.

First of all, it was gracious of Taj to take the time to answer tedious, predictable and sometimes inappropriate questions from none other than Michael Jackson fans, about his own oncle.

Sec. of all from the responses, seems like the majority is still not satistied as predictable as it would be also. Well, people who have agendas are never satisfied.

Third of all, listening to the so-called fans, it's as if they've never even listened to Michael himself or gotten his messages. It's as if his work and all of his accomplishments should be done all over again.

Maybe you should pay more attention this:

And it never fails to become obvious when a group has an agenda. Their true colors will just explode once their little scheme is confronted and called out.
Those who have confidence are a threat to those who don't and Michael had plenty of confidence not only in who he was but in his purpose in this world. As much as many like to claim themselves fans of his, they are still overwhelm by this confidence so they use his name to spread animosity because they just can't reach the higher level of positivity where MICHAEL JACKSON was. This is worse than being an obvious hater.

Seriously it's really depressing and frightheting to see how clueless and shady many of the MJ fans are. :no:

Taj answered every single question perfectly! He knows how to stand up for himself. Funny cause if you really followed MJ and knew what He was about, you'd come to the conclusion that there's no other better people to keep his legacy alive than his children and family. How the hell can people know word for word what Michael told his own damn family members? If Michael wanted to really dissociate himself he would've changed his name himself. There's no confusion and no mystery here. It was just MJ's destiny to be the bigger star but that doesn't mean the others are living off his success. His success was the brigth light to attract the people to a more unified center.

Yes, they are a unit whether you like it or not. I'm surprised that Taj even revealed such a thing because it's the kind of thing proned to secrecy. After that there ain't no mystery, what there is though is an agenda by the same kind of people who've persecuted Michael throughout his life to destroy him and his goal and that include his family as well. The divisive tactics you so-called fans are using is playing right in their game plan.

It's really suspicious how pro estate some MJ fans are even if the executors have made some shady deals that should be questioned. Like for example again recently, that foot/hand print ceremony. Why wasn't it done when Michael was alive? :angry: And the constant trashing by the fanbase of the Jackson family every since he died is very telling.


Ummmm.....I don't know how to say this........


But you joined MJJC this month........and these are your only posts on the whole forum..........


Did you intend to join MJJC for the sole purpose of trolling on this thread???
 
Fascinating. . . . .

Seriously it's really depressing and frightheting to see how clueless and shady many of the MJ fans are. :no:

Taj answered every single question perfectly!

Nope. He didn't answer the tough questions, at ALL. Most notable was when he was asked about the shady strategies of the family, i.e. Howard Mann, HTW Foundation, et al. He took that same class as so many in that family have taken, apparently: Evasion 101. That was expected, though. It's appreciated that he took the time to "attempt" to answer. Nothing new there.

He knows how to stand up for himself. Funny cause if you really followed MJ and knew what He was about, you'd come to the conclusion that there's no other better people to keep his legacy alive than his children and family.

The person "keeping Michael's legacy alive" is. . MICHAEL, and the wonderful artistic production he gave us. The family simply is not needed to keep "his legacy alive." The Estate is managing what will be released and not released. The Jacksons had NOTHING to do with the TII film, with Immortal, or with anything else the Estate releases and promotes. Michael's artistry stands on its own, and always will.

How the hell can people know word for word what Michael told his own damn family members? If Michael wanted to really dissociate himself he would've changed his name himself.

He absolutely disassociated himself from the family. Uhm, he LEFT THEM OUT OF THE WILL! What could have been more obvious than that!??

There's no confusion and no mystery here. It was just MJ's destiny to be the bigger star but that doesn't mean the others are living off his success. His success was the brigth light to attract the people to a more unified center.

What "unified center" would that be? LOL The ONLY one with a viable entertainment career is Janet, and she is wisely staying away from any public presence concerning the schemes of the family. The brothers can't continue on forever dredging up the past when they performed with Michael, as CHILDREN. Or, maybe they can?

Yes, they are a unit whether you like it or not.

