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Jermaine Jackson recalls a moment during the Victory Tour meetings with promoter Don King. Michael was speaking about giving more back to the fans and pushing the show higher when Don suddenly cut him off:

“Michael! Remember this. It don’t matter whether you’re a rich nigger, a poor nigger or just a nigger. No matter how big you get, this industry’s still gonna treat you like a nigger.”

The room froze. It was blunt, shocking, and uncomfortable. But Michael broke the silence, he laughed first. He wasn’t offended. To him, it was raw truth about how the music industry viewed Black artists.

Sometimes the harshest words aren’t meant to insult, but to expose the reality of a system. And Michael, coming from Gary, Indiana, understood that all too well.

[In the photo: Michael Jackson, his father Joseph, promoter Don King and Jesse Jackson]

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Don King - On The Mediterranean - a vinyl & download reissue of a super-rare cassette collecting live recordings from no-wave group's 1986 European tour

The six concerts tour in 1986 were the last European appearances of the New York no wave band Don King, starting in Padua and following a wide arc around the Mediterranean, by train, through Switzerland over to Toulouse (France) and then down to Barcelona (Spain). The original cassette was a selection of the best live recordings - released by the historic Barcelona collective 4sellos. Bass Clarinet, Guitar, Vocals – Lucy Hamilton Featuring [Percussion Tape] – Arto Lindsay, Duncan Lindsay, Toni Nogueira Producer, Tape [Percussion] – John Erskine Producer, Trumpet – Mark Cunningham Mastered from the original Master Tape by Frederic Alstadt - Mont Analogue Vinyl Cut by Frederic Alstadt - Mont Analogue