WHAT MORE CAN I GIVE?

Heady times indeed for Michael Jackson - apparently, as he prepares his comeback (again), he's decided to turn to gangsta rap. Presumably inspiration struck when he thought those crowds outside court chanting at him were all yelling "P Diddy Style."

We're not sure it's such a great idea, though - sure, Eminem's done alright for himself but for most people "white guy rapping" means Vanilla Ice; certainly, Jacko's contempt for rap as an artform is on record when he got Macauly Culkin to open and close his mouth to someone elses's words. (We mean in the Black and White video, not during the court case, of course.)

What's amusing, though, is that as Jacko spends his time flicking through sportswear catalogues and sending his people down to Target to look at the jewellery counter, so the line-up of people who "are" going to appear on his Katrina charity single have shifted. Last week, we were being told it would feature Mariah Carey, R Kelly and James Brown. Now, it's going to be Jay-Z, Missy Elliot and Mary J Blige.

As part of his rap makeover, Michael Luckman (who wrote a book about Jacko once, so he should - ahem - know) claims that “soon you will see him surrounded by beautiful women.”

Well... he's always had an eye for the birds...

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