Darkchild: Michael Jackson Owned Half of Sony/ATV Publishing, Wanted to Buy My Publishing (Part 18)

[@dhannah15]

Not only did Mike buy artist publishing but he'd also buy it from the labels and give it back to the artist.... Mike was not of this planet!

[@boblemonade4635]

How you know

[@msawmusic]

@@boblemonade4635 because when he bought half of Sony/ATV they owned Little Richard’s entire catalog. As soon as Michael found out he called Little Richard, whom he looked up to as a kid, and gave it back to him

[@trishamj5025]

The only way to stop him was to kill him...

[@schawnettarobinson8584]

MJ was a beast. IP is the way to go.

[@carminefalcone3069]

@@msawmusic ​ @msawmusic He tried to give it back to Richard but because of some complication he wasn't able to. Little Richard discusses this in an interview

[@becky977]

After Eminem dissed MJ on ''Just Lose It'', Mike went and bought a huge share of his publishing. Gangsta indeed. U drop a hit, he gets a cheque.

[@Tigerlily_Fresh]

@@viracocha Nah, he did it the right way by buying it legally. That way it won't come back to bite you in the *** later.

[@reneehicks4629]

@@Tigerlily_Fresh Even though he brought it legally, unfortunately it still came back to bite him because the powers that be was angry that he own so many publishing rights. They destroyed him first and when he still refused to sell the publishing back to them they killed him.

[@Tigerlily_Fresh]

@@reneehicks4629 True. And they'll answer for that - ALL who were involved.

[@iride2pacsdick32]

Fuck Eminem

[@natnat8254]

😭 shame. He ain't stealing everything. Eminem mocked him he said to him self I will make money off of that thank u! That is gangster! 🤣

[@jerryg4534]

Michael jackson was the coldest dude in the music business

[@M360-w6o]

Facts

[@thejourneyback5552]

Cold

[@mrmiggedy123]

That's why they had to kill him and Prince. They both outsmarted the game.

[@강민탁-m6k]

Can’t be nice and selfish same time.

[@jamesrichardson1198]

@@강민탁-m6k your just dumb an

[@kushiteprince1755]

MJ was spitting game to Rodney. MJ been in the business since he was ten years old. So you know he knew the industry inside and out. A true legend!

[@jf1376]

@nauticadon he learned it from others previously as well um most likely

[@thetraveler1182]

I get offended when these artists this day in age try to equate themselves to MJ just cause they did music or acted as a kid...Mike is the King 👑

[@lionelkennedy1394]

No doubt about it. Got an early education from Berry Gordy, who was like a father figure to him. His close relationships with Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and Lionel Richie. He knew the music business very well.

[@phade2blaq]

He learned from Motown founder Berry Gordy who beat the Jacksons and other Motown artists out of a lot of money back then including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye etc etc and when they realized it, they all left Motown and Gordy had to sell it.

[@nakiaemma7422]

@@thetraveler1182 I agree and I hate when they compare beyonce to Mj either. She ain't on his level tell her to buy half of Sony. 😂😂🤣

[@AirWalkerDJ]

Lets not forget that MJ also owned his own music catalog, which i would boldly state is probably worth more than the Beatles' today ...

[@heem1784]

Facts💯💯💯

[@fredrobinson1145]

Which is why i laugh when people say he died broke

[@lumiere7216]

@@heem1784 W O R D!

[@kjb3221]

@@fredrobinson1145 he wasn’t asset broke just cash. He spent his money ridiculously. Lol

[@micdonmusic]

@@kjb3221 MJ was “broke” because Sony sabotaged his last album Two singles, one video, and no tour which directly decreased his sales putting him in debt to Sony. Followed by a 5 month trial. This Is It tour was going to put money back in his pocket and he was also going to tour with his brothers again. This would have gotten him out of debt and he would have kept his 50% of Sony/ATV.

[@jboogy5039]

If you're old enough you would remember how news media used to swear that Michael Jackson was broke.

[@lmmjm10377]

Exactly 👏🏾

[@Hoffinator]

Yes, and we all knew it was false. One of the "funniest" Things I saw after he died in a newspaper was on one page they said he was broke and literally on the next page they said his estate was worth over $1Billion. For a broke man, he sure had a lot of money/assets

[@dramafreelyfe]

Michael Jackson was the first black multiple billionaire artist in history after he bought the Sony ATV catalogs back in the 80s. Let that sink in and the media never mentioned Michael net worth, ever. Makes you wonder why the media kept omitting that and instead kept portraying Michael as broke.

