What happened to that sweet Black boy who was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary Indiana, the eighth of ten children to Katherine Ester Jackson, who harbored unrealized dreams of being a “country and western” singer, and Joseph Walter Jackson, who dabbled into music as the guitar player for a local rhythm and blues band?
Whatever happened to The Jackson 5, the group of super talented brothers who emerged in 1964, and comprised of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and the “anointed one” who was conceived for greatness, Michael?
Their father, who was fondly known as Joe Jackson, was inspired to replace his son Tito’s broken guitar after watching the young lad tinkering with it, and remarkably unleashing tunes that couldn’t be possible considering the bad shape of the instrument.
Michael was allowed into the group at just five-years-old, and he was assigned the duty of bringing congas to life. Imagine how young he was and how that moment of initiation began the journey that can only manifest from intense labor, and the intervention of all the elements that congregate to lay the foundation of imminent stardom beyond compare.
The Jackson 5 had a good run under the tutelage of an exceptionally demanding father, who entered his photogenic sons in talent shows around their hometown, before trying for bigger and better at…
