Is Reverend Al Sharpton a Racist?

Who is Reverend Al Sharpton?

Reverend Al Sharpton was born on October 3rd, 1954, a prominent African American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and radio talk show host.



What did other people say about Reverend Al Sharpton?

His critics describe him as "a political radical who is to blame, in part, for the deterioration of race relations."

Sociologist Orlando Patterson has referred to him as a racial arsonist.

Liberal columnist Derrick Z. Jackson has called him the black equivalent of Richard Nixon and Pat Robertson.

What did Reverend Al Sharpton say about other people?

In 1994, Reverend Al Sharpton said this to one of the audiences at Kean College, “White folks was in caves while we was building empires.... We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.”

In 2007, Reverend Al Sharpton was accused of bigotry for comments he made concerning presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his religion, Mormonism. He said "As for the one Mormon running for office, those who really believe in God will defeat him anyways, so don't worry about that; that's a temporary situation."
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His latest comment was on July, 07th, 2009, during the Michael Jackson’s memorial service, which included telling Jackson's children from the stage, "There wasn't nothing strange about your Daddy. What was strange was what your Daddy had to deal with. But he dealt with it anyway."

However, the controversy begins when he was quoted as saying the following about Michael Jackson’s death:

"I am here because of the disgraceful and the despicable way some elements of the media have tried to destroy the legacy and image of Michael Jackson," he told the congregation, charging the media with using different standards for black and white performers. You have had other entertainers that have had issues in their life," he said. "But you [the media] did not degrade and them... Show the same respect for Michael and Michael's family that you showed Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley."

Wow, that’s a little bit too much for me thougth I’m not sure whether Reverend Al Sharpton is really a racist or whether he is aware of this when he gave the comments. For me, if having both white and black performers embrace Michael Jackson is an act of racism accodring to Reverend Al Sharpton, then that’s racism. Michael Jackson is always loved by the world and this memorial exactly shows the fact that how far the America has come in bridging the racial gap.

Trey Lorenz-The "I'll be There" Singing Partner of Mariah Carey

Who is Trey Lorenz?

The memorial service for Michael Jackson on Tuesday at Staples Center in Los Angeles brought out a galaxy of stars who paid tribute to the King of Pop. Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Magic Johnson, Mariah Carey and Justin Timberlake are included.

But some people are asking “ Who is that guy singing ‘I’ll be There’ with Mariah Carey?”

His name is Trey Lorenz (born Lloyd Lorenz Smith, January 19, 1969), an African American singer and songwriter. He was born in Florence, South Carolina. He is a graduate of Wilson High School.

Lorenz began his career supporting singer Mariah Carey on her first promotional tour in 1990, and the following year he provided background vocals on her album Emotions. Lorenz again served as Carey's backing singer on her 1992 appearance on the television show MTV Unplugged, where he and Carey sang a cover of the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" - a duet the two reprised at Michael Jackson's memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on July 7, 2009.

Trey Lorenz released some singles and two albums named Trey Lorenz in 1993 and Mr. Mista in 2006 respectively.

Watch the performance of “I’ll be There” by Trey Lorenz& Mariah Carey on MJ’s memorial service.

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Michael Jackson Memorial Service

8750 people watched the Michael Jackson Memorial Service show in in Los Angeles’s Staples Center on Jul, 07th, 2009. about 1000 gathered to watch the memorial service on a giant screen live outside Staples Center. However, the vast majority of fans will be saying goodbye to Mr. Jackson via television and the many Web outlets hosting live video.

Celebrities including include Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Magic Johnson, Mariah Carey and Justin Timberlake attedned the show, but MJ’s tearful daughter impressed the whole audience most when she said MJ is the best father in the world and she loves him very much!

Check the following video to see that touching moment!

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Michael Jackson’s Resurrection

Resurrection is the religious concept of the reunion of the spirit and the body of a dead person.

It may sound a little bit scary, however, Michael Jackson’s comeback is already here.

Just about 3 months before his death, the superstar Michael Jackson has announced that there is going to be a comeback gig at London's O2 Arena in July. Unfortunately, Michael Jackson can’t perform on that stage anymore because of the tragedy of his death.

On Jun, 26th, 2009, the day the King of Pop died. In life, he cranked out 14 No. 1 singles and had five albums rank among the highest-selling of all time. And in death, he resumed his chart-topping ways as fans loaded up on Jackson's hits. Immediately after his death, it sent sales of his songs, albums and videos skyrocketing at online outlets and music stores.

On iTunes, Jackson claimed the top five spots among most the downloaded albums.

On Amazon.com, Jackson’s CDs were sold out in minutes and it could take weeks to get more.

At a F.Y.E. store on Myrtle Ave, Ridgewood(New York), the last of 40 Jackson compact discs was swept off the shelves by noon.

3 days after he left this planet, Michael Jackson now announced his comeback. Still camouflaged as a bad taste rumor, it is said there would be a new release because Michael Jackson has recorded up to 100 songs secretly before his death and they are only allowed to release after his death for his children. The new song would combine different aspects of Jackson`s life. It would be not just a new song, but also a resurrection of historical Jackson tunes.
According to some marketers, the whole story would fit perfectly to the orchestration of his death. The video is a remake of the “Thriller” video, combined with the “Bad” lyrics. Jackson, dancing as a zombie, just being resurrected like Jesus after 3 days.

