“…’The recording companies really, really do conspire against the artists — they steal, they cheat, they do everything they can,’ Jackson said in a rare public appearance. ‘(Especially) against the black artists.’ Jackson, 43, who began his recording career as a child, spoke at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in Harlem. Sharpton and attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. recently formed a coalition to investigate whether artists are being financially exploited by record labels…”
Pick your source:
- CNN: Michael Jackson criticizes treatment of minority artists
- NME.com: Michael Jackson labels music industry ‘racist’
- Baltimore Sun: Jackson: Recording industry racist
- USA Today: White glove comes off as Jackson takes on Sony
- Ananova: Jacko hits out at ‘racist’ record companies
- Guardian: Jacko gets tough: but is he a race crusader or just a falling star?
- Daily Telegraph U.K.: Jackson in race protest against Sony chief
