Who Owns the Michael Jackson Story?
Subscribe to Rhythm FM: https://www.youtube.com/@realrandr
AJ went to see the Michael Jackson biopic — and left with more questions than answers. Not about Michael. About who's telling the story and why.
We break down why the film feels surface level, what gets left out (The Wiz, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross), and how the same thing happened with the Bob Marley doc. Then we zoom out: when a label owns an artist's catalog, they don't make biopics to honor the legacy — they make them to monetize the IP.
Fela Kuti just got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Three months after his catalog got…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.