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

True! I remember!!! I almost believed it!!!

[@mikhelBrown]

@@AE-wp3tc Not all... They sold some of the Catalog.

[@adrianjohnson3136]

MJ bought the ATV catalog not to own the Beatles but to give Artist like Sly and the family stone Lil Richard Chuck Berry and etc their songs back...Mike was a gangster!

[@djyepyep209]

True. He gave Little Richard back his publishing for free

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

Michael Jackson was one of a kind heart of gold forreal

[@quaniseboy]

Ernie Santana I never knew that. The industry is a dark ass place

[@TheCrucialQ]

Look at the integrity, the respect, he didn't hold a press conference. He just did it, no press. Maybe that's the motive for all the shit he went through.

[@quaniseboy]

Quincy Sloan yup you are right and he sure didn’t. If KZbin and camera phones were out in their time whew.

[@officialklf5444]

Damn Michael Jackson was truly ahead of his time😥😥

[@dhannah15]

Its sad how iconic artist like Prince and MJ risk their lives and build their careers making these power moves only for their families to throw it all away! Imagine the generational wealth that catalog produces.

[@dhannah15]

@nauticadon You cant buy something back that isn't for sale though... They should have never put it up!!! Especially since the family knew they're the ones who kicked off the pedophilia campaign against him to exploit a morality clause to steal it back...

[@leorodgz2050]

Can you imaginé? Warner own Prince name THE NAME how twist those executives are?

[@AirunDevon]

@@dhannah15 There was a clause in Mike's ownership contract that in case of his death Sony could purchase the catalog. So that's why many believe Sony had a hand in his death.

[@TH-ys2ud]

@@AirunDevon Also, Michael allegedly wasn't even in town when the will was signed according to a couple family members.

[@gregoryguerrier963]

I thought I was the only one that thought about this it's a damn shame.

[@kaylenejantjes8113]

I love hearing these kinds of stories about Michael Jackson. He was a gem fr.

[@kiaq1153]

a real brother from gary, indiana. He knew what was up

[@TyWerks]

facts they never get old honestly

[@hustleman85]

When he bought the Beatles music, Little Richard's stuff was included with it. He gave Little Richard his masters back.

[@mrrussell330]

Facts

[@misc310]

Wrong he tried to give it back, but the lawyers blocked it...

[@nathanielhutson3580]

@@misc310 wow

[@misc310]

@nauticadon Sony's

[@AirunDevon]

@@misc310 Wrong. He did give it back. Little Richard died being worth over 40 million because of Mike.

[@thrillwillent]

Yes! HALF OF SONY. Not just the Beatles music... Ppl try to downplay the catalog..

[@reneehicks4629]

Yes they do. MJ was very powerful.

[@KAM-rl6tz]

All the time. And I was beyond upset that his estate executors sold his half back to Sony! ☹️

[@Elena-er7zp]

Sony does not mean only the catalog. You guys who keep writing this sound like ignorant stans. Sony/ATV Catalog makes up only 4% of Sony’s holdings. You guys really do not know how large of a conglomerate Sony is and you sound like a bunch of dumb stans spouting off “mj owned half of Sony”. The fact is MJ owned 2% of Sony.

[@ANT1989]

@@Elena-er7zp And you own nothing, so there's that. Swig'uh beer for the working man. 🍺

[@stevelethal2910]

@@ANT1989 At least he owns a brain. Take a sip on that 🥃

[@ashleyandre5567]

Only part of the story that was wrong, is Paul McArtney didnt own the Beatles publishing. He was offered the chance by ATV to buy the Beatles publishing (who had acquired it in the 60's), but said the price was too high. Then MJ put in a bid that was over the asking price to secure the deal

[@MCBrainpower]

Paul told MJ about publishing (and the [financial] power of / in owning it) during the The Girl Is Mine sessions - or more likely during the Say, Say, Say sessions for Paul's album. Which were in 1981 (Say, Say, Say) and 1982 (The Girl Is Mine) - The ATV deal was made in 1985

[@wileyjohnson5681]

Okay your story is the same that I read in an article years ago. Never heard anything about an Australian businessman.

[@wileyjohnson5681]

And I read that Paul's highest offer to ATV was 20 million. Michael Jackson could dam near wipe his ass with 20 million at that time. Thriller had already did it's thing.

