Happy Birthday To THE late GREAT Michael Jackson!

Spike Lee is heading HUGH 51st Birthday Celebration for Michael Jackson. Rev. Al Sharpton will say a prayer at the party. President Marty Markowitz will present a proclamation declaring Aug. 29 Michael Jackson Day in Brooklyn and DJ Spinna will play all things Michael Jackson.

a little birdy told me there will also be several surprises!

Jackson is known for transforming the art of the music video and paving the way for modern pop music in his own country. Jackson's work, distinctive musical sound and vocal style have influenced scores of hip hop, pop,Rock and R&B artists, from Mariah Carey to Blink 182. Much of Michael Jackson' s career, has had an "unparalleled" level of worldwide influence over the younger generation through his musical and humanitarian contributions.

Michael Jackson was inducted onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984. Throughout his career he received numerous honors and awards, including the World Music Awards' Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium, the American Music Award's Artist of the Century Award and the Bambi Pop Artist of the Millennium Award. He was a double-inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1997 and later as a solo artist in 2001. Jackson was also an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. His awards include multiple Guinness World Records (eight in 2006 alone), 13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one singles in his solo career—more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era—and the sale of between 350 and 750 million records worldwide, making him the world's best selling male solo pop artist.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL JACKSON!!!