M.J. vs. Elvis Do you know who the King of Pop is? How about the King of Rock? Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley are a tremendous part of American History because of their great impact on the music culture. With the immense amount of similarities it is absolutely stunning how their lives turned out in the end. “Singer-songwriter Michael Jackson’s award-winning career at the King of Pop transformed the face of pop music and popular culture.” (Michael Jackson) Born in Gary, Indiana on August 29, 1958, Mr. Jackson started out very early as a performer. At a very early age Michael Jackson became the lead singer of the Jackson 5 who was a tremendously successful kid’s band. The Jackson 5 performed with Diana Ross, lead singer of the Supreme’s, who led the children to a great …show more content…
The kids would be the opening acts of Diana’s concerts and the crowds adored the Jackson 5 performances. The Jackson 5 was so popular that they had their own cartoon that aired for two years. With the hefty amount of fame that developed, Michael Jackson started the solo career at a young age of thirteen. M.J. sang several songs that hit top of the charts various times and a great part of them were a part of the best-selling albums. Towards the end of his career the famous man married Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, but this only lasted a short amount of time. After that, Michael married one more time, for a few years, with blessing two more children into the world, then having one more child with an unknown surrogate. Soon after, Michael’s career went downhill. He dangled one of his children from a balcony, and did many illegal things which led Jackson