[@commoncentz3148]

Same thing Different Wording

[@ashleyandre5567]

@@MCBrainpower That part I know. But what I was getting at, was that Paul McCartney, having lost his publishing in the last 60's/early 70's, to a manager of his (and the other Beatles), had more than one opportunity to buy the publishing back, before he had the conversation with Michael about the importance/value of owning publishing in 1980/81. What I was trying to say is that for years, Paul made it out as if Michael double crossed him/stole directly from him, when it was strictly business

[@tyreclarke2248]

At the time of Eminem's controversy with Michael Jackson (Eminem dressed up like Mike in his music video for the song lose it, And through a punchline out there about his sex charges) Michael bought Eminem's catalog..

[@kaylenejantjes8113]

That's how you clapback! Classy af! 😂

[@carminefalcone3069]

Eminem was signed to Interscope?

[@mrmiggedy123]

@@carminefalcone3069 Interscope is the parent label of Aftermath(Dr. Dre)

[@kaylenejantjes8113]

@Nathan Gold Exactly.

[@mrmiggedy123]

@Nathan Gold Em been fuggin' with people. He learned that day after not to.

[@M360-w6o]

MJ was one of the greatest business people in music. Period. The GOAT. Also Mike bought the beatles catalogue after it was open to the public. Paul didn’t want to buy it at first.

[@LuvScorpio]

Exactly! Paul was cheap, and thought the catalog was too much money. He got mad at MJ for doing what he didn't have the guts to do.

[@TriadzEvents]

He got little Richards publishing when he bought the beatles and GAVE it back to him

[@M360-w6o]

@@TriadzEvents facts, Mike is an underrated businessman

[@johnsecord8539]

@@LuvScorpio Paul is cheap. But think about it . Paul and john Lennon wrote those songs when they where young. All it cost them was there time and ink in the pen to write the song out. Would u want to pay millions for something u wrote 20 some years earlier. When u came up with it yourself. It’s hard to write that check

[@M360-w6o]

@@johnsecord8539 it’s business

[@WinstonWilliamsofficial]

YOOOOOO Thats CRAZY I was just thinking to myself last week like what ever happened to Darkchild?! dude had the best late 90s RnB tracks

[@davidfayemiwo]

he’s working with sza on her next album

[@jukwanbrooks3016]

Stevie j and dallas austin also were great producers in the 90s

[@dtyson540]

@@jukwanbrooks3016 Jermaine Dupri and track masters too. 90s hip hop and R&B are definitely my favorite.

[@SlickVic-dp7zz]

@@davidfayemiwo and he's working with HER to

[@olliesmith4997]

Dude is a fuckin legend! Been a multi platinum selling, Grammy award winning super producer since he was 17/18.....over 20 yrs of experience in the game and he ain’t nothing but 42/43.

[@mr.e347]

Prince was fighting music lables. MJ was buying them.

[@nathanielhutson3580]

The shade

[@darrelljones3965]

Boss playa

[@bapper78ross28]

Ahh not so fast....he was fighting Warner Bros, not a label.

[@clxs8091]

Mr. Entringer was a bad speller in school. He still is

[@thejokersonyou]

Damn

[@Amit_l92]

Michel Jackson had so much power & influence which was ultimately used against him. He was the greatest.

[@nikoladamjanovic2313]

He was a pedophile

[@MisterFoxx]

Hearing about Michael Jackson playing pool and betting DVDs is so pure and wholesome lol like he could’ve bet anything, but the man just wanted some movies to watch lmao good ol MJ.... Wish he was still alive. Definitely gone too soon

[@Ilovechicago100]

True. Lol

[@SimianScience]

i remember a story of someone sitting on a rug with Michael eating home made fried chicken

[@brandova83]

He had been in the business since age 10 or something. A veteran in the business before he was a teenager. He had pretty much seen everything and had almost everything. Like you said, could've bet anything. But still a regular dude.

[@lionelkennedy1394]

Mike was a real one 👍🏽

[@quaniseboy]

Ok now it make sense why they wanted him dead. He made more money than the label. The never said nothing about this and what he did for other musicians. He made boss moves

[@phade2blaq]

Labels do not want artists owning the work because that's where the money is. Similar to slavery in that the slaves could never own a plantation but they could work for free because that didn't pose a threat or lead to wealth.

[@kirosasher]

Facts Michael the white men try to enslave us thru music deals and these other contracts still to this day

[@martheresa7550]

It’s well known in the industry. Call Kanye West crazy but he’s spitting facts about Michael being murdered for that catalog.

