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Janet Jackson spoke out for the first time since the death of her brother, music icon Michael Jackson, over the weekend at the BET Awards. In a surprise appearance at Sunday night’s BET Awards, Jackson took to the stage to address the audience, saying she was elected to speak for the family. She is said to be still in disbelief. She was in the ATL on the way to the set of her new movie “Why Did I Get Married 2″, the sequel to the hit play and movie produced by Tyler Perry, when she got the call from a family member that MJ was very sick and she needed to come home. These are said to be some really tough times for her since she decided to take her life in a different direction, but I will tell yall about that a little later. The crazy thing was just before hearing that MJ had passed I was had been asked to come on the set to take some pic’s of her and some other cast members at the Georgia Dome.
Jackson’s father Joe Jackson was also in attendance at the awards. The elder Jackson walked the red carpet before the show, and sat in the audience with the Reverend Al Sharpton during the ceremony. The 2009 BET Awards recalled the life and musical legacy of late pop superstar Michael Jackson at a star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles Sunday night. Artists such as New Edition and Ne-Yo also performed Jackson’s hits as both a member of the Jackson 5 and as a solo artist. Clips of Jackson’s interviews and performances were shown throughout the ceremony.
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