Michael Jackson: The 50 Cent solution?

We'll believe it if it ever happens, of course, but there are rumours flying around that Michael Jackson is about to release a comeback with the help of 50 Cent and G-Unit.

We wonder what attracted Michael to the idea of working with them?

Recent sources state that Jacko’s first comeback single will be out within weeks and will feature the aforementioned bullet-proof rapper alongside Lucy Diamonds and DJ Whoo Kid.

We can picture an enthusiastic Michael squeaking "You had me at 'Kid'".

The idea, it seems, is to try and rebuild Michael, literally, from the street up; appealing over the heads of people who remember him when he had a face, or who can't hear the words "Michael Jackson" without taking two swigs of Jesus Juice, or who followed the jury who cleared him of child abuse telling the media that they only thought that he hadn't done it that time, or who made that ridiculous video with Macauly Culkin, or... sorry, where were we? Yes, the idea: to find people who might accept the idea of Jacko being a modern musical powerhouse rather than someone who peaked in 1983. Urban kids are seen as the best bet, but really, to try and pull that sort of trick, they'd be better off trying somewhere like Albania or Burma, where the public might have missed the media coverage over the last few years.