[@symph1744]

Theres a documentary here on KZbin called Loving Neverland, which goes through everything Michael had to deal with in his life. From the racism, his business deals, the wealth, the accusations.. One of the most in-depth documentaries to find if you're trying to understand the full picture

[@donfharis2582]

Also Square One. Proves Michael’s innocence

[@symph1744]

@@donfharis2582 Yeah Ive seen that one too, clearly they tried to set Michael up in an attempt to destroy him and get money.

[@trishamj5025]

I wish everyone watches it ...

[@charmaeviking8148]

I just watched that loving neverland lastnight for 5hours. Better watch it and u guys will find out the truth

[@charmaeviking8148]

@@donfharis2582 where can i watch that?

[@redzoom7857]

That's why I said even back then that anyone who believed Michael was broke was an idiot. He just didn't have his business out there for all to see. Beyoncé is the same way, you can't even count all her coins, not that it's any other person's business.

[@globalcitizenn]

Beyoncé basically copies MJ in everything

[@redzoom7857]

@@globalcitizenn Here u go with that BS. She does things on a high level but has hardly copied everything in his life. Lol

[@usernamecle3439]

Her name should not be mentioned with MJ or PRINCE

[@adam-hp6qt]

And Sony paid 110 million to MJ in 1995, to merge his ATV cataloge with their publishing. So MJ got a huge bag, and in result half of Sony publishing (and everyone's Sony would sign/buy in the future)

[@doriang.r.e.y.1221]

But, for full rights, they paid his mother another 900 million after he died.

[@adam-hp6qt]

@@doriang.r.e.y.1221 Yes, thats because of something Michael signed in the 2000s, a buy-out option for Sony. And that wasnt for his mother, cause she doesnt manage the Estate, 2 lawyers are. John Branca is one of them and he actually helped MJ to get those Beatles and Sony deals back in the day.

[@misc310]

@DJ Akademiks Supreme Hoodie Naw Mj got finessed. He only sold half because he need the cash to fight the child cases ( which they where behind). The half was worth close to a billion. Then they killed him and purchased the other half for 700 mill. Catalog now is worth more than 2 billion +. And now the lawyers have the money and paying the family very little compared to what they should of had.

[@reneehicks4629]

@@misc310 I agree with you I think the lawyers grossly under sold that catalog and I wonder why.? Did Sony make a back door deal with them to sell it. MJ would be very disappointed with the amount that they got paid for his catalog. The one he was willing to give up his life for.

[@misc310]

@@reneehicks4629 It appears that way. Some back room dealing. There wasn't even an open bid for the assets. They just immediately sold it back to Sony. I always wondered why wouldn't his estate just sell a small percentage or get another loan on assets and keep the catalogue forever...

[@BLACKTOPGOD]

thee only artist who owned 50% of Sony catalog . it'll never happen again

[@damonglasse836]

It will you forgetting bey and jay lol or dr. Dre right 😆

[@mpjdu2425]

@@damonglasse836 those sellout ?? Lmao

[@j1918]

@@mpjdu2425 how are they sellouts???

[@j1918]

@@damonglasse836 period

[@TheMwendaa]

Eveeeerrr!!!

[@reneehicks4629]

That’s why Michael’s family is wealthy to this day. I don’t know why they called it the Beatles catalog. When it was all the Sony music. He outsmarted Sony because he own a lot of the publishing rights to there music.He sold half of them back to them but refused to sell them the rest.

[@marcuslosgreat4225]

They forget that MJ learned directly from Berry Gordie

[@micdonmusic]

Facts. MJ was probably a sponge soaking up game from all the great Motown legends. Also his father was a great businessman and manager.

[@SoldierOfLoveForNow]

No.

[@damonglasse836]

Correct

[@nibbleus]

And they wonder why he's dead?

[@earnest1189]

Or escaped

[@phade2blaq]

That's why! How dare Michael buy catalogues and those crooks in the music biz had to stop him so they fabricated a story about Michael being a pedophile and then he ends up passing away from an overdose. Hmmmm!

[@mr4cccc]

Michael Jackson owns the theme song to Cheers let that sink in for a minute

[@bcjclj]

And the James Bond theme song.

[@thatisabsolutelykooooge2211]

Omfg LOL!!!!!