Some of the lyrics are exposed below:

Because I’m back (back-back), I’m back, come on (really, really back)
You know I’m back (back-back), I’m back, you know it (really, really back)
You know I’m back (back-back), I’m back, you know it (really, really back) you know
And the whole world has no answer right now
Just to smell you once again

Michael Jackson might be rich again because of his death, however, he owes a lot of debt too. Just hope his children will not suffer.

Anyway, welcome back, Mike, no matter you are with us in person or not!

Michael Jackson’s Charities

Michael Jackson is a true humanitarian, an example to us all. He has devoted much time and money to a wide range of charities. He loves children and takes time out when touring secretly visiting sick children. He also has special rooms at his home Neverland for sick and terminally ill children to stay over. He was listed in the 2000 edition of the Guiness Book Of World Records for breaking the world record for the "Most Charities Supported By a Pop Star". It states that Michael Jackson has supported 39 charity organizations either with monetary donations through sponsorships of their projects or by participating in their silent auction.

The names of known charities that Michael Jackson has individually supported publically throughout his career are listed below:

AIDS Project L.A.
American Cancer Society
Angel Food
Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles
BMI Foundation, Inc.
Brotherhood Crusade
Brothman Burn Center
Camp Ronald McDonald
Childhelp U.S.A.
Children's Institute International
Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund
Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
Dakar Foundation
Dreamstreet Kids
Dreams Come True Charity
Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Love Match
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Minority Aids Project
Motown Museum
NAACP
National Rainbow Coalition
Rotary Club of Australia
Society of Singers
Starlight Foundation
The Carter Center's Atlanta Project
The Sickle Cell Research Foundation
Transafrica
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
United Negro College Fund Ladder's of Hope
Volunteers of America
Watts Summer Festival
Wish Granting
YMCA - 28th Street/Crenshaw

What’s more, in 1992, Michael Jackson set up another foundation called The Heal The World Foundation which focuses on children’s safety and health. It also aims to make the world be aware of the rights and needs of all the children in the world, to improve the world we live in, without violence and free of diseases. For more information, please visit the official website at www.healtheworld.com

8 years later, in 2000, Heal The Kids was launched, developed by Heal The World Foundation. Heal The Kids was set up to boost children's welfare and will help adults and parents realize it's in our power to change the world our children live in. Please visit its official website at www.healthekids.com for more information.

Songs such as “Heal the World”, “We are the World”, “Can You Feel It” and “Man in the Mirror” immensely convey Jackson’s great interest in humanitarianism, equality and world peace.

Michael Jackson’s Face History

Michael Jackson was such a great music genius who had many long lists of No.1 singles, No.1 best-selling albums and 197 awards for his music achievements and his humanitarian endeavors.

However, I’m afraid the surgeries list he had on his face perhaps had the same length as his glorious music achievements list. And definitely, that is another big topic of our King of Pop.

Let’s have a look at Michael Jackson’s face history chronologically:

1979, age 21: a cute and “normal” African-American guy, his father nicknamed him “Big Nose”.





1984, age 26: Michael Jackson got his nose slightly narrowed and his eyebrows shaped. Some comments said he was having a problem with his African-American look and making his nose whiter.





1985, age 27: another nose-narrow job was done and permanent eyeliner tattooed around his eyes.



1987, age 29: people and press were really talking about his appearance now. He got his nose done again and his skin has gone from the beautiful cocoa bronze to fish belly white. He was said to take female hormones to remove his facial hair and keep his boy-pitch voice.

1991, age 32: His skin was getting lighter, eyebrows were whittled down. He now had an interesting, manly cleft in his chin and a dropped, square jawline. He got his nose done again and got a skin disease too.

1993, age 34: Reportedly the tip of his nose was so damaged from the operations that the tissue has died, and he's now wearing a fake prothesis tip.







1997, age 38: Michael Jackson got a fake chin implant and suddenly lost his cleft chin, the sides of his face were stretched taut, his nose wasn’t pointing North anymore. And his face was done again.

1999, age 41: he had a new chin, new nose, new cheeks and new jaw again.

2000, age 41: he got a longer jaw and with Goatee! He got his eyes pulled so tight he looks Oriental and he got his lips done too.

2001, age 42: fake-nose-tip-prothesis hanging off as well as the scars. The thin little beak nose of 1997 seemed to have expanded once again.



Jan, 2002, age 43: he's had his nose fixed as it was reported in the news it seemed a bridge was built to widen the nasal passages.

Oct, 2002, age 44: a “third nostril" appeared after the January plastic surgery.

Nov, 2002, age 44: Michael Jackson wore a surgical mask when entering and leaving the courthouse because of a $21 million suit filed by his longtime promoter, Marcel Avram.





Sep, 2004, age 46: Michael Jackson got a new nose once again and again.





