News 3.11.2005/ Joe Jackson poszukuje nowych gwiazd hip hopu
: czw, 03 lis 2005, 21:24
Jackson Patriarch Searches for New Stars As His Family Endures
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer
The Associated Press
JERSEY CITY, N.J. Nov 2, 2005 — Using a senior citizen to hype a rap contest doesn't seem like the smartest marketing ploy, especially when the man in question can't name any rap songs but knows he likes the ones "with the singing in it."
But this senior citizen's name is Jackson, first name Joseph the authoritarian patriarch of America's most famous musical family. Though the Jackson name has become synonymous with scandal, it still had enough cache last week to lure out a few dozen gawkers, wannabe stars and curiosity seekers to a low-budget lounge for "Joe Jackson's Hip-Hop Boot Camp."
"It's not so much of Joe Jackson knowing about hip-hop, it's about Joe Jackson being able to groom the next generation of superstars," says business associate Charles Kopay, who is hoping to develop the boot camp into a reality show. "Somehow it's touched a nerve."
The way Jackson groomed his own children into superstars is the stuff of legend and according to his some of his children, of enduring nightmares.
The former musician-turned-steel mill worker from Gary, Ind., had nine children with his wife, Katherine. He drove a young Michael, Tito, Jackie, Jermaine and Marlon through long rehearsals, countless amateur contests, nightclub gigs and concert dates until they landed a deal with Motown and became bubblegum superstar sensations The Jackson 5. He also managed the solo careers of his children, including Michael's and Janet's.
Instead of "Dad," his children called him "Joe," and he developed a reputation as a brooding, intimidating figure who dominated his family. Michael has long talked about beatings he suffered at the hands of his father, and how it scarred him emotionally.
But in person, Joe Jackson's charismatic, genial demeanor belies his image. During an interview at the Boot Camp audition, natty in a dark business suit with a small diamond hoop dangling from his ear, he downplayed talk of physical abuse.
"Katherine whipped Michael more than I did," he says of his wife. "She had to. I was working, I had two jobs. She was there with them all the time not just Michael, all the children."
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By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer
The Associated Press
JERSEY CITY, N.J. Nov 2, 2005 — Using a senior citizen to hype a rap contest doesn't seem like the smartest marketing ploy, especially when the man in question can't name any rap songs but knows he likes the ones "with the singing in it."
But this senior citizen's name is Jackson, first name Joseph the authoritarian patriarch of America's most famous musical family. Though the Jackson name has become synonymous with scandal, it still had enough cache last week to lure out a few dozen gawkers, wannabe stars and curiosity seekers to a low-budget lounge for "Joe Jackson's Hip-Hop Boot Camp."
"It's not so much of Joe Jackson knowing about hip-hop, it's about Joe Jackson being able to groom the next generation of superstars," says business associate Charles Kopay, who is hoping to develop the boot camp into a reality show. "Somehow it's touched a nerve."
The way Jackson groomed his own children into superstars is the stuff of legend and according to his some of his children, of enduring nightmares.
The former musician-turned-steel mill worker from Gary, Ind., had nine children with his wife, Katherine. He drove a young Michael, Tito, Jackie, Jermaine and Marlon through long rehearsals, countless amateur contests, nightclub gigs and concert dates until they landed a deal with Motown and became bubblegum superstar sensations The Jackson 5. He also managed the solo careers of his children, including Michael's and Janet's.
Instead of "Dad," his children called him "Joe," and he developed a reputation as a brooding, intimidating figure who dominated his family. Michael has long talked about beatings he suffered at the hands of his father, and how it scarred him emotionally.
But in person, Joe Jackson's charismatic, genial demeanor belies his image. During an interview at the Boot Camp audition, natty in a dark business suit with a small diamond hoop dangling from his ear, he downplayed talk of physical abuse.
"Katherine whipped Michael more than I did," he says of his wife. "She had to. I was working, I had two jobs. She was there with them all the time not just Michael, all the children."
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wir ... id=1274832
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9902722/
http://www.newsnet5.com/entertainment/5 ... etail.html
/tłumaczenie wkrótce/
/MJowitek/