#314 | Michael Jackson | The Troubled Life of The King of Pop
English Learning for Curious Minds
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The Life of Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was born into a working-class African-American family in Gary, Indiana. He grew up in a modest two-bedroom house along with his eight siblings. Music clearly ran in Jackson's blood and the father pushed all of the children in a musical direction from an early age. Joe Jackson would often sit with a belt in hand as the Jackson's rehearsed,. ready to punish any mistakes and beat the children fiercely when one slipped up. Later in his life, Michael Jackson would state that his father beat them for making minor mistakes in rehearsals.
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