When Sean Kingston released his 2011 song “Beat It,” he faced an uphill battle. The title of the track, so closely tied to Michael Jackson‘s iconic 1982 hit “Beat It” from his album Thriller, was ...

It was produced by Jones and performed by members of Toto alongside Jackson. One of Michael's signature songs, an early version was written in 1985, titled 'Al Capone' and later released on Bad 25.

"He told me, 'Hopefully you’ll be able to find a character that, when you make bad movies and they don’t make any money, you can always go back to this character everybody loves,'" Jackson ...