Shortly after the release of his Thriller album, when he was around 24 years old, Michael Jackson started developing a rare skin disorder called “vitiligo” in which the skin’s pigmentation is destroyed, making the skin appear lighter and lighter. read more
In the media of the early 90s, Michael Jackson was extensively rebuked for ‘rejecting his African descent’. He had many legends about his color change. Even, he was blamed of bleaching his skin to ‘look white’. read more