What happened to Michael Jackson’s children?

On June 25, 2009, the world was shocked by the sudden death of one of the world’s great icons. Music . We are talking about Michael Jackson, who died of an overdose of propofol and benzodiazepine while he was in his mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood. He was 50 years old.

Two weeks after his death, millions of fans said goodbye to him in what would become the most-watched funeral in history. In that same event, attention focused on three fundamental figures in Jackson’s life: their children Prince, Paris and Blanket, now known as Bigi.

“He was the best father I could ever imagine.” Paris said in front of the Staples Center crowd, after which she burst into tears. At the time, the young girl was only 11 years old.

Although they were forced to grow up from a young age under the media’s attention and the weight of their father being one of the great legends of the music industry, The three children of the “King of Pop” have tried to build their own professional paths.

The largest of them is Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. known simply as Prince born February 13, 1997. He is the godson of Macaulay Culkin and Elizabeth Taylor.

In 2019, he successfully graduated from Loyola Marymount University School of Business.

One of his great passions is motorcycles, as is clear from his YouTube channel, where he usually shares recordings of the trips he has made with this means of transport. He also founded a company called King’s Son Productions, where he creates music videos.

If it comes to things he has in common with his father, one of them is undoubtedly his commitment to philanthropy . While still a college student, he teamed up with classmate John Muto to found the Healing Los Angeles Foundation a non-profit organization that aims to help young people from vulnerable neighborhoods.

Jackson’s second daughter is Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson born on April 3, 1998. He is now 26 years old.

Her name is said to be due to the French city in which she was conceived and, like Prince, her godparents are Culkin and Taylor. She has had a somewhat more diverse career, as she has worked as a model, singer and actress.

In January 2017, when he was on the cover of the magazine Rolling stoneParis confessed all the problems she had to face during her teenage years, such as drug addiction, abuse, severe depression and suicide attempts repeatedly. “I had very low self-esteem, I thought I couldn’t do anything right and that I didn’t deserve to live,” he told the outlet.

With the support of her family, as well as her boyfriend at the time, Michael Snoddy, the young woman was able to move forward. In 2019, he began treatment to recover from his old problems.

Jackson’s daughter was model for the IMG agency and muse of the prestigious fashion house Channel. He has also participated in series such as star, american horror story And shoutIn addition to movies Gringo And Habit.

Regarding his musical career, he was part of the duo Sound Flowersalongside singer Gabriel Glenn. With the help of the label Republic Records, he decided in 2020 to release his first album as a solo artist, entitled Faded.

The youngest of Jackson’s three children is Prince Michael Jackson II better known as Blanket, born February 21, 2002. In 2015, he decided to change his name to Bigi due to the annoyance he received over his old nickname, which in Spanish translates to “blanket.”

According to PeopleThe younger Jackson has a close relationship with his older brother. “Prince and Bigi are best friends. “They share many interests, such as science and science fiction.” detailed sources close to the American media.

He is the most distant from the cameras and has only given interviews on rare occasions. Although he has not motivated his decision to have a discreet profile, it is likely that the theories that have emerged about his origin have influenced this. This, after Jackson confessed in the documentary Living with Michael Jackson that Bigi was born to a surrogate mother whose identity he did not know.

Although he has chosen to lead a more secretive life, the artist’s son is aware of the media attention he receives and, for this reason, he has taken advantage of some interviews to raise awareness of contingency issues, such as the impacts that the climate change .

“I think it’s important that we’re all aware of (climate change), I think we’ve got work to do, but our generation knows how important it is,” he told Good Morning Britain in 2021.

Another of his passions is cinema. As his brother Prince detailed in 2019, the youngest Jackson has a “really unique talent” for knowing everything about film productions. “Even a movie you haven’t seen will tell you what year it came out. Get to know the director, the staff, the crew, everybody behind it,” he told Entertainment Tonight.

In March 2024, Bigi decided to sue his grandmother Katherine Jackson, to prevent her from continuing to use her inheritance money to fund her legal battles against the executors of the “King of Pop” estate.