JOHN “EVERBORNN” JACKSON, 37, FLATBUSH

Michael Jackson died.

Yeah. He and I have the same birthday and the same last name. When I heard about his death, I said I don’t believe this—this is just my day. It’s been a nice day, it’s the first day it hasn’t rained in about a week or what have you, and the man is gone. You know, we’re going to hear about this the rest of the week, for the rest of the month, and on August 29th, we’re going to hear about it again. This time I will blow out a candle for Michael Jackson. I’m bummed out about this. It’s ironic, it’s scary. I’m about music myself.

What’s ironic about it?

Well, I’m into music, too. I play the keyboard by ear. I have an album here, a video there.

What’s the most recent album he put out?

I would say Butterfly was the last one. No, no. It’s Invincible. I wonder how they’re going to work out the album that was going to come out this year.

Do you see Michael’s death as a big loss for the music world?

Definitely–he’s inspired millions. He’s an icon. I’m not going to say he was—he still is.

What was the last album he put out that was relevant worldwide?

Off The Wall. That came out in the early 80s.

You’re saying he’s gone almost three decades without being globally relevant.

What are you talking about? The man gets airplay every day, everywhere, every state, every country. I mean, his publishing must be ridiculous. So yeah, I’d say he’s relevant to pretty much everybody, one way or another. In the club, people immediately go to the dance floor when his music comes on. It’s Michael fucking Jackson. Nobody will dance like him. But then again, Michael got that from James Brown, who died on Christmas. Everybody seems to have forgotten about that.

As a black guy, how did you feel when he started bleaching his skin and changing his facial structure?

I think we all felt that he was going to do what he was going to do whether we agreed with it or not. But whatever jokes we had about him, his music was so influential we would let it go by.

But do you think he still wanted to be a black guy?

I don’t think that had anything to do with it. I think it was that he wanted to change so much he overdid it. Lil’ Kim is doing the same thing now, too. I met Kim a couple years ago and she was darker.

You don’t think she just had a really great tan?

No! And the nose thing doesn’t get much more obvious than that.

That’s fucking gross.

Yes, it is. She was looking like a mannequin on that “Dancing with the Stars” show. I’m not so sure I would want to see her standing in front of me right now. But people still accept her, just like Michael.

Do you think people will be more sensitive to his personal life now that he’s dead?

Hmm. People still have the same things to say about him.

Let’s imagine Michael Jackson wasn’t a pop singer but he looked the same way, had a reputation for being a pedophile, and hung out at this park. He’d get his ass kicked.

Well, probably. But if you’re sitting here for ten minutes you’re going to see people who look a little bit better or worse than he do. I just saw somebody who looked like Mr. Bean. Being a pedophile, he wasn’t the first and he won’t be the last.

Who’s another famous diddler?

I could be wrong about this but I swore I heard something a few years about the guy who played Iron Man. It could have been the drugs, but he was a pedi.

Do you think narcotics can sway somebody’s sexual orientation?

They might change somebody’s sexual orientation for the night.

[Lawrence, the white guy sitting next to John]: America is a wonderful country. It’s the only place where a young, black boy can grow up to be a white woman.

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