qbee
Proud Member
Rolling Stone reports sister LaToya took drives with unreleased music
ET, Thurs., Aug 6, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Another thriller is developing in the complex afterlife of Michael Jackson.
His sister LaToya has taken possession of computer hard drives that contain a trove
of unreleased songs he recorded with A-list singers such as Ne-Yo, Akon, and will.i.am of
the Black Eyed Peas, according to Rolling Stone magazine.
The drives were in the "Thriller" singer's rented Holmby Hills, Calif., mansion when he died
suddenly in June. Hours afterward, the family descended on the house to claim all its contents,
and LaToya grabbed the drives, Rolling Stone said, quoting the late singer's manager, Frank DiLeo.
"They backed up trucks, removing everything," DiLeo was quoted as telling the magazine in its issue
that hits newsstands on Friday. "They thought Michael owned it all, so they took even the rented
furniture. That's who's going to run his estate?"
In a follow-up interview with Reuters, DiLeo said he was "pretty sure" the hard drives were at the family's
Hayvenhurst compound in Encino, Calif.
"The estate lawyers will send out letters" to recover the drives so that the contents can be logged" DiLeo added.
An email sent to a representative for LaToya Jackson was not answered, and a family spokesman was not
immediately available.
A spokeswoman for will.i.am said the singer did not have duplicates of his work with Jackson. Representatives
for Akon and Ne-Yo either could not be reached or had no information.
DiLeo told Rolling Stone that there were at least 100 songs --
including many recorded at Jackson's 1980s peak -- that were never released, including a few "sensational"
tracks that were left off "Bad," the 1987 follow-up to his blockbuster "Thriller."
Source msnbc/ Reuters
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32313514/ns/entertainment-music/
ET, Thurs., Aug 6, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Another thriller is developing in the complex afterlife of Michael Jackson.
His sister LaToya has taken possession of computer hard drives that contain a trove
of unreleased songs he recorded with A-list singers such as Ne-Yo, Akon, and will.i.am of
the Black Eyed Peas, according to Rolling Stone magazine.
The drives were in the "Thriller" singer's rented Holmby Hills, Calif., mansion when he died
suddenly in June. Hours afterward, the family descended on the house to claim all its contents,
and LaToya grabbed the drives, Rolling Stone said, quoting the late singer's manager, Frank DiLeo.
"They backed up trucks, removing everything," DiLeo was quoted as telling the magazine in its issue
that hits newsstands on Friday. "They thought Michael owned it all, so they took even the rented
furniture. That's who's going to run his estate?"
In a follow-up interview with Reuters, DiLeo said he was "pretty sure" the hard drives were at the family's
Hayvenhurst compound in Encino, Calif.
"The estate lawyers will send out letters" to recover the drives so that the contents can be logged" DiLeo added.
An email sent to a representative for LaToya Jackson was not answered, and a family spokesman was not
immediately available.
A spokeswoman for will.i.am said the singer did not have duplicates of his work with Jackson. Representatives
for Akon and Ne-Yo either could not be reached or had no information.
DiLeo told Rolling Stone that there were at least 100 songs --
including many recorded at Jackson's 1980s peak -- that were never released, including a few "sensational"
tracks that were left off "Bad," the 1987 follow-up to his blockbuster "Thriller."
Source msnbc/ Reuters
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32313514/ns/entertainment-music/
maybe they are going to release a new album...who knows?
