I Believed Michael Jackson in Adrian the Thief of Hearts

I Believed Michael Jackson in Adrian the Thief of Hearts
Author: Waalee Fajri
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2013-08-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1480900079

Thief is recently released from federal prison, after the decision of a long-awaited appeal of bank robbery charges. He stumbles upon a DVD of the media-criminal mafia planning to have the superstar falsely indicted on child molestation charges to benefit their declining investment in the magazine, television, and newspaper industry or arrange his death. FBI Agent Spoon wants him imprisoned forever, having investigated and arrested him on numerous acts of mayhem, including robbery, jewelry heists, murder-for-hire plots, and other commissions of crime. The Mob wants him dead or a one million dollar offer to return the tape. Michael Jackson, with the assistance of The Nation of Islam¿s Minister, wants the tape to exonerate the superstar. But all Adrian ever wanted was fame and fortune and to return home to resume a failed relationship with Reagan and her son Ke¿in, and to live happily ever after. With the help of his Memphis friend (Pimp) and his illustrious call girl, will he dodge death, prison, or accept the money and sacrifice the world¿s most worshipped idol, Michael Jackson? About the Author Waalee D. Fajri is a native of Kansas City, Missouri, and changed his name from Adrian Williams, having declared his faith to Islam. He has survived troubling times, both domestic and social, ending in prison several times. This book was written in 2005, months before Michael Jackson¿s trial of the child molestation allegations. The author hopes to assist all men on the complicated journey of finding peace and closure to the world prohibiting us from success.

Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask

Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask
Author: Dr Harriet J Manning
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-08-31
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1472402367

Blackface minstrelsy, the nineteenth-century performance practice in which ideas and images of blackness were constructed and theatricalized by and for whites, continues to permeate contemporary popular music and its audience. Harriet J. Manning argues that this legacy is nowhere more evident than with Michael Jackson in whom minstrelsy’s gestures and tropes are embedded. During the nineteenth century, blackface minstrelsy held together a multitude of meanings and when black entertainers took to the stage this complexity was compounded: minstrelsy became an arena in which black stereotypes were at once enforced and critiqued. This body of contradiction behind the blackface mask provides an effective approach to try and understand Jackson, a cultural figure about whom more questions than answers have been generated. Symbolized by his own whiteface mask, Jackson was at once ‘raced’ and raceless and this ambiguity allowed him to serve a whole host of others’ needs - a function of the mask that has run long and deep through its tortuous history. Indeed, Manning argues that minstrelsy’s assumptions and uses have been fundamental to the troubles and controversies with which Jackson was beset.

Michael Jackson: Before He Was King

Michael Jackson: Before He Was King
Author: Todd Gray
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-10-21
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780811875066

Photographer Todd Gray worked with Michael Jackson for several years before Michael requested that he become his personal photographer, a relationship that would encompass Michael's performances with the Jacksons through the release of his smash solo albums Off the Wall and Thriller. This collection of unseen, intimate, and joyful pictures of Michael taken over a span of 10 years reveal him at home, with his family and fans, in career-making live performances, and on the "Beat It" video shoot. A young black man not much older than Jackson at the time they met, Gray brings unique insights to his time with the singer, contributing stories and context to the images, presenting a rare, intimate portrait of Michael at a creative peak as he grew from a brilliantly talented young man into a pop icon.

Report

Report
Author: Minnesota. State Board of Health
Publisher:
Total Pages: 458
Release: 1918
Genre: Minnesota
ISBN:

CMJ New Music Report

CMJ New Music Report
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2000-02-28
Genre:
ISBN:

CMJ New Music Report is the primary source for exclusive charts of non-commercial and college radio airplay and independent and trend-forward retail sales. CMJ's trade publication, compiles playlists for college and non-commercial stations; often a prelude to larger success.

Congressional Record

Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1376
Release: 1958
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)