Doesn't matter who "likes it" or doesn't. It's simply not true, which anyone would realize by reading the many dissenting tweets -- and especially, by Randy, and Jermaine. Not one of these brothers had a viable career at the time that Michael died, and none of them seem to have made attempts at anything else but getting on the Michael Jackson gravy train. I'm sure at least some fans would be receptive to NEW material, by any one of them. That isn't likely to happen, apparently.

"Unified?" Guess that's why Jermaine tweeted about how shocked he was that the family gave up restitution from Murray? (NOT). Right hand rarely knows what the left hand is doing, obviously.

I'm surprised that Taj even revealed such a thing because it's the kind of thing proned to secrecy. After that there ain't no mystery, what there is though is an agenda by the same kind of people who've persecuted Michael throughout his life to destroy him and his goal and that include his family as well. The divisive tactics you so-called fans are using is playing right in their game plan.

Michael and his family are entirely separate in the minds of MOST fans, apparently. This is a Michael Jackson board, not a Jermaine, Marlon, Randy, Tito, Jackie, LaToya, or even Janet, or 3-T board. Michael stands alone, and has since the days of Off the Wall. He only got better, and better. I really hate to think that the family thinks of Michael's death as an OPPORTUNITY? But, sadly, that's what many fans DO think of them now.

It's really suspicious how pro estate some MJ fans are even if the executors have made some shady deals that should be questioned. Like for example again recently, that foot/hand print ceremony. Why wasn't it done when Michael was alive? :angry: And the constant trashing by the fanbase of the Jackson family every since he died is very telling.

At first, fans were in almost TOTAL support of Michael's family. But, most fans are NOT idiots, and there have been so many instances of the family cashing in, in projects clearly not sanctioned by the estate, that most have run out of patience.

Michael designated the executors in his WILL. He left his family OUT of the will, except Katherine and of course, his children. I think that now, it's abundantly obvious -- WHY he did that. Good job, Michael!

(edit) And yes, the "trashing by the fanbase of the Jackson family ever since he died" IS "very telling." It's telling you that fans have simply run out of patience, with the FAMILY. And, that there is ample reason now for concern about Michael's precious children. I think there is a significant error in the thinking of most of the family, that love and support for Michael ALSO, and automatically, extends to his family. It doesn't.
 
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because it was limited to actors and actresses only before Michael's death and the new owners only started to include non-actors in 2011. so it couldn't be done when Michael was alive.

So it shouldn't be done either after Michael's death, so how conveinient that the new owners would include all of a sudden "non actors".
 
gerryevans;3593713 said:
Oh please...fans aren't pro estate. They're pro Michael Jackson. They're pro the best emotional and financial welfare for his children. They're pro the best vehicles to maintain and enrich his legacy. They're pro the MJ brand, image and positivity for that image. They're pro his wishes be fulfilled and by those HE felt best equipped and experienced to do so.

The only gameplan is the one MJ created in who he did and did not choose to oversee his interests.

In his TWO known wills, neither of them appoint the Jackson family. In his entire solo career, none of the Jacksons were involved. In the building of his business empire, none of the Jacksons played a part. In fact, MJ seemed to make a point of keeping them out of his business. That’s all very telling.

One of the persons he did appoint not only helped him build his empire, but was instrumental in his acquiring his most valuable asset. That’s very telling in how smart he was to appoint someone with a PROVEN success record instead of a family bloodline.

On a personal level, I don’t think most fans give a hoot about the executors one way or another. They only care that they do the job MJ entrusted them to do. And they’re doing it. I don’t like everything they’ve done. But their major endeavors, like the “This IS it” movie, the Vision compilation, Cirque, etc. have been impressive, classy, and enhancing for MJ’s legacy. I have no doubt they’re shady, but then I think signing up MJ’s minor children to a contract with a porno producer is beyond shady. It should be criminal.

The sad part of all of this is most fans had a lot of L.O.V.E and support for the Jackson family. It has been THEIR actions over these last couple of years that have changed those feelings, which is also very telling.

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 No, not everyone is happy with some of the decisions the executors are doing. I'm fine with Immortal Cirque show, was iffy with the decision with the This Is It Movie, not happy at all with the Michael Album. And scared to see what they will do with future albums. So it's important to look at both sides and what are both doing I think. Since it's our money that we will spend on these projects if we choose too.

