Michael Jackson is the most famous Jackson of all time, and therefore the most common reason someone ends up on this website confused. The King of Pop. The moonwalk. Thriller. Off the Wall. Bad. The glove. The sequined socks. The pet chimp named Bubbles. If you were looking for him, you’ve taken a very unexpected detour.
He sold over 400 million records worldwide, won 13 Grammy Awards, and fundamentally changed what it meant to be a pop star. His music videos were short films. His concerts were events. His cultural footprint is so large that decades after his passing, you can’t say the name “Jackson” without at least one person thinking of him first.
This is not him. He was from Gary, Indiana. I am from the Chicago suburbs. Close, but not the same thing at all.