Everybody wants to be pretty and everybody has the right to be pretty if that can make you feel better and confident. And I’m pretty sure that Michael Jackson is not the only one who had plastic surgeries during their entertainment careers.

Recently the plastic surgeries do become a hot topic again because a lot of celebrities and pop stars in Hollywood and South Korea proudly admit that they had plastic surgeries or having plastic surgeries or going to have plastic surgeries. And it’s true a lot of stars, even the common people’s destiny gets changed forever because of the new pretty faces.

However, every coin had two sides. And I don’t want to use Michael Jackson’s case as an example to illustrate either cause maybe that’s another way to make this legendary icon everlasting!

Ps: to those who want to be pretty, just don’t sacrifice your health and to Michael Jackson, we still love you very much no matter what! Rest in peace!

Michael Jackson's 14 No.1 Hits & Best-selling Albums Worldwide

The only thing can say about Michael Jackson with confidence is that he was a true musical genius and a legendary performer whose music has influenced several generations.

The following playlist shows his 14 songs in total that reached the No.1 spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Of course there are more to find if you consider other hits outside of US and his duet.

1. 1972 Ben
2. 1979 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
3. 1980 Rock With You
4. 1983 Billie Jean
5. 1983 Beat It
6. 1983 Say Say Say
7. 1985 We Are The World
8. 1987 I Just Can't Stop Loving You
9. 1987 Bad
10. 1987 The Way You Make Me Feel
11. 1988 Man In The Mirror
12. 1988 Dirty Diana
13. 1991 Black Or White
14. 1995 You Are Not Alone

No.4 and No.5 singles are from the most best-selling album in the whole world named Thriller which was released in 1982 and has been sold for over 100 million copies.

No.13 single is from the album called Dangerous which was released in 1991 and has been sold for 32 million copies.

No.8/9/10/11/12 singles are from the album called Bad which was released in 1987 and had been sold for 30 million copies.

No.2 and No.3 singles are from the album called Off the Wall which was released in 1979 and has been sold for 20 million copies.

No.14 single is from the album called HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I which was released in 1995 and has been sold for 20 million copies.

Check those wonderful music videos online and let’s review Michael Jackson’s greatest moments in his entire life.

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Also want to download the above-mentioned greatest singles from Michael Jackson? No problem, use Leawo Youtube Download to download his music videos in FLV format from Youtube.com or other video sharing websites and then convert them to popular video and audio formats with its embedded Leawo FLV Converter, so that you can play those classical songs in portable devices anywhere and anytime.

Keep Michael Jackson’s music in your iPod and let them be with you forever!

How to download Michael Jackson’s music video from Youtube.com with Leawo Youtube Download?

Step 1: Open Leawo Youtube Download.



Step 2: Open www.youtube.com with the program and search Michael Jackson’s music video to play. Then click “Download” button on pop-up window on the right corner of the screen to download the video you are playing.



Step 3: Click “Download” tab and then click “Downloading” to see the downloading information.




Step 4: Click “Downloaded folder” to view the downloaded video. You can enjoy the downloaded videos with the built-in flash video player



Then how to play these downloaded Michael Jackson's videos on iPod? The articles below will tell you the answers.

You know, the downloaded Michael Jackson's videos from YouTube are all in .FLV format, while iPod only accepts .MP4 video, so you have to convert the downloaded FLV videos to iPod .MP4 videos first. Below is a tutorial about converting downloaded FLV videos to iPod .Mp4 videos:

Step 1: Open Leawo FLV Converter, click “Add” button to input the downloaded FLV files and then choose iPod MP4 format as the output video format




Step 2: Click “Start” to start the conversion. And then you can get the MP4 videos for iPod.



Rest in peace, Michael, and thanks for your wonderful music, they will definitely live forever!

Michael Jackson’s London Concert Aborted

Jun, 25th, 2009(New York time), Michael Jackson, one of the most widely beloved entertainers and profoundly influential artists of all-time, passed away.

This news is really a big shock to the world and the king of pop left us forever just 12 days before his concert at London's O2 Arena on July 8, 2009.

This show is said to be Michael Jackson’s last ever in the British city and millions of Michael Jackson’s fans are crazy about this once-in-a-lifetime concert. Unfortunately, we don’t have the chance to hear Michael Jackson again and as one of his biggest fans, we just wish him well all the way to heaven.

Some details of that London show are listed below, let’s take a look again and memorize those dates that cheered millions and millions Michael Jackson’s fans.

March, 05th, 2009-Michael Jackson made a rare public appearance at a London press conference that day to announce that he will return to the stage for a 10-show run of concerts at the city’s O2 Arena.

March, 10th, 2009-Ten concert dates for Michael Jackson's gigs at London's O2 Arena have been announced. Described as a "big budget, grand, highly technical, incredible show", the concerts will begin on July 8 and will be wrapped up on July 28.

March, 13th, 2009-Tickets for the concert go on sale at the pre-sale website www.michaeljackson onlive.com.

London, where the dream stops and Jun, 25th, 2009, when the time freezes.

Again, let’s wish our icon, Michael Jackson, one of the greatest artists of pop, soul, R&B and hip-pop, a peaceful way all to heaven. We will miss you forever!