Prince Jackson believes that no one can ever take away the King of Pop title from his father. Images from Instagram: @princejackson and @harrystyles
Michael Jackson’s son Prince defends dad’s ‘King of Pop’ title
Prince Jackson has made it clear (respectfully) that Harry Styles can never take away the ‘King Of Pop’ title from his father.
Prince Jackson believes that no one can ever take away the King of Pop title from his father. Images from Instagram: @princejackson and @harrystyles
Prince Jackson has hit back at claims that Harry Styles is the new “King of Pop” by stating that no one can ever take the title from his father, Michael Jackson.
This comes after Rolling Stone UK crowned Harry the new “King of Pop”.
The 25-year-old appeared on Good Morning Britain on Friday 28 October where he was asked to share his thoughts on the title being passed down to the Watermelon Sugar hitmaker – reports Hollywood Unlocked.
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MICHAEL THE ONLY ‘KING OF POP’?
Prince told the Good Morning Britain hosts that his father will always carry the moniker “King of Pop” and no one can can ever take away the title from him.
The publication also says after calling Harry an “incredible artist,” Prince explained that Harry has got his own genre and he’s definitely an amazing artist but, “the ‘King of Pop’ was a moniker that really my dad earned”.
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Prince says there’s been a huge shift in music where access to popularity and fame wasn’t anywhere near as easily obtainable as it is today, and with countless other social factors that have to be taken into consideration when making such a statement, he says Michael will always be the King of Pop.
“And it’s not something that you can ever take away, because we’ve just evolved so much as a society that those same factors will never be the same…So when you look at the… from where my father started to where he ended, versus where all these other people started to where they ended, it’s just night and day of a difference.”
Prince says.
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Hollywood Unlocked says Prince isn’t the first person who has reacted to recent claims of Harry having taken over Michael’s title.
Earlier this year, MJ’s nephew, Taj Jackson, spoke on the matter in a tweet that made it very clear he was not endorsing the idea that Harry has overtaken his uncle with regard to being deemed the “King of Pop”.
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