Like so many others, Pete Rock noticed the uproar surrounding the late Michael Jackson after HBO aired the Leaving Neverland documentary earlier this month. The two-part series revolves around Wade Robson and James Safechuck who allege the King of Pop sexually abused them as children.
As a result, radio stations worldwide banned Jackson’s music, The Simpsons‘ creators axed a classic episode featuring the pop legend and Drake reportedly pulled the song “Don’t Matter To Me” featuring Jackson’s vocals from his current setlist.
Rock took his thoughts to Instagram where he posted a regal looking photo of Jackson and insisted he wasn’t guilty.
“A True King!!” he wrote in the caption. “Owned all dat music made you the king of the music industry. They mad at you! Your innocent but even in death they wont leave you alone. The Greatest artist/musician in the world. The King Michael Jackson RIP.”
The Leaving Neverland documentary continues the age-old debate of “can the art be separated from the artist?”
In the case of R. Kelly, it appears it’s becoming increasingly difficult to simply ignore their past behavior. Following Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly documentary, the #MuteRKelly movement was reignited and a result, his music is not only being pulled from the airwaves, entire cities don’t want Kelly to ever step foot on their soil again.
Kelly has since been indicted on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse.
Being dubbed “the greatest” in music, or anything for that matter, is subjective. Who cares what this moron says in defense of MJ! He doesn’t even know the difference between your and you’re, so his point is tossed in the gutter with all the other weirdos defending pedos.
You’re definitely white!!
Leave us alone n go listen to Elvis!!!
Ok!!!! Lets Talk about Elvis and how he got up with Priscella when she was ONLY 14!!!! But naw “they” dont wanna talk about that!! FACTS!!!!
Take your racist bullshit somewhere else bobo … this has nothing to do with race … it has to do with flucking little kids … plus … Mike was white
Hey.. I’m white.. and I love MJ… I refuse to even watch that trash Leaving Neverland…he was a legend..he was tried and acquitted..he gave his whole life performing and entertaining the world..let him finally RIP ❤️
Dude. What is wrong with the world? MJ was never CONVICTED of anything. He was tried AND acquitted. Period. Both of those fuckboy swore under oath, in open court, that MJ didn’t touch them. Now over 10 years later, they have an opportunity to get paid and Bet on HBO, and we’re all supposed to throw their previous testimony and MJ’s fair trial, that he WON, out of the window? MJ is no longer around to defend himself. I’m glad PR said something. More people should. He does look like Dave Chappelle as Tyronne BIggums in that pic, but that’s neither here nor there. Hahaha. “Only a cowardly dog would bark at the bones of a dead lion.” Winston Churchill. Huge shoutout to Pete for this. Much respect. One of the greatest producers ever.
Those flaring nostrils are about to breathe fire! Michael Jackson was a boy loving clown.
I agree with Mr. Rock. I do not understand why MJ is being tried in “the court of public opinion” again. It’s so disrespectful and wrong to attack him and try to tarnish his legacy when he is not here to defend himself.
Leaving neverland is the equivalent of the Blair witch project-everyone is going to believe that it’s a true, factual documentary until 5 to 10 years later when evidence comes out that everything in it is false. With this metoo b.s. that’s going around, people forget: there’s a difference between a victim and an accuser. Not all accusers are victims. No matter how many fake documentaries you make. No matter how many times you spread the hash tag believe victims. That does not make an accuser a victim. MJ was innocent. No doubt about that. No one has provided evidence that says otherwise, especially in that documentary.
I’ll never condemn him and I find it highly ironic that an animated television show that has who knows how many episodes that show a naked preteen boy streaking around, at least once under direction of his own father, would make the decision to remove an episode simply because it has the voice work of an artist who has been wrongly smeared/persecuted after he has passed away by a couple of guys looking for a huge chunk of change. I’m making this statement now: in my opinion, I’m positive that metoo will be coming after the Simpsons, the network and everyone who works there eventually. It seems to be their M.O. the feminist hate in the world is really strong right now and someone needs to stop it. It’s not about sexual assault/harassment or the victims. It’s about control and, frankly in my opinion, a terrorist act. If no one believes me, look at all the dead people being attacked. Mj isn’t the only 1, he’s just the most famous. If it was what they claim it was about, then they wouldn’t be going about it the way that they are or even after some of the people they are going after. Sorry my post is so long.
Adam Bryant you are a homosexual
Finally, the voice of reason. MICHAEL JACKSON + PETE ROCK = LEGENDARY.