As the legend goes Joe Jackson couldn’t remain faithful to Katherine back when the stock on his dick was at a record high so he has a handful of adult children conceived out of wedlock floating around. Chances are more than half of the people reading this story has added at least one by mistake to their friend list on a social networking site before realizing the error and deleting them. The world ain’t but so big.

But I digress.

Freddy O reports that Janet Jackson invited formerly estranged half-sister Joh’Vonnie Jackson to a concert date on her Number Ones tour. Joh’Vonnie, who also goes by the alias Iron Rose, previously threatened to pen a tell-all book blasting the family . . .  until brother Jermaine stepped in and threatened to rub his hair product into homegirl’s eyes.

Until Iron Rose gets a boot on her car for unpaid tickets this looks like closure to me.

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Never mind the Microsoft Word 95 template certificate, Dollar General document frame, and Geraldo’s presence. Chew on this.

Rev. Al Sharpton honored mixtape messiah [he is still hustlin' his record label] Joe Jackson with an award at the National Action Network in the Seventh Layer of Hell Harlem Saturday.

Despite Michael Jackson’s past descriptions of his father as abusive, Sharpton heaped praise upon Papa Joe’s parenting skills, saying, “The arrogance of [people] attacking a man for being a stern father. I wish we had more stern fathers – then we wouldn’t be shooting each other up.” Joe said of his award: “This feels great. I feel like I’m someone very special.”

It’s still too early in the day for this shit.

When Joe Jackson hit Las Vegas this past Saturday it wasn’t to place his face in the cleavage of college age girls [this time at least] but to be present at the unveiling of his son Michael Jackson’s star at the Palms Casino Resort’s Walk of Fame.

“I wish he was here to see this take place,” Joe Jackson said of the son who died June 25. Police have labeled the death a homicide.

With the sounds of “Thriller” coming from the speakers and a drum line playing, the patriarch of the Jackson family smiled and posed for pictures as the star was unveiled in front of the Brenden Theatres.

The ceremony was actually two years in the making, organizers said, adding that Michael Jackson wanted to coordinate the unveiling with some type of major event.

“The plan was that Michael would accept the star after the run of London shows,” said emcee Robin Leach.

Meanwhile, further west on Saturday night, at the Hollywood Bowl, Liza Minnelli said at her concert, “Today would have been Michael Jackson’s birthday. And I loved him with all of my heart, and I will miss him for the rest of my life.” [source]

Lesson Learned: the people that are closer to you [i.e. your family and friends] are the ones that can hurt you the most.

Joe Jackson seems to enjoy this newfound attention [and to a much lesser degree Latoya Jackson] that occurred after Michael’s death, and since he is the only family member who is dumb enough to fall into the media trap, he’s has been on every TV show from here to Guatemala, hawking his new record label, and his own theories about Michael, who according to reports didn’t have much contact with Michael in the latter years of his life.

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