Paris Jackson has been a superstar her entire life despite being only 24 years old and the second daughter of iconic musician Michael Jackson.
Paris has been through some hardships since her fathers death, but currently the talented youngster is pursuing her own career as a singer.
Few people, if any, are unaware of Michael Jacksons existence. I mean, he doesnt call you the King of Pop for nothing, does he? But as much as he liked his music, the late singers life was not easy. Michael Jackson can be considered a product, someone who was created from a very early age to be an artist and vocalist. That will not change the fact that his music, his dancing and his compositions are absolute masterpieces. The world mourned the musician when he passed away in 2009. He had spent virtually his entire life being hounded by paparazzi and the media, and even when he was buried for the last time he was spared.
Today, members of his family receive most of the attention. Their children, in particular, have been the subject of attacks, as the Jackson family is a popular target for the paparazzi.
Paris Jackson, Jacksons second daughter, has grown up in the public eye and is now doing everything she can to differentiate herself from Michael Jacksons daughter and become an independent person.
She has been suffering from mental illness for several years, but is actually doing very well.
On April 3, 1998, in California, Paris Jackson, Michael Jacksons only daughter and second son, was born.
She and her brother were home-schooled through the sixth grade, making their early years quite private. The children were carefully shielded from the public because Michael Jackson was willing to allow them to remain isolated. The children in Michaels family wore costumes or wrapped their heads in scarves to hide their faces in early photographs.
As it turns out, life in the Neverland family was extremely limited for Paris and her siblings. No one can say that they were equally wealthy, but it must have been difficult, too.
In a YouTube interview with supermodel Naomi Campbell, Paris Jackson talked about her father and what it was like to raise her.
She said Michael Jackson made sure they were cultured.
My father made sure we were cultured, that we were polite, and not just showing us the glitz and glamour, like the five-star hotels, Paris said.
It was also like we saw everything. We saw third-world countries. We saw every part of the spectrum.
Paris Jackson lived all over the world during her childhood, while her father traveled all over the world to play in front of hundreds of thousands of people.
Paris says she was grateful to have had a privileged background, but at the same time, she learned from a young age that she shouldnt feel entitled to anything. Her father made sure the children understood the concept that you had to work hard to get things.
Even when we were kids, it was all about spending money, Paris said. If we wanted five toys from FO Schwarz or Toys R Us, we had to read five books. Its about earning it, or just being entitled to certain things or thinking oh, Ive got it all, she added. Its like working for it, working hard for it, its something completely different, its an achievement.
Paris was just 11 years old when her father died.
On July 25, 2009, The King of Pop suffered cardiac arrest at his home and died shortly after being taken to a nearby hospital. Paris and his siblings were left under the legal care of his grandmother, Katherine Jackson, according to Michaels will.
During his fathers televised funeral, Paris, 11, stood in front of the crowd to say a few words about his father.
Since I was born, Dad has been the best father you could ever imagine, he said. And I just wanted to say that I love him so much.
Paris and her brothers, Prince Michael, 12, and Prince Michael II, 7, were on hand during the televised memorial service. In fact, it was practically the first time that the world got to see more than a glimpse of Jacksons children.
Then, in January 2010, they were briefly seen in public accepting a posthumous lifetime achievement award for their father at the 2010 Grammy Awards.
In November of the same year, Paris appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about her father, saying he was unbelievable.
He gave me the feeling that no one could say how good a father he was, he was the best cook in the world, she told Winfrey. He was a normal father.
He made the best French toast ever, Paris added.
When Michael Jackson passed away, Paris Jackson moved into his farmhouse in Calabasas, California, with his grandmother Katherine Jackson, as well as other members of his family, according to The Daily Mail.
When she turned 19, she decided to move into Michael Jacksons private studio in the family compound, which she transformed into a dorm room.
Losing her father is very hard, but for Paris it was much more than that. Again, she was expected to carry on her fathers legacy.