[@davidharrison5626]

The question is what didn't he own and give back that's the beauty of it allowed others to get back there right's and dignity seems like Michael learned that lesson early in his life now that's a beautiful thing

[@onnatca]

MJ had too much power

[@M360-w6o]

That’s why they tried to destroy his image

[@trishamj5025]

Too much power for a black man

[@onnatca]

@@trishamj5025 Of course, that cant run

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

@@onnatca It will..

[@fujisamasensei7314]

EXACTLY

[@iamhim5635]

You should bring Eddie Griffin back.! We could use his take on a few of these topics

[@camillestorm740]

Bruh he was sooooo iconic and powerful and a visonary in music and business I cannot stress this enough

[@Aloneat777]

It's sad the estate sold the catalogue back after MJ died but Ik Sony wasn't with him owning half of their company

[@doriang.r.e.y.1221]

900 million is a great payday for his family

[@heezybaby7331]

@@doriang.r.e.y.1221 it is... Its a helluva bag but as long as they owned it they would never go broke.... Trump fucked off close to a billion. But the family may still own Mike's publishing which will take care of em too NBS

[@thrillwillent]

I was SO MAD at the family when I heard they did that. That was his pride & joy!... 😒

[@heezybaby7331]

@@thrillwillent yeah but Mike also had alot of debt that needed to be cleared up....besides it's Michael's catalog and fans that defined him not that Sony catalog. That was a great accomplishment but I'm sure his family had no emotional ties to it

[@rasheemthebestfirstone3274]

Wow why did they

[@donaldflowers6169]

Michael Jackson knew how to pump the music industry good for him cause they know how to pump artists Mike was genius at how he dealt with business very shrewd business man go Mike

[@arthurn8952]

i'm loving the Darkchild series. Its the best of Vlad interviews

[@MCCABEWORLD]

Great Interview! MJ is 4ever The Goat

[@brandonw815]

Mike was bigger than the KGB

[@michaeloverton2437]

That’s a good one

[@tomswill9189]

Mike was very intelligent. In a class by him self. Amazing

[@aleavalos1274]

I’ve been listening to Michael a lot and this interview was just filmed.... this is incredible

[@timewatch5]

Michael owns happy birthday song

[@edgardorivera4618]

Lol

[@geemurdaa500]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wewereblack]

@Jim Smith he did when he was alive

[@Klepto627]

No he didn’t. That’s why he was forced to sing a different version (the one he owns) on an episode of the Simpsons

[@Klepto627]

@@missourit.v if they aint signing it at the birthday, was it even a real birthday?

[@marshallwillis371]

The story I heard was, Paul mentioned to Michael while filming their music video, that he had the opportunity to buy his publishing for the songs he wrote as a member of the Beatles. Michael bought the rights and didn't tell Paul. It was the end of their friendship.

[@kayescott4243]

I absolutely loved this video interview on MJ, my sweet love on his rivalery with SONY Records and working with Producer, 'BLACKCHILD,' Rodney Jerkins too also there.

[@MrCalverino]

MJ's influence goes deep in the world of gaming

[@M360-w6o]

Sonic soundtrack ?

[@MrCalverino]

@@M360-w6o deeper than that, Some characters actually do the moonwalk. Look up Chris from KOF 97'

[@M360-w6o]

@@MrCalverino cool

[@MrCalverino]

@@M360-w6o Deadpool in Marvel vs Capcom 3 also does the moonwalk

[@maltmel]

MrCalverino-"THA' MOONWALK" WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AZ "THA' BACKSLIDE" & WAS CREATED BY A BROTHA FROM ANOTHER MUTHA!!!

[@ChrisJProductionz]

They wouldn’t let MJ get that much power cause he even owned Eminem and Beyonces publishing let alone The Beatles

[@AB-ze2ho]

Funny how every person mj was cool with had a great bond with and helped out. But Vlad still is questioning MJs character 🤔🤔

[@lmmjm10377]

That’s why I don’t like him at all

[@trishamj5025]

@@lmmjm10377 me too!

[@NOTHiNGiCUldEVRdO]

It actually seems like Vlad is a lowkey MJ lover his comments has lightened up alot she just has to much pride to say He loves MJ🤣💯

[@paulasifone]

Vlad interviews big name singers, producers ... etc.. and always talks and asks about MJ. Yet he believes that dumb BS of a Mockumentary LN. 🙄🙄🙄 Seems he's obsessed... or maybe ita cuz he knows that talking about MJ would bring up the likes. 🤔🤔??

