Joe Jackson: 'It’s Very Important That I Carry Out his Legacy'

Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson opens up to "The Insider" about his plans to continue the charitable ventures of his late son, and the importance of carrying out Michael's legacy.

 

"I'm only carrying out the things that he would do," Jackson tells "The Insider". "It's a large venture to take on, and I'm happy to do it for him. They never recognized him for all the things he was doing when he was living, but since this has happened to him I'm carrying the legacy as much as I possibly can."

"The Insider" caught up with Jackson in New York at a press event for his film 'Destination Fame,' and he explained that the proceeds for the film will be put towards a foundation to continue the work of the late King of Pop.

"Proceeds will be put towards a foundation," he says. “It’s very important that I carry out his legacy -- bringing good entertainment to the people all over the world, and I intend to do that.”

"The Insider" also spoke to 'Destination Fame' star Crystal Marven, and writer/director Paul DeAngelo about their experience working with Jackson.

Published 7/24/09 by the Insider

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  • My man M.J. hated his father so much that devil of a man has got a lot to answer for in regards to M.J. he could not stand his father he hated him with a passion that man has got no right to even mention his name or be near M.J.'s kids so l wish his father would just keep out of it M.J. would be so angry if he knew what his so called father was doing. I luv you M.J. l will miss you till the day I pass away I hope to see you in heaven as you are my angel l luv you!!!!!!!!!!
    Anonymous 8/22/09 Reply
  • THIS IS WHAT I CALL “W. O. W.” (“WOW OVER WILD“)! Now here’s a fella’ or fellow, or person, male, or an ingenuous unique and very highly mysterious birthright gifted individual that reached personal financial goals boundlessly, and at the same time most likely never accomplished personal freedom while he was alive. There isn’t any book to reach or inherit personal freedom. It is a knowledge developed fragilely by roaming random intellectual circumstances over situated physical and psychological assorted experiences momentarily, and also by the consumption of time logistically. No one truly has a right to design judgment on anyone except self reliantly form an appropriate opinion about that person carefully and considerably, and at that even there are natural instinct guidelines and rules, laws, and policies by our humanlike birthright giving nature, you think?

    Michael Joseph Jackson has only evolved LIFE by simply not being here anymore. I would think anyone would prefer LIVING instead of DYING while consciously in competent thought about his or her choice of immediate or hesitated freedom. Michael’s death by now should have already protectively opened millions of minds wisely. His death should have opened eyes by now to view life to be extremely vulnerably priceless no matter what’s of our destine fortunes. He among others of various unusual deaths have symbolized living actively appropriate is pricelessly very important.

    Michael Jackson’s dad Joseph Jackson is currently a close friend of mine dearly who I‘ve known for over 20 years, and to hear various strange worlds of people inappropriately and inaccurately gossiping about Joseph’s character as for him to have been an inappropriate father to his children and scorn or inappropriately mock his oral comments on national media and worldwide is unjustifiably wrong by the people. Most of these estrange people recognize televised medias as their systematized gods subconsciously, and consciously they fear their own inner insecurities and sincerity of true will to be able to think appropriately about an opinionated situation. Until you have actually spent time with an individual character how can you possibly agree with others who haven’t even met the person they’re gossiping or have heard about once?!

    I know about Joseph Jackson on a personal friendly and unfriendly associate level and also on a professional business structured level, and on a respectful family oriented level too. But the pop quiz question is “Do that gives me the GOSSIP right to chat unfavorably or favorably about Mr. Joseph Jackson?” Only if I am accurate about something I may be revealing or conveying, and appropriately submitting that may possibly save his or someone else’s life. Want to know anything about the golden living legend Mr. Joseph Jackson, simply locate him if you’re privilege somehow or another, and questioned or interview him yourself personally. I know this because I’m also a golden living legend myself by birthright alone and by my father’s title Philip “Phil Phillips” Baptiste. My dad is a retired golden musical living legend who has originally written, composed, and musically produced and performed the golden legendary love ballad Rock & Roll 1959 #2 on the pop and rock chart song title “Sea of Love” as also in the movie title “SEA OF LOVE” acted by actors Al Pacino & Ellen Barklin, and in the movie “JUNO” his music sung by Cat Power, and also Sea Of Love was re-recorded by Robert Plant in 1983. My father was also recently inducted into the Rock & Roll Music Hall Of Fame in two years back-to-back. Many have interviewed and chatted with my father on a personal level in person and with me too and others of our wonderful very super musically and poetically talented caring family, and have finally gotten their questions answered in first class by contacting us personally.

    So don’t take what you hear of gossip or on the televised media or magazines or etc to be accurate ever. Ask the persons themselves in person on a one and one basis, OK? You might just learn something appropriately interesting and different of ever before than of your usual daily findings. Michael Jackson was an ingenuous vulnerable endangered nonfiction talented male person caught in manmade modern fairytale spider webs fatally, and as many I’m sadden deeply by his sudden death wondrously.

