At least one member of Michael Jackson’s family isn’t happy about the late singer’s surprising appearance on Drake’s Scorpion album.
Austin Brown, the nephew of Jackson, voiced his disapproval when asked about Drizzy’s song “Don’t Matter To Me.”
“I mean, I’m not OK with it,” Brown told a paparazzo. “I mean, but Drake’s talented.”
Brown, the son of Jackon’s eldest sister Rebbie, felt the previously unreleased work of his uncle should’ve never seen the light of day. Although he didn’t express any ill will towards Drake, the nephew of the pop icon disliked the idea of MJ’s unfinished work being repurposed.
“I just feel like, if he didn’t finish it, you shouldn’t use it,” he said. “He’s an artist. Everything he made … [I] respect the artist, I just don’t feel like it’s OK to use someone’s vocals and change them. It’s music at the end of the day. It’s art. I’m not gonna say [it’s] taking advantage [of Jackson]. [But] I wouldn’t do it.”
“Don’t Matter To Me” features some slightly altered vocals by Jackson on its hook. The vocals reportedly came from a 1983 recording session with Canadian singer Paul Anka, who is credited as a co-writer on Drake’s track.
Check out what Jackson’s nephew had to say below, courtesy of TMZ.
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I just get my news from Reddit now. Come here to waste time I guess.
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Drake always stealing music. It’s the Jevv way
It still doesn’t make it right for him to do this. Everyone who is an artist, always needs permission for someone’s voice being dubbed into a song.
Shut up you queens particularly Shawn Pyper the know nothing. Of course the MJ hook was cleared to be used on A MAJOR LABEL ALBUM. Rap fans know the least about both actual music and business but they all think they are smart. There is evidence of this in the number of likes his stupid comment got
Who?
It literally says it in the headline who.
He’s Rebbie’s son does he really have a say….I’m just saying
Nope. They sold the Mike catalogue and his vault like 4 or 5 years ago because they wanted that gravy train to keep coming. So those are the consequences and dude really needs to stfu about it since his family made the deal and I’m sure he’s getting his allowance off of it.
I agree. If mike wanted his material on this sorry ass pop singer’s album or anyone else’s he would have allowed it.
ya thats the issue here, mike is dead so he can’t approve or disapprove anything lol
Why? Because it’s a terible song? For real though, that sounded like the fake Michael vocals that the MJ stands swear have been getting used anyway. Didn’t sound like Mike to me and I’m not Mike expert.
FUCKING LOL AT YOU NOT KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “STANS” and “STANDS” BECAUSE YOU ARE A DUMB FUCK
Wow you embarrassed a complete stranger congrats.
No one can’t duplicate the baddest man that ever stepped on stage, and whatever that song was terrible doesn’t sound like s***, it is not music nowadays making music with a beat box where are the musicians only a handful of entertainers have them, these people today they cannot sing, they have machines to enhance their voices so please stop, because this stuff y’all called music today is not, and another thing rap is dead that isn’t anything else to rap about, one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard is call me on my cell phone are you serious, I heard another on the other day my Percocet stop it please.
The microphone is messing up I did not mean to say one of the most beautiful songs, I was trying to say one of the most pitiful songs I’ve heard yet is call me on my cell phone, that’s about the dumbest beep beep beep I’ve heard yet
Shouldn’t have sold it then.
drake trying to be jay z so bad….albums every year..dropping doubles…using MJ..subliminal disses..next he’ll be saying he don’t write his rhymes……oh wait!!
Why do we care what a distant nephew of MJ thinks?
Distant? It’s his sister’s son. But sure no one gives a fuck because his family sold his catalogue.
When ,I have not heard that
I heard the song and Michael wouldn’t have approved of it. If any artist is going to use an Icon then they should do a great job at it or leave it alone.
If anyone here is a real Michael Jackson fan you would know that he would have approved this song and would not have minded Drake using it. I find it so funny how everyone is jumping down his neck for using Michaels vocals when Justin Timberlake did the EXACT same thing! This song is nice and it actually has remnants of something Michael would have actually done today had he still been alive. Michael didn’t have a temperament of not wanting to help and not wanting his talent to be shared. So the fact that people are making thIs out to be bigger than what it is when numerous of other artists have done it. Just shows y’all will do whatever to drag someone’s career because you personally don’t like them.
gtfoh wit dat BS..MJ wud hev never released half baked stuff.sure he wudve worked with drake but we all knw he was a perfectionist and woudnt release that bs a$$ hook
He wouldn’t have been alright with Drake altering his voice. Get Drake’s penis out of your mouth.
Bro chill. Just cause they are trying to calm it down doesn’t mean you gotta throw words like that. tbh, who really cares that much. It should only matter to Michael and Drake cause it’s their careers. Just calm down and don’t worry about it so much. If you don’t like it then don’t listen to it. It’s that easy.
BTW that’s to everyone on here that dissing on Drake’s song.
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Does M. J.’s nephew have a music career?
Yeah, So check it out its like this… Drake is super hot right now and storming the charts for a reason – and for him to do this track with the MJ voice and sound – is super cool! I really like it it reminds me of MJ! its a great reminder that if the king of pop was alive now he would still be making great music like this. This is a great bit of respect between two great artists and anyone connected to it should be super proud!
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I am a die hard Micheal Jackson Fan and i still dont believe this is him on the song because clearly it was not up to par for any true MJ fan to agree that this was done ok you need to check your card the song sucks and we know MJ is to great for bum shit like this in the end this says that those who approved this really has some hidding agenda to discredit his legacy because this was straight bullshit