Jermaine Jackson defied family to sing at Michael's memorial
JERMAINE JACKSON defied several family members to perform at his brother MICHAEL's memorial - after his mother KATHERINE gave her blessing for him to sing.
The Jackson family headed up a star-studded ceremony to pay their last respects to the Thriller hitmaker in July (09) following his shock death on 25 June (09).
Jermaine sang an emotional rendition of Smile, his sibling's favourite song, at the memorial at Los Angeles' Staples Center - but he admits not all of his loved ones supported his onstage performance.
He tells Larry King Live, "My other family members didn't want anybody from the family to perform, because they wanted us to sort of just sit there and support everybody.
"But I wanted to do this song for him because I love that song. And then I realised that was his favourite song. And I so I asked my mother, 'Can I do a song for him?' She said, 'Yes, baby, do whatever you can for your brother.' It was emotional for me because I knew that was his favourite song."