'There is no new King of Pop!' Michael Jackson's nephew rages as Harry Styles adopts title
express.co.ukMichael Jackson's nephew Taj, 49, raged at Rolling Stone magazine for describing Harry Styles and the "new King of Pop" 13 years after his uncle's death.
Arguing that Harry should be given his own separate title instead of intruding on Michael's trademark accolade, Taj warned: "There is no new King of Pop.""You don’t own the title @RollingStone, and you didn’t earn it, my uncle did," he declared on Twitter."Decades of dedication and sacrifice," he exclaimed, before deciding: "The title has been retired."Michael achieved the best selling album in the history of music after producing the 1982 album Thriller, and went on to sell more than 400 million albums worldwide.Taj is adamant that no-one else deserves the right to the title often used to describe the legendary singer-songwriter.Referring to the 28-year-old One Direction star who achieved the title instead, he added: "No disrespect to @Harry_Styles, he’s mega talented."Then he suggested that Rolling Stone should "give him his own unique title".The impassioned tweet was a reply to one by the magazine, which asked the world: "How does [Harry] make all of it look so easy — even when it definitely isn’t?" and announced him as this year's October-November cover star.The cover displayed bare-chested Harry clutching a birthday cake, while his white furry coat hung open to reveal a butterfly tattoo on his midriff.He also wore a pair of pink glittery shorts, in a nod to his penchant for gender-bending fashion.However, the subheading on the cover that had Taj riled up read: "How the new King of Pop set the music world aflame".Taj's plea for the magazine not to erase Michael's title received more than 46,000 likes from his followers.Some accused the publication of "constantly.
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