[@paulasifone]

*it's

[@MosheXX]

Imagine being in Times Sq seeing Michael Jackson in a video store thinking it’s an impersonator

[@SNUPE_FOXX92]

I love when Mike name dropped DarkChilds name in “Rock my World”.

[@Det1911]

Invincible album is grossly underrated

[@dalewilson2034]

😴💯🔥

[@brajonomari]

Who else didn't know that Eddie Griffin and Michael Jackson were cool like that?

[@xabun]

dude mike was cool with everybody ... people just dont know ... mike used to call up russel crow and do pranks on him lol

[@lionelkennedy1394]

Man you would be surprised, including myself. I heard of some of the celebrities MJ was cool with and I was like .. No way!

[@420onthetrack8]

Everyone always have the best Michael Jackson stories

[@TaraGeorge711]

Owning half of Sony got Mike killed. That was a mountain he was sitting on. They didn’t want a black man with all that money and power. RIP MJ 🙏🏽❤️

[@brenbeauty]

so true

[@Elena-er7zp]

Wrong. MJ owned half of the Sony/ATV catalog. You really have no idea how large Sony is. The catalog makes up only 4% of Sony’s holdings. MJ owned 2% of Sony.

[@usernamecle3439]

@@Elena-er7zp The point is they didn't want him even having that..

[@marblequartz3890]

No, you are wrong @Oreo Emesis. MJ owned half of sony. He got the deal cause he refused to sell the ATV. As a matter of fact MJ owned a little more than half. Some of Y'all white people been so pressed about it 😂😂😂

[@darrelljones3965]

MJ was about to buy marvel back in 2001 i think ...smart business man for sure

[@micdonmusic]

There’s video of him meeting with Stan Lee and touring Marvel studios. He was interested in owning or partially owning Marvel.

[@lancematthews195]

DOPE INTERVIEW... I KNOW THIS STORY TO WELL I WAS SIGNED WITH EMI /SONY ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND NEGOTIATED TO GET BACK MY WHOLE MUSIC CATALOGUE AND MASTERS TO ALL OF MY LANCE ROMANCE ALBUMS AT THAT TIME... THAT WANTED ME TO BUY BACK THEIR HALF FOR $20 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2015 & 2016. NOW I HAVE OVER 25 LANCE ROMANCE ALBUMS AND 726 REGISTERED BMI SONGS... ONE ON THE BIGGEST OWNED 100% CATALOGUES IN THE WHOLE MUSIC INDUSTRY THANKS TO MICHAEL JACKSON AND MY LAWYERS...

[@tipamormusicpublishingllc5615]

Very nice and informative video. Publishing is definitely where it’s at!

[@jeremythomas662]

Why you think "they" killed him Do ya homework y'all DON'T BE BLIND

[@phade2blaq]

And Prince they both were murdered for obvious reasons.

[@ladyleah1961]

Sure they were??? Like Epstein killed himself too??? Not! He did not kill himself.

[@sabzx2227]

2:24 THAT PAUL ACCENT IS KILLING ME 😂😂😂

[@LynnT39]

Michael had a wonderful business mind.

[@carlosmonthona7917]

So him owning all that disregarding the beatles is all true 💯💯. Mike Jack def was a smooth criminal wasnt he doe 😉

[@ansonjackson6254]

MJ was too powerful for his own good. Just like Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Prince...catch my drift?

[@lionelkennedy1394]

Sam Cooke way ahead of his time. He suffered because he wanted ownership of everything.

[@marcusjohnson7321]

For sure. 👁👁👁

[@malikspliffs2899]

MJ the biggest Celebrity Humanitarian there was 🙏🏾🖤‼️

[@waynemarshall8836]

That Eddie Griffin clip always gets me

[@GreenAdam313]

Northern Songs owned the Beatles publishing. ATV acquired it without Paul’s knowledge. Then it went up for bid. Paul tried to get Yoko Ono to go half on the bid. Yoko didn’t want to. Paul could have bought it by himself, but he wanted John Lennon’s family to get a piece. Michael didn’t just take the Beatles songs. He simply outbid everyone else. He even told Paul that he was going to get the songs, and Paul thought he was kidding

[@marblequartz3890]

Michael wasn't the highest bidder. But he was willing to pay at once, in cash. The highest bidder wanted to pay by installment. They decided to sell yo MJ cause his way was quicker and less complicating

[@selfiekroos1777]

I wish his gangster persona was on display in his attitude and public demeanour.