I tried to grow up too fast When she started seventh grade, Paris decided to attend a private school. At the time, the only people who accepted her as she was were the older kids, and that turned out perfectly.
I was doing a lot of things that a 13-, 14-, 15-year-old girl should do. I tried to grow up too fast and I wasnt a good person, she told Rolling Stone magazine.
Around the same time, social media had become commonplace and Paris was experiencing cyberbullying.
The whole free speech thing is great, she explained. But I dont think our Founding Fathers foresaw social media because it created all this fear and stuff.
Paris went through a lot of trouble as a teenager. She even attempted suicide after a very serious incident, but that was also a point of inflection.
She spent her sophomore year, as well as half of her junior year, at therapeutic school in Utah, which was great for her.
Im a completely different person, she said. I was crazy. I was really crazy, I was going through a lot of teenage grief. And I was also dealing with my depression and anxiety if I could get help.
Paris graduated from high school in 2015, a year earlier, but by then she already had a lot to worry about. She was the first heir to Michel Jacksons multimillion-dollar estate and everyone saw her as a celebrity, even though reality hadnt made her so.
Now, however, Jackson is heading in the same direction as her father: the entertainment industry. She has taken her fathers advice to heart: if you want something, you have to work hard to get it. During an interview with Naomi Campbell, Paris said she was fully convinced that she should earn her own success.
For someone who was part of the quirky family, born to one of the most famous people in modern history, this is something we truly adore Paris for. No matter what happened to her or who her father is, she wants to do what she wants.
She grew up surrounded only by adults, except for her siblings. When she left Neverland to go to a real school, it was a big change for her. She grew up as Michael Jacksons daughter, but for her, the mode was more than that. And at first, she was hard.
When they introduced me to the real mode, I was shocked. It blew my mind, Paris told Harpers Bazaar. Not just because he was sexist, he was misogynistic and racist and cruel. He was so scary. And hes still so scary.
And what did Paris do? Well, she followed her own path and started working as a model. And she has a talent for it!
In recent years, she has appeared on the covers of some of the most influential magazines in the world, including Rollig Stoe, Vogue and Narcisse, to name a few.
For Paris, modeling is something very therapeutic and natural. Many were surprised when her father was transformed thanks to his plastic surgeries. But in this age of social media and cyberbullying, Paris has her choice.
Ive had self-esteem issues for a really long time, she said. A lot of people think Im ugly and a lot of people are ugly. But there are times when Im modeling and I forget about my self-esteem issues and I just focus on what the photographer is saying to me, and I feel pretty. And that feeling is selfish.
Paris Instagram followers get a glimpse into her life as she seems to enjoy hanging out with her friends and enjoying all the things in life that she was able to fully experience when she was younger.
In 2020 she released her debut album Wilted, following in her fathers musical footsteps. Paris Jackson is dedicated to music, but her CD is in the style of folk rather than the R&B and pop that her father was famous for.
Its primarily a story of heartbreak and love in general, and the regrets and sorrows that come with something that happens, she told Paper.
Paris Jackson grew up with her fathers music and says she knows all the lyrics to his songs. At the same time that she created her own sound, its inevitable that Michael Jacksons musical taste influenced her. He loved classical music, jazz, hip hop, R&B and obviously Motow, she says.
Paris Jackson has paid tribute to her father on her body by getting more than 50 tattoos. Nine of them are dedicated to Michael Jackson.
I feel him with me all the time She doesnt believe that time passes and the change she has learned to live with the tragic loss of her father.
But at the same time, Michael Jackson will always be with her, as she remembers him visiting her in her dreams.
I live life with the mentality of, OK, I lost the only thing that ever mattered to me, she told Rollig Stoe. So, from now on, whatever bad thing happens cant be as bad as what happened before. So I can handle it.
I feel it with myself all the time.
Anyone who has suffered the loss of a father can empathize with Paris and the pain that comes with it. However, no one has experienced the same fate as Paris Jackson.
Were thrilled that she can now pursue her own goals without the paparazzi following her wherever she goes. Good luck, Paris!
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