LaToya Seized New Michael Jackson Songs
Michael Jackson had a bunch of unreleased songs sitting on computer hard drives at his rented LA mansion, but the public may not get a chance to hear his last works. That’s because sister LaToya took possession of the hard drives, ostensibly to protect them from looters. The whole Jackson brood arrived at the Thriller singer’s residence just hours after his tragic death, packing up everything they could find. That’s sure to upset the estate managers, who are working hard to catalogue the King of Pop’s possessions. The songs that LaToya took include tracks with will.i.am, Ne-Yo, and Akon.
Reuters has more:
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?”