Psychoniff
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True-I think that's how I discovered him in the first place-in 2009-he had James Ingram on as a guest and James was imitating Michael in the vocal booth dancing his legs off-it was really endearingly funny. And I've seen quite a few people associated with Michael on his show since-I feel a little bad for Chris Tucker considering he went on to talk about his stand up and Tavis plugs his book about the last 16 weeks of MJ's death? It was brief, but a little awkward. Chris subtly skirted the issue and instead talked about MJ's genius and what his legacy is / will be. I don't know a lot about Tavis, but he has had some interesting guests on his show including people that worked with MJ to talk about MJ's contribution to black culture / music / etc.
I don't know why Tavis would find that period of life interesting-took me aback a little-and I agree-shouldn't have talked about it on Chris's segment.
Guess I didn't phrase that very well and that was one of the reasons I was asking people here about his background-since I am only familiar with him as the host on the PBS show as well as being the political commentator on the Sunday morning talk shows from time to time. I really only "discovered" him after Michael died, and he has said on all these shows how he grew up with him (and Motown), and absolutely loves him as an artist-the love really comes through for musical artists in all the shows I've seen. And he's always very well researched in his interviews.?????
I knew he had written books on Black America in the cultural and political sense. I just imagined he would write something about the cultural/political influence of Michael on America and the world-not just his last few months. I thought that was his expertise.
Since I wrote that, though, I left and did some checking on Tavis's biography and see that he wrote a book on the last days of Martin Luther King with the same writer he's writing the Michael one with. And I read the reviews and they were all excellent. So, guess I figured out my own question-
I have his book on Martin Luther King, "Death of a King". Haven't finished the whole thing yet as I got on to something else, but so far it's very good, insightful. He writes about the man he admired so much and it isn't just a bland biography. I'm going to get back to it and finish it. I'm looking forward to his book on Michael. He'll do well by him I'm sure.
In his segment with Chris Tucker, Tavis said the title of his book on MJ will be "Before You Judge Me". However, I couldn't find it listed online anywhere, not even a release date. A different article mentioning the book has it re-titled as "The Death of the King of Pop", which sounds fairly repetitive given Tavis' previous book on MLK.
That tour never should have been scheduled, Michael hadn't performed a concert tour in 12 years
I think MJ should've been more prepared for it.. Like finding an expert who deals with insomnia, stress and psychological issues that he was obviously having.. I think the tour could've happened if MJ was better prepared for it and in shape for it..
I found the book listed on Amazon now, for a June 21st release. I'm guessing Tavis and the publishers chose that date to honor Michael's birthday this year, which is a Saturday.
Sheila already pointed out that Michael's birthday is in August, but since this book is about his last days, sounds like they are going to capitalize on his death anniversary, which always gets press.I found the book listed on Amazon now, for a June 21st release. I'm guessing Tavis and the publishers chose that date to honor Michael's birthday this year, which is a Saturday.