ALL of his publishing rights back because he believed that Little Richard deserved to be compensated for his hard work after having been disrespected by his record label for so many years prior to.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Little Richard’s net worth is $40 million, so we’re sure those publishing checks had a lot to do with that.
As we all know, most soul artists were not getting paid what they were worth back in the day and Little Richard was caught up in that mix. So it’s beautiful thing to have had an artist like MJ in the music game who was willing to reach back and uplift the greats who paved the way for him.
One thing about Micheal is that he was not as soft spoken as we may have thought and he was NOT one to be tested on any level. Don’t believe us? Check out this EXTREMELY RARE video of MJ telling a modest crowd of his fans how much he ain’t never scared of the execs in the music industry who were trying to do everything in their power to destroy him.
Catch-up on June 20th, 2018 at 05:13 UTC »
Just to answer some questions people have about how exactly Jackson had acquired the ATV Catalogue [this was taken from a previous comment of mine]:
Michael Jackson's attorney at the time, John Branca, informed Michael of the availability of the ATV catalogue in September 1984 and would finally come into possession of the songs in August 1985.
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These quotes were taken from Michael Jackson: The Magic & the Madness by author J. Randy Taraborrelli, 2004, Pan Books, London. p 337-339.
IceColdInferno on June 20th, 2018 at 01:05 UTC »
But he refused to give Paul McCartney back the beatles songs
BreakingNews99 on June 20th, 2018 at 01:01 UTC »
Interesting enough. I was looking up one of his favorite words”shamone” it was in honor of Mavis Staples from her song “I’ll take you there” 1975