General Music Artist Thing
11/2/2015
Michael Jackson A revolutionary musician, by the name of Michael Jackson, was born on August 29, 1958, in Indiana. Joesph Jackson, Michael’s father, a believer in his sons’ talent, helped form the spectacular band by the name of Jackson 5. The Jackson 5 consisted of Michael and his older brothers; Tito, Jermaine, Jackie, and Marlon.
Around their community, they were successful and sold many CDs to their neighbors. He then grew dramatically, getting many hits. Later in his life, one of his songs, Thriller, won eight grammy awards and was one of the best selling records of all time.
The first song that he performed as a solo artist was “Off the Wall,” in efforts to have a solo career in addition to his band, The Jackson 5. He received his first grammy award for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance in 1980. Now extremely famous, the Jackson 5 continuously were touring and were …show more content…
After an accident in a pepsi commercial, he had plastic surgery, lightened his skin, and sleeping in an oxygen chamber. He altered his nose many times. His life went down from there. He got charged for child abuse. In his forties, he got addicted to painkillers and started running out of money. He went into hiding after he was found with OxyContin, Demerol, and Xanax. He got on a touring bus with his kids and hid in Arizona.
At fifty years old, Michael Jackson passed away. On June 25, 2015, he died, which was prior to a concert that was supposed to be his “comeback.” He died because of an overdose of a drug called propofol, in addition to his addiction to painkillers. It is meant for hospital use only, and for people who have to fix a joint dislocation or a cardiac shock. It should have never been used on Michael Jackson. It is absolutely not to be used as a sleeping pill, the way Jackson was using