A Michael Jackson song released over the weekend and reported to have been legit by TMZ has been proven to not for real.
TMZ reported on Friday that the song ‘Opis None’ streaming from a website had been released by Michael’s mother Katherine through her business partner Howard Mann to take a shot at Sony for releasing the upcoming ‘Michael’ album featuring unreleased songs from her son.
Now it turns out the song called ‘Opis None’ is a remix of an old song from the Jacksons’ ‘Dynasty’ album.
In a statement, Howard Mann apologised for his actions. Here is what he now says:
“I wanted to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize to the
Jackson family, his fans and to TMZ for my act of both ignorance and
random stupidity this past weekend!
“Our goal in releasing” Opis None” was simply to satiate fans appetite
for unreleased MJ music and to provide a vocal that the world could
believe strongly was an authentic MJ vocal, when in reality the song
turned out to be solely a remake or remix of an old Jackson track
titled “Destiny”. The MJ fans pointed this out within 15 seconds of
the track going live, however the damage was done.
“For the record: At no point in time did Mrs. Jackson give me
permission to release the track or frankly did she even hear the track
in the first place. That stupidity was ALL ME. We grabbed the track
from a series of masters we own and researched the title and found no
listed release titled “Opis None” in the MJ releases and I felt it
sounded like such a weird track for an MJ song, the fans would get a
kick out of it. I certainly did not expect fans to become enraged with
Miss Jackson about the track as it was given away for free and was not
intended as a commercial product.
“Mrs. Jackson is a sweet, kind and giving person, much like her son
Michael Jackson was known to the world. As his loving mother, she was
bar none his biggest fan. Our goal at JacksonSecretVault.com is to
pay tribute to the legendary artist and artistic visionary that was
and is Michael Jackson. The fans are entitled to a higher level of
integrity then I demonstrated this past weekend and for that I am
sorry.
“When the world sees Mrs. Jackson on Oprah tomorrow, they will see a
devastated mother trying her best to both grieve the loss and also to
celebrate the life of her iconic son. I hope the fans will not hold
my stupidity against her, as she is a truly quality woman who has
certainly been through enough!
Humbly,
Howard Mann
