Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. Michael was born in the small town of Gary Indiana. Michael had 8 siblings and lived in a lower class house. Michael's parents were joe and katherine jackson. Joe and katherine had 9 kids and lived in a 3 bedroom house. Imagine having 9 kids and living in a three bedroom house. Joe jackson was an abusive dad. He was abusive because he was stressed out about work. He was stressed out because as an african american it was hard to find work because it was a time of great racism in the united states. joe's main job was working at the steel mills. Michael went to montclair college prep. Michael only attended school in a building for two years. The rest of his life he had a personal tutor as you …show more content…
His first number one single was don't stop til you get enough. Michael jackson is known as the king of pop but this song had a disco theme. You can't really blame him because it was the nineteen seventies. In 1980 michael signed a forty seven million dollar advertising contract with pepsi. During a pepsi commercial michaels hair accidently caught on fire. Michael was rushed to the hospital and was expected to make a full recovery.. After the incident michael opened a burn care center for kids.this burn care center would help kids with serious burns and for people without insurance. Michael then released his most popular album the thriller album. The thriller album had michael's biggest hits like billie jean, beat it , and thriller. In 1982 michael won 8 grammys and was invited to the white house by president ronald reagan. Quincy jones helped produce the thriller album. Lets not forget that quincy jones discovered the jackson 5. Michael also played the scarecrow in the wiz. The wiz was a remake of the wizard of oz in the nineteen eighties. Michael was also diagnosed with the skin disease vitiligo. Vilogo is a disease that removes pigment from your skin. Michael also had a giant mansion at neverland ranch. Michael jackson was accused of child molestation. Though michael never denied that he didn't he was still found innocent in a court of law in 2004 he was tried again and michael paid off the family with 3 million dollars. Michael's reputation was damaged severely. Still michael had many fans. Shortly after this michael released his this is it tour. michael was practicing so hard he needed to take sleeping medications. In the morning of june 26, 2009 michael joseph jackson was found dead in his los angeles apartment. He died of cardiac arrest from a drug overdose. Michael jackson died at age 50. The entire world was saddened that day. People turned his house in gary indiana into a memorial and people sang michael