(This post was taken from Daymond;s weekly column on www.urbanworldwireless.com)
EVERYTHING AND NOTHING – At first I was going to write my column on the amazing accomplishments Michael Jackson achieved during his brief life. I was doing this in an effort to educate the younger generation on why Mike was way more than just a singer and the reason the world is so stricken by the loss. Those who seek true power should take time to research and educate themselves on one of the last living legends this generation will ever see. I’m going to take it a bit further and talk about something else. As I try to wrap my mind around how to express in words what we are experiencing with the loss of this complex individual, I begin to understand that Michael was way more important in our lives than we have ever realized.
This man was clearly the most recognizable face on the planet. Mike made us laugh, cry, fall in love, get over heartbreaks, wear weird clothes, get our freak on, and dance the night away! He made us dream of far-away places, he scared us with zombies, made us face the truth about those who are poverty-stricken, tried to save the planet and teach us that race is not black or white. He gave us a peek into an extravagant lifestyle of wealth, set records that other artists will forever attempt to break, created a standard of excellence in performance, showed us the face of unhappiness with the lengths at which a person will go under a knife, and generally made us question the price of fame.