Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I hainatia a Jackson me Island Records i muri i te whakatutukitanga o tana kirimana me Virgin. I aukatihia e ia nga mahere mo te haerenga ka tiimata te tuhi me nga kaiwhakanao rereke, tae atu ki a Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Tricky Stewart, me Stargate. I tukuna tana pukaemi studio tekau, Discipline, i te Hui-tanguru 2008, i te whakatuwheratanga i te nama kotahi. Ahakoa te raarangi pango irirangi, ko te "Feedback" tuatahi o te pukaemi i eke ki te tekau ma iwa i runga i te Hot 100 me te iwa i runga i nga Waiata Pop, ko tana kotahi teitei rawa atu mai i te "Someone to Call My Lover".I te Hui-tanguru 2008, i wini a Jackson i te Tohu Whakaahua mo te "Kaitoi Tautoko Pai rawa atu i roto i te Whakaahua Whakaahua" mo te mahi. I whakatata atu hoki a Jackson ki te tuhi i te takitahi tuatahi mo te kiriata Rush Hour 3. I whakawhiwhia a Jackson ki te Tohu Vanguard i te 19 o nga Tohu Panui Panui GLAAD, e whakahonore ana i ana takoha ki te whakatairanga i nga tika taurite i waenga i te hapori takakau. Ko te perehitini o te whakahaere i kii, "He nui te whai a Ms. Jackson i roto i te hapori LGBT me waho, ana ko tana tu ki a maatau ki te whakahē i te whakahē i te hunga LGBT i roto i to taatau whenua he mea tino nui. "Ko te haerenga konohete tuarima a Jackson, te Rock Witchu Tour, i tiimata i te Mahuru 2008. I wehe atu a Jackson i a Island Records ma te whakaaetanga tahi. I whakapuakina e Billboard ko Jackson kaore i makona ki te whakahaere a LA Reid i te pukaemi me tana whakatairanga, e kii ana "i whakaae te tohu ki te whakakore i to raatau hononga ki te kaitoi i tana tono". Ko te kaiwhakanao a Rodney Jerkins i kii "I whakaaro ahau kaore i tika te akiaki.... Kaore ia i whiwhi i tana tika-me te kaitoi o taua rahi. "I te Pipiri 2009, i mate te tuakana o Jackson, a Michael, i te rima tekau o ona tau. I korero a ia mo tona matenga i te 2009 BET Awards, e kii ana "E hiahia ana ahau ki te kii, ki a koe, he tohu a Michael, ki a maatau, he whanau a Michael. Ka noho tonu ia ki roto i ō tātou ngākau katoa. I runga i te ingoa o toku whānau me ahau, whakawhetai ki a koutou mo to koutou aroha katoa, whakawhetai ki a koutou mo to koutou tautoko katoa. He nui te mihi ki a ia". I roto i tētahi uiuinga, i whakapuakina e ia i ako tuatahi ia mo tona matenga i a ia e kiriata ana i te Why Did I Get...  Pātai: He aha te tau i mate ai a Michael Jackson?
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