**Who was bigger than Michael? **
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Michael was "big" equally for NEGATIVE reasons as well as positive ones. Don't think any of those names fit that category.
He compares more to someone like Howard Hughes, whose early exploits were extraordinary, but was possibly even more famous for being a freakish eccentric in the last third of his life.
"Jesus" has the power to make you cry and pass out if he wanted to. Just like Michael!
Tupac? Maybe on the West Coast.
A Nigerian friend explained that in the '80s, people begged relatives who returned from America for ANYTHING MJ: pins, tees, posters, etc just to front to the others in the country like they were down with him. MJ was a world-wide Phenomenon....Had he never gotten in those legal issues this dude's would have been like the death of no other. Ever.
He transcended color at time when race was still a dominant prejudice in the '80s (It still is but not as blatant).
A Nigerian friend explained that in the '80s, people begged relatives who returned from America for ANYTHING MJ: pins, tees, posters, etc just to front to the others in the country like they were down with him. MJ was a world-wide Phenomenon....Had he never gotten in those legal issues this dude's would have been like the death of no other. Ever.
He transcended color at time when race was still a dominant prejudice in the '80s (It still is but not as blatant).
No doubt, I'm in no means placing them on the same level. But he has an effect that would even rival or surpass deities. That's unfathomable for a person
Nice equivalent
In Death?
This will not be bigger than Princess Diana's death was.
Nor will it be bigger than any Presidential Assassination.
I think out of everyone living on the planet, the only people whose death will compare to Micheal's in terms of Worldwide impact will be Oprah, Obama... Yeah that's it.
This will not be bigger than Princess Diana's death was.
Nor will it be bigger than any Presidential Assassination.
I think out of everyone living on the planet, the only people whose death will compare to Micheal's in terms of Worldwide impact will be Oprah, Obama... Yeah that's it.
Elvis has his own radio station on Sirius/XM.
Mike don't.
Mike don't.
No doubt, I'm in no means placing them on the same level. But he has an effect that would even rival or surpass deities. That's unfathomable for a person
Damn, fellas..
Let's try to keep this debate earthbound (or at least in the mortal realm).
I like M.J. as much as the next man, but Jesus (as iconic as he is) still gotta few billions more followers than Michael.
I said who's dead that is bigger than Michael... Oprah ain't dead..
My point is, EVERYONE knew michael... old white people, people over in africa... Michael was known in every country... places that didn't even have radio knew of Michael... I don't think anyone else that is dead was that well known... that's all.
My point is, EVERYONE knew michael... old white people, people over in africa... Michael was known in every country... places that didn't even have radio knew of Michael... I don't think anyone else that is dead was that well known... that's all.
That's the thing, you can go ANYWHERE in the world and peeps would know who Michael Jackson is. Basically, if you've seen a TV or Radio in your lifetime, you more than likely know who Michael Jackson is.
The same can't be said for the Beatles and Elvis IMO. Especially Elvis actually.
Blunt please. Elvis was No where NEAR as big as Mike was internationally. When a prison in Thailand holds a show for a Elvis video....let me know. Mike was the most profilic ever. The beatles are the only group that even has a case. Michael Jackson was the most recognized name on the planet.
No its not. Mikes did get "big"for the negative but nothing he did ever compared to his other-worldly success in the 80's...not even a contest.
Are you crazy? Michael was the biggest star on the planet long before the accusations and controversy. Elvis and The Beatles were never the global superstars that MJ was . MJ was known on every continent on this planet. There were kids in Africa that lived in villages with no televisions that knew Michael Jackson. There will never be another album that will outsell Thriller---ever. MJ hasn't even recorded an album in years but when they announced his upcoming (announced live on CNN), there were over two million in presales within the first 24 hours. He was gonna get paid over $45 million for the first 10 shows alone. I guess all this was out of morbid curiosity, huh? Just like Hughes---ridiculous. I know black male bashing is your schtick but you're really reaching on this one.
IMO this sums up the argument perfectly:
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I cry hysterically and pass out from boredom whenever Blunt enters a thread...
Yall are thinking too U.S. centric... internationally King is not that well known like MJ