[@toniemosley5694]

Smart gangsters move in silence. Never let people you don't know or trust know everything about you. Makes you vulnerable and a target. He did the right thing playing soft.

[@lionelkennedy1394]

Real gangstas do say shit. Just make major moves when nobody is looking.

[@ANT1989]

Michael Jackson bought the catalogue of Sly and the Family Stone and GAVE BACK Sly ALL the royalties that he didn't get from the label. Michael CARED about other artists that didn't get their EARNED money and royalties.

[@Bashanvibe]

One of the main reasons why they murdered MJ he was one deal away from owning SONY !!!

[@garcel1251]

Mike was out here collecting people’s life work like Pokémon cards😂 that’s some gangster shit

[@Screeno1986]

Fucking great comment my man. Hahah. Amen

[@Screeno1986]

Fucking great comment my man. Hahah. Amen

[@Eleven11313]

The reason they wanted him gone.

[@pimpjuicedp]

Everybody catalogs is mine MINE MINE YES ITS MINE MINE MINE if u beef with MJ he buys your catalog If u cool with MJ he buys your catalog DAMN MICHAEL JACKSON JORDAN and TYSON WAS ALL BEAST OF THE 80s and early 90s

[@charlesreed5506]

Those DVDs he’s talking about are James Bond DVD’s, i remember Rodney discussing that 20 years ago in another interview

[@kayodeodusanya5751]

Do you remember the particular James Bond movies? I'm a die-hard fan of 60s and 70s Bond movies.

[@charlesreed5506]

@@kayodeodusanya5751 i don’t I’m sorry

[@pollyanna147]

Was someone on his team making all these great moves or what is all Michael? Either way what a smart guy. Wish he was still around to do a documentary about his business dealings, younger generation would learn a lot.

[@D.nada_47]

There's a book called Michael Jackson Inc. I believe that discusses all Mike's businesses dealings.

[@pollyanna147]

@@D.nada_47 awesome thanks going to pick it up.

[@D.nada_47]

@@pollyanna147 No problem. 👍

[@M360-w6o]

Mike was a great businessman

[@globalcitizenn]

These were all MJ’s ideas. He instructed lawyers & managers to execute it though. But sometimes they cheated & double crossed him.

[@fender1000100]

When people make the rich list for musicians. Many don't realize that when Michael Jackson was alive. He was by FAR the richest recording artist that ever lived. His 50% share in that catalog that they targeted him for. Was worth 20 BILLION dollars. From the moment he acquired that catalog in 1985. They turned on him. And it was get it back by any means necessary. And we know how that ended.

[@sabzx2227]

2:34 Your publishing’s mine 😂💀

[@marthaka367]

You know the truth when you hear it ! So tired of hearing He's Dead He ain't dead the Clone kept malfunctioning It's egregious that we let them Dog's keep him away from us! We just need to Celebrate his birthday as a National Holiday don't wait for nobody to give us permission! WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU MIKE!

[@yungjamir]

RIP Michael Joseph Jackson! 🙏🙏🙏

[@ronaldmartinez9073]

That story was hilarious. M.J the king making moves like a boss

[@RussellMills1877]

Michael Jackson was a straight business man to the core and for one man to have that much power and to be black everyone in the music industry didn't like that so he had to die. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017

[@AprilCampbell]

He own half of so y in its entirety including all of country western music. Sony was so pissed at MJ for calling up LilRichard and giving him back his publishing for free. I wonder who controls the King of Rock & Roll’s catalog now. It probably reverted back to some sleeze.

[@lionelkennedy1394]

Michael Jackson was not only extremely talented in music, but was also very smart. Would've been a very successful businessman if he has not been an entertainer.

[@Kay-uz1ec]

Interesting story about MJ and the Beatles catalog is that Paul McCartney went to MJ about loaning him the money to buy back Beatles publishing, and MJ was like naw and bought it outright ... Straight gangsta.

