This year we gained the first ever Black president but unfortunately lost the greatest entertainer of all time who just happened to be Black also, Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson is important not just to Blacks but to music lovers around the world.  His sell-out concerts around the globe are a testament to that.

Sadly though, not many people seemed to show much appreciation for the man and his music during the last several years of his life.

When you hear about Michael Jackson it was usually negative.  They say he's a child molester, no proof though, they say he wanted to be white, but no one really knows the true story behind the lightening of the skin, and they say he was bankrupt but no doubt the tour he was rehearing for when he passed away would have taken care of the debt he had.  But who was Michael Jackson, really?