Comments on: Stop I've Had Enough– Michael Jackson Didn't Invent MTV

By: Wendell Seyfert

Wendell Seyfert — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:13:57 +0000

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By: jen

jen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:53:41 +0000

I think alot of yall are missing the point. Michael was the first black artist to popularize MTV.. period. Those other artists were rock singers because that was mostly the genre MTV was promoting and even still those videos such as Turner, Donna etc were not even in heavy rotation like it was when Michael came on or nearly as popular. Michael changed that station and music videos. I think alot of people know this but they only say this because Michael Jackson did alot for the channel. He changed music videos and made it into a art form. After music videos like Beat It, artists put more time into accuate choregrapy in music videos because there was none before a video like that came out and let me not even get started with Thriller. Its not about whether or not Michael was the first or if he “invented” MTV . He CHANGED the channel for the better because it wasnt really catering to a global demorgraphic, just mostly whites and ROCK music. There wasnt really popular music videos by black artists on MTV before Michael. Michael changed videos and innovated the short film by producing story lines in his films. He changed dance and choregraphy something that was NOT going on BEFORE Michael premiered on MTV whether he was the first black or not. He might not of been the first to be on MTV BUT he was the FIRST in breaking down the doors for other popular african american singers to be shown on MTV, he was apart of that and helped it so to exclude Michael Jackson from that is ridiculous and unfair for what he has done for African Americans.

However, there was some racial tension with Michael being on there and the release of Billie Jean being aired on MTV even if he wasnt the first.

By: Walker

Walker — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:03:38 +0000

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By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:37:22 +0000

Prince was b4 mj and that´s the fact….tnx

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:03:45 +0000

Thank you so much for writing this. I have been trying to point this out for so long, but no one ever believes me when I say Michael Jackson was not the first black artist on MTV.

By: Damar Fulmore

Damar Fulmore — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:58:24 +0000

Thanks for posting the article. I’m black and i’ve watch and still watch the early days of mtv since i was a baby. I knew that michael jackson wasn’t the first black artist on the channel. Let’s go back to the first two years. On the channel’s first day, they did a profile on gary us bonds. And the videos, let’s see you have phil lynott of thin lizzy (yellow pearl), tina turner (ball of confusion), the bus boys (american worker) and of course prince(1999). However, michael was the first to use the musical movie numbers into mtv and music videos.

By: Geppetto Jones

Geppetto Jones — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:54:52 +0000

I appreciate the kind words.
Thanks for the facetime on your site and thanks for spreading the word.

-Geppetto

By: Rash Manly

Rash Manly — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:47:22 +0000

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