As music fans continue to champion a potential Verzuz battle between Kanye West and Pharrell, on Thursday (June 11), they received endless gems in a new interview between the two hip-hop luminaries.
26.05.2020 - 22:47 / variety.com
By Gordon Cox
Theater Editor
For a long time, Michael R. Jackson used to balk at calling himself a composer. Which is pretty surprising coming from the guy whose musical “A Strange Loop” keeps winning awards, including, recently, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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He used to tell people “I’m just a songwriter, I’m not a composer,” Jackson recalled on the new episode of Stagecraft, Variety‘s theater podcast. “To me, composers were fancier and more
As music fans continue to champion a potential Verzuz battle between Kanye West and Pharrell, on Thursday (June 11), they received endless gems in a new interview between the two hip-hop luminaries.
Kanye West has criticized attempts to “tear down” Michael Jackson by airing the child abuse allegations detailed in the Leaving Neverland documentary.Jackson’s status as arguably the most celebrated pop musician of all time has taken a battering since the airing of the film, which featured lengthy interviews with two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who accused him of abusing them as children, on HBO last year (2019).In a chat with Pharrell Williams published on the i-D magazine website, We
Kanye West has objected to the references made for Michael Jackson in media. Defending the King of Pop, Kanye West recently said that media should not "tear down our heroes." Kanye West also denounced using references like "Wacko Jacko" and other names given to Michael Jackson by several agencies and media.
Kanye West has defended Michael Jackson in a new interview, saying “companies” and “documentaries” shouldn’t be allowed to “tear down our heroes.”In a conversation with Pharrell Williams for i-D Magazine, West appeared to reference the Dan Reed-directed documentary Leaving Neverland. That film focused on testimony by Wade Robson and James Safechuck, both of whom claimed that Jackson sexually abused them when they were children.
Pharrell Williams and Kanye West are longtime friends, and in the latest issue of i-D magazine, the “Happy” singer interviews Yeezy in a wide-ranging and candid conversation.
“Prince” Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., 23, didn’t have to look far to find inspirational words to bolster the Black Lives Matter movement. “’Beat me…Hate me…You can never break me.’ — Michael Jackson,” the late pop icon’s son posted on Instagram, quoting his dad’s 1995 anti-racism ode “They Don’t Care About Us.
Eva Marcille shared a video featuring a part of a Michael Jackson song and also shared a few words in the caption. She tells her fans that the real virus out there is hate.
Madonna has found herself at the centre of controversy once again, after paying tribute to George Floyd with a video of her son David Banda dancing to Michael Jackson’s They Don’t Care About Us.
Madonna has found herself at the centre of controversy once again, after paying tribute to George Floyd with a video of her son David Banda dancing to Michael Jackson’s They Don’t Care About Us.
Billie Jean is not cancelled. Whatever personal arrangement you may have come to regarding the life and music of Michael Jackson, the culture at large has made its decision.
Mark Lester has claimed the exact moment that Michael Jackson was put off women was down to Madonna.
The news of George Floyd's death at the hands of four police officials took America by shock. In addition to the masses, many celebrities also came out in support of the former football player and raised their voice against racial discrimination in the country.
Maluma channeled one of his heroes. In a new video shared on his Instagram, the ADMV singer broke out some of his best Michael Jackson inspired dance moves.