Although, I think they are the better choice (the MJ estate) then his family because of people like Joe Jackson and his shady deals! And that's why in many ways MJ did not include his family other then his kids n mom in his will. Plus, many Jacksons like Jackie are doing things with the Estate themselves so what cha think about that? It's not much of a family unit if they can't even agree on things TOGETHER...is it?

And although they will admit not all happy but the Estate is always getting a pass for their shady deals while Michael's own blood is being dragged in the mud. Personaly i am not just unhappy with some of the shady deals of the Estae but i find the whole thing suspicious. Unless you think that the estate and the Jackson family are in the same team plotting to cash off Michael's death then you have no business trying to separate the two.
 
I have to disagree with so many points. First, how come a last name mean everything? How come a man's legacy can only last by his kids and family? MJ's legacy of art and music part are lasted by themselves because he put his soul into his works and that's the reason his legacy lives on forever. If his kids and family have no talents in singing and dancing, why to put all those pressure on them? They should live their live not under the shadow of Michael Jackson. Even if they have talent, they should have their own names and legacy as artists, not just being MJ's kids, MJ's nephews etc. I don't think Janet would be happy to be remembered just as MJ's sister.

They are not a unit whether you like or not. They are family but not a unit and blood is not the only thing to united people. Sometimes your relatives are not the closest people to you. If you want to discuss the relationship in this family. MJ said it himself: tight knit my ass. His will also said out loud. He never wanted to tour again with his family also said out loud. (I am not saying he didn't love his family. I believe he did and most of the family members did love him.) BTW, It's his own family doing many things to destroy fans' trust. Two years ago, most of the fans supported the J family and being suspicious about the estate and many other people. Now, many fans lose their trust after one after one scam. Respect and trust are earned and not gained by your last name.

It's also funny that you think the fans are pro-estate blindly. Did you see so many fans are unhappy about the "Michael" album? Did you see so many fans are complaining about the TII sound tracks and the whole TII-Paul Anka fiasco? Fans are watching the estate and fans complains when estate did something bad. Same goes for the J family. Like what I said before, 2 years ago, most of fans supported the J family way better than the estate. However, 2 years passed, when you compared the projects hold by J family, most of them are scam and trying to exploite MJ.


No, it's not a question of last name but please don't try to give me lessons of family values. It's a bond that not many people understand in this world of "devide in conquer we live in" because they're not at that level yet. It's a question of exactly what i've put in bold. Which means that fans like you still have to really try to wrap your mind around what Michael Jackson's Art and purpose in this world was all about instead of just always focusing on materialistics. You can't always stay in the mundane formalities.
 
Ummmm.....I don't know how to say this........


But you joined MJJC this month........and these are your only posts on the whole forum..........


Did you intend to join MJJC for the sole purpose of trolling on this thread???

No i did not join to "troll" but just to give ya a piece of my mind, since i can't do it if i'm not registered. We'll see what for the staying. I folllowed the link from the Jackson-Source website and i will stand up for what i think is right. This is the same bullshit from many so-called Michael forums and it's getting tedious.
 
Fascinating. . . . .

I think we should ignore that user......

.....it looks like he/she is just looking to create arguments/fights/divisions between us fans........

.....His/Her continued attacks on us about being "so-called fans" is proof of his/her motives!!!
 
Nope. He didn't answer the tough questions, at ALL. Most notable was when he was asked about the shady strategies of the family, i.e. Howard Mann, HTW Foundation, et al. He took that same class as so many in that family have taken, apparently: Evasion 101. That was expected, though. It's appreciated that he took the time to "attempt" to answer. Nothing new there.

Yes he did but of course you will never like his answers.


The person "keeping Michael's legacy alive" is. . MICHAEL, and the wonderful artistic production he gave us. The family simply is not needed to keep "his legacy alive." The Estate is managing what will be released and not released. The Jacksons had NOTHING to do with the TII film, with Immortal, or with anything else the Estate releases and promotes. Michael's artistry stands on its own, and always will.

