This past week the world celebrated what would have been the 61st birthday of the “King Of Pop”. Michael Jackson’s name has been popping up all year in controversy due to the HBO documentary entitled “Leaving Neverland” with Wade Robson and James Safechuck that once again brought up allegations against MJ about child molestation.
Chris Brown to many people is like a modern day Michael Jackson. But those of us who are old enough to have grown up witnessing the legend that is MJ in action, know that there will truly never be another…However, 50 Cent doesn’t seem to think so.
King of trolls, 50 Cent is not in agreement and made a statement on his Instagram alleging that Michael was a pedo and that Chris Brown is now better than the man who made the Thriller album. 50 decided to use statistics of Chris Brown now selling 69.5 Million singles which has catapulted him into 7th place for all time for selling singles in history and totaling over 100 Million RIAA certified units, to attempt and back his claim that Brown has surpassed Michael Jackson.
In his caption, he also took a shot at the late legend, referencing the recent controversy over the HBO documentary Finding Neverland. “I can’t believe mike wanted to touch the little boys booty,” added 50. “what the f*ck man.”
The disrespectful remark didn’t sit well with many of 50’s followers, who took to MJ’s defense. “Shit not funny …. not Mike my nixxa,” wrote one fan, while another added, “50 cent what we won’t do…is slander Michael Jackson.”
One fan even made reference to the recent controversy over the “Power” theme song, “Big Rich Town,” after Joe was pulled from the track and replaced with Trey Songz. “MJ would sound better on Power intro though,” said the IG commenter.One fan even made reference to the recent controversy over the “Power” theme song, “Big Rich Town,” after Joe was pulled from the track and replaced with Trey Songz. “MJ would sound better on Power intro though,” said the IG commenter.
To be fair, Michael Jackson still has the most selling album in world history as Jackson’s reign continues with over 100 million sales for Thriller worldwide and 1 billion total sales to his credit. Thriller also was the first album to sell over 30 million albums in the United States alone in 2015 which was only surpassed by The Eagles Greatest Hits album in 2018.
Not including his work with the Jackson 5 and Jacksons, Michael’s solo career has seen him land 55 Top 40s on the Official Singles Chart, seven of which have reached Number 1.
Justin Bieber has also praised Chris Brown as being a combination of Michael Jackson and Tupac Shakur. Regardless of people’s thoughts, Chris Brown remains a Michael Jackson fan and has paid homage to the star that inspired him the most with music videos such as “Back To Love” that was released earlier this year as well as many times before.