    This planet Earth has been taken a beaten from humans for years now, and currently weeping to return to its originality permanently. The female and male morals have been distant for decades now, and both entities have gone psychotically wildest as to have lost original principals of keeping dignified logically.

    There is no more kindness anymore, and appropriate standards have been shattered into pieces of unusual wonder mysteriously. Humans have even often degraded and shamed the titles “monster” and “monstrous” indisputably and victoriously without even feeling shame about that even! I’m always trying to calculate time with radical chaos toward discovering an immediate appropriate solution to return humans back to intellectual normality protectively. But envisioning that goal mind and goal mine presently, I wonder sadly if there has ever been such a state of appropriate class of minds originally. It truly causes questioning on historic morals disturbingly, you think?!

    Most humans modernly wander after the mysterious cash flow of their random popular opulent neighbors. They are willing to be or do practically anything inappropriate for financial protection including losing their MIND. It is chaos and chaotic unusual behavior at its most boundless worst ever known to humankind modernly and historically, and who’s going to take the blame for it all, huh?! Well so far it’s been only the planet Earth alone with its animal like spheres that have been transformed by the inappropriate evolving humans themselves, you think?! I just wish all the psychological chaos could end immediately right this very wise golden moment. -by Jason Baptiste a.k.a. “Golden/Golden Poet/Golden Prince/Golden Viceroy/”
  • YOUR SO RIGHT HE LOVES MONEY NOT HIS CHILDREN MJ NEVER WANTED HIM NEAR HIS CHILDREN HE HATED HIS JOE.
    Anonymous 7/30/09 Reply
  • YOUR SO RIGHT HE LOVES MONEY NOT HIS CHILDREN MJ NEVER WANTED HIM NEAR HIS CHILDREN HE HATED HIS JOE.
    Anonymous 7/30/09 Reply
  • YOUR SICK JOE MJ NEVER LOVED YOU HE LOVED HIS MOTHER AND CHILDREN THATS WHY HE KEEP THEM FROM YOU GET A LIFE AND STOP WANTING EVERY ONES MONEY SHAME ON YOU.
    Anonymous 7/30/09 Reply
  • this man is the devil!i can't describe how much i hate him!it should have been him,not michael!
    Anonymous 7/29/09 Reply
  • joe is the reason of michael's pain
    since he was a kid he was performing
    he took michael's right to be a child and was beaten by his
    father.since then mj is always in pain
    thank you mj..we luv and miss u
  • dang all these comments are so good and maybe true or not bout the man unless you've met the man or no him personally everyone has an opinion to be voiced my opinion is how i see it in the begining i didnt like the man because of what MJ said in an interview i watched now things are changing wif him and now I dont know what to believe the media and the papers all ways put things into thea own concept so Im actually liking what im hearing from Joe but like I said each too thea own...Micheal you Rock My World
    MizM 7/27/09 Reply
    • MizM beleive it or not mj kids should get the money cuz its important for kid and his kids should come first joe jackson is getting close to being dead any way so joe jackson is not worth it like real talk so
      Anonymous 1/4/10
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    Anonymous 7/27/09 Reply
  • Every dam body needs back the hell up off of Joe Jackson. This is a man who seen talent in his children and didn't know how to manange during that time and error. I am more than sure he can look back and say what he would of and should of done in a more healthier way as a parent/mananger. Iam also more than sure to say all people can say I wouldn't raise my child like my parent did. Anyway, show me the perfect parent. Unfortunately, people will raise children the same old poor way they were raised. We don't come with intructions.
    Anonymous 7/27/09 Reply
  • Mr. Jackson, maybe you are over the top in guilt. Possibly finding that you had The Most precious son of all time. GIVE as he would have.
    Anonymous 7/26/09 Reply
    • joe jackson is not worth it so
      Anonymous 1/4/10
  • Wow you all do not know what your talking about, his fmily lovd him dearly, and all you hear is what the media tells you, I know facts and until you have been through what they have been through then you will not undestand. Leave them alone and let them be at peace!
  • No one know's about Joe Jackson and Michael Jacksons relationship, they had a great relationship once Michael realized how his father grew up and what he had to deal with and why he didn't want his children to go through what he went through...so please do not judge
    • noooooooooooooooooooo actually michael jackson father did not love him want to know why cuz he abused him when he was a kid dont beleive me go to youtube.com bitches
      Anonymous 1/4/10
  • hi miley! i love your show,hannah montana! i am your #1 fan
    Anonymous 7/26/09 Reply
  • They're all after the money. In life he never had a family he could count on, prove of this is that he is dead. onsible. Addicts have to be helped, you don't ask, you just do it. Janet says she tried when she went to his home and she was not let in by the guards, well then she should have insisted, if there were 50 guards, then she should have gone with 100 people and turn everything upside down and rescue his brother.
    Anonymous 7/26/09 Reply
    • It's true. I thind they are all responsible. To me all his family gets benefit from his death. He was a poor lonely soul who needed help. He was screaming out for help but nobody heard. Now in death they all, friends and family, are talking, but where were they when he needed them.
      Anonymous 7/26/09