Quincy Jones knew Michael Jackson better than anyone, even saying that their souls were joined. But now, the record producer is speaking out about the singer’s death as well as some of the late King of Pop’s issues. In an interview with Details magazine, Quincy said that Michael never accepted his race. Quincy was quoted in saying “It’s ridiculous, man! Chemical peels and all of it. And I don’t understand it. But he obviously didn’t want to be black … You see his kids?” If you go back in the archives of Michael’s interviews, he denied having undergone and cosmetic procedures to whiten his skin but instead said that he suffered from a skin disease that makes the skin turn white.
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