What stupid contradiction!! So Michael's legacy need an estate by suspicious business men who need to make money for his estate and numerous other contributors for projects just to keep his legacy alive? If his legacy stands on its own (which i think it is)then not all that would be needed. What the children need is already provided in the will. Funny how fans like you will designate MJ's children to be the ones to continue his legacy as an extension of Michael but it's absolutely inacceptable to think of other people. In this case not even his children would be needed if you want to make sense.

He absolutely disassociated himself from the family. Uhm, he LEFT THEM OUT OF THE WILL! What could have been more obvious than that!??

I've realized that many MJ fans are just as slaves to tabloid drama as the detractors.


What "unified center" would that be? LOL The ONLY one with a viable entertainment career is Janet, and she is wisely staying away from any public presence concerning the schemes of the family. The brothers can't continue on forever dredging up the past when they performed with Michael, as CHILDREN. Or, maybe they can?

Something that is obviously not at your level of understanding.

Doesn't matter who "likes it" or doesn't. It's simply not true, which anyone would realize by reading the many dissenting tweets -- and especially, by Randy, and Jermaine. Not one of these brothers had a viable career at the time that Michael died, and none of them seem to have made attempts at anything else but getting on the Michael Jackson gravy train. I'm sure at least some fans would be receptive to NEW material, by any one of them. That isn't likely to happen, apparently.

"Unified?" Guess that's why Jermaine tweeted about how shocked he was that the family gave up restitution from Murray? (NOT). Right hand rarely knows what the left hand is doing, obviously.

Michael and his family are entirely separate in the minds of MOST fans, apparently. This is a Michael Jackson board, not a Jermaine, Marlon, Randy, Tito, Jackie, LaToya, or even Janet, or 3-T board. Michael stands alone, and has since the days of Off the Wall. He only got better, and better. I really hate to think that the family thinks of Michael's death as an OPPORTUNITY? But, sadly, that's what many fans DO think of them now.

Dissenting tweets lol! You people make a mountain out of a molehill since you love family drama and dysfunction so much. And not because they disagree or seem to disagree on some issues that they are at eachother's throats. Contrarely to common belief this family is not the dysfunctional clan that people are trying to make believe.


I think i've already responded to the rest of your reply.

I guess you think you're so slick with these tedious comebacks. Do your ilks get your lines and arguments from the same source or what?
 
when it the next questions and awncers with Taj going to be or any family member and how do i put questions to him or them
 
when it the next questions and answers with Taj going to be or any family member and how do i put questions to him or them

welcome to the board KatAaliya :)
Im not sure we will have a follow up with Taj or not. But We are working on getting more
more guests for questions and answers and will post a thread to ask questions as soon as we do.
 
I found a picture that matches Taj's story:

MJJC:
What's your favorite memory of MJ?

Taj Jackson: One favorite memory is the time my brothers and I spent with him in Nagasaki, Japan. There is a Dutch Village Theme Park called Huis Ten Bosch. We had such an incredible time there and laughed so much during that trip. I am blessed and lucky to have so many great and happy memories with him. Enough memories to last a lifetime. :)

Michael Jackson, the “KING OF POP”. Michael visited and enjoyed his vacations twice at HUIS TEN BOSCH, the theme park in Nagasaki, Japan. Especially he liked “Cristal Dream,” the amusement facility in the park so much and wanted to create its “upgrade version”.
“Crystal Dream” has been closed for the moment. The park decided to reopen the attraction for a limited period. HUIS TEN BOSCH will be filled with memories of Michael and you will remember him there back in time.
ti.jpg
 
So it shouldn't be done either after Michael's death, so how conveinient that the new owners would include all of a sudden "non actors".

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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Dsplenter;3594202 said:
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.
 
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.:D
 
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
 
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.
 
gerryevans;3594708 said:
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.
 
Mod Note
Lets not stray to far from the topic
We are discussing Taj and his answers - Thanks
 
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. :)
 
I wished Taj Jackson, could tell what he thinks about this article ( without lies of course )


http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/01/16/avec-michael-jackson-a-la-cite-en-1992,106985.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. "
 
What's the point in agreeing to a Q&A if you have nothing of substance to say???
 
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