[@globalcitizenn]

Never happened

[@marblequartz3890]

What? That's not true. Wtf? 🤣🤣🤣 I can't believe people liked your comment. They probably fell for that lie. OMG

[@Bobbythebuilder789]

This explains why MJ was one of the richest singers of his generation.Also how he probably made so much money to build neverland

[@KyngKy502]

My favorite musician/producer Mr. Rodney Jerkins! 🐐

[@sabado391]

Child one of the hardest r&b producers

[@bobbillings]

Mj made a smart business move by turning turning that 47.5 million investment from 1985 into 1 billion dollars his estate sold it all for between 2015 and 2017, the millions in income from fees it brought him during the decades he owned it, and now still retains just his own catalog of music which is priceless itself. And it also worked out for McCartney as starting in 2018, he was able to regain the rights to his earliest Beatles music under U.S. copywight law without having to spend millions like MJ and Sony did and will regain his whole Beatles catalog by the year 2027. So in a way, it has now worked out for everyone and Paul has no real basis to be mad at anyone but himself for originally selling that catalog of his back in 1967.

[@goldenschwartze]

MICHEAL HAD BEEN IN THE BIZ SINCE A CHILD HE SEEN A THING OR TWO AND LEARNED IT WELL AND BEGAN BUILDING , WHEN THE POWERS THAT BE FOUND OUT JUST HOW SAVY HE WAS HE BECAME NO MORE , AND THEY STILL WON'T LET HIM REST IN PEACE .

[@chubbybaby1284]

Ownership own it all.....

[@ramelmil8552]

MJ was a BOSS. A KING💯

[@VBOProductions]

Michael jackson is the Greatest artist of all time and One of a kind business man.

[@destroytmusicagan2476]

"But you know something? Every artist in the music industry I own their publishing. Michael got that from me." -TK Kirkland

[@shadowprodify]

They taught us to love Mike then they taught us to hate him. 😔 the media....

[@travelfoodielove]

VLAD KEEP THESE MJ STORIES COMING

[@numai2peu]

If I'm not mistaken, Paul McCartney told Michael, to invest in the Beatles catalogue. He bought something, he's not owning The Beatles.

[@RappersDigest]

playing monopoly with Michael must of been crazy

[@hipkat75]

I was there that night when him and Mike went to the Virgin mega store

[@FrankieMidnight]

Wording is very important. Yall keep getting it twisted, MJ DIDNT own half of Sony ATV, Sony owned half of MJs ATV Catalogue. Its the other way around. Once upon of time, MJ owned the ENTIRE catalogue and sold half of it to SONY for Double what he purchased it for. Thats unbelievable!

[@PronounceGaming]

For those who are going to bring it up (or have brought it up already), Jackson only ever owned just a couple of Eminem's songs, not his entire catalogue.

[@flashforcash1843]

And that lady's and gentlemen is why Michael Jackson is not here today and all the accusations were made

[@chazbayley]

This is why they started to wreck his career with orchestrated character assassinations starting in 1993. This was backed by the big power institutions as Michael was deemed a threat to National security because of the unprecedented international power of his image as a public figure and humanitarian. Michael did not sign up to be controlled, he was difficult to control and waged war directly on the power sphere through his music, thus also lead to his destruction as they tore apart his image with every resource they had available to them and as they owned the media, this was nearly done. But even with all the power they had, Michael just didn’t seem to destruct as easily as they hoped and went on to sell out This is it tour just before his death with his reputation in tatters it was still the fastest selling concert of all time in 2009. He was just about to finally be out of contract with Sony as a result of the new income he was set to earn hundreds of millions which would have undone all the damage they did to him through financial means. And there you had it, a matter of months before Michaels Sony contract ended which would have lead to him taking back his artistic assets in full, whilst still owning half of Sony’s other publishing, he dies suddenly in mysterious circumstances leading to Sony owning everything eventually by faking the will making one of Sony’s lawyers the executor of MJs estate (a man once employed by Michael but sacked when Mike found out he was an insider for Sony). Anyone interested in making a documentary about this please get in touch as I know the full story of why Michael Jackson was the last truly open artist to ever live, and why they went on to punish him even in death as a lesson to other artists who dare to deviate from the control grid and take their own political path using their art as a channel

[@nadaworldrecords]

I thought it was wack as all hell that the estate sold this shit to Sony after he died. He fought tooth and nail to keep it, and even lost promotion and tour funding for the Invincible album because of his refusal to sell

[@pennietarentino5915]

He's A Virgo They Get Money 🤔

[@sharonfreeman8100]

All the time.Virgo the virgin who is mother earth!

[@lionelkennedy1394]

True indeed. Virgos are very meticulous and detailed.

[@eddiebaggett8114]

When I said Michael Jackson was part owner of Sony people said that I didn’t want I was talking about

[@niyah2274]

Darkchild did a great remix on Aaliyah one in a million