Family Taj Jackson married Thayana Sco Jackson on June 16, 2013, at Hayvenhurst, the Jackson family home. His uncle
Jermaine Jackson performed in honor of the couple. Together they have three daughters. He later in life said that he was abused by an uncle on his mother's side when he was a child, and that his uncle
Michael was nurturing and supportive during this time. Growing up, Taj and his brothers observed their uncles' group
the Jackson 5, and they gravitated toward the music industry. Their mother, Dee Dee wanted her children to experience a more typical American childhood. In August 1994, their mother, Dee Dee was found dead in her backyard swimming pool in
Ladera Heights, California. In August 1995, Jackson and other members of his family filed a
wrongful death suit against her then-boyfriend, Don Bohana. Her death was originally ruled accidental. Later, Bohana was charged with the murder, and found guilty of second-degree murder in 1998.
Charity work After the loss of their mother Dee Dee, Jackson and his brothers launched a
non-profit organization, the Dee Dee Jackson Foundation, to support people who have lost family members through community and
music therapy. In 2021, The Dee Dee Jackson Foundation won a HOPEE Award (Helping Others Practice Enduring Empowerment), an award given to various charitable organizations for excellence in the work performed by the foundation. To help raise money for charity, Taj collaborates with his younger cousin, Prince Michael Jackson, to design a haunted house for Thriller Night, a Halloween costume party sponsored by the
Heal Los Angeles Foundation.
Advocacy for Michael Jackson During and after the 2019 release of
Leaving Neverland, Jackson launched a media tour to defend his uncle
Michael Jackson from the film's allegations, which he referred to as being one-sided. He provided interviews with himself and other Jackson family members. Jackson has said that the allegations against Michael Jackson were false and defamatory and to defend his stance, Jackson underscores the
FBI files on Michael Jackson and asserts that the
FBI investigations had turned up no evidence of criminal conduct on his uncle's part. Jackson said that he felt betrayed by Wade Robson, who asked him to help get seats for him and his whole family at Michael's 2009 memorial. In some of these interviews Taj Jackson said that he had known Robson for years, and that his cousin Brandi Jackson had a childhood relationship with Robson that turned intimate in their teens during the years that Robson alleges abuse. Both Taj and Brandi Jackson appeared in the documentary
Neverland Firsthand: Investigating the Michael Jackson Documentary, about the allegations of abuse against Michael Jackson by Robson and James Safechuck in
Leaving Neverland. Jackson is currently working on a documentary series planned for release soon. He appeared in the 2019 documentary
Square One: Michael Jackson, an investigative documentary about the original
1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson. In this documentary, Jackson defends himself and his uncle Michael Jackson against allegations from a criminal behavioral profiler. In November 2020, British journalist
Martin Bashir was publicly criticized about his tactics to get
Diana, Princess of Wales to agree to their
1995 interview. Jackson and his family subsequently opened a new investigation into Bashir for the tactics he used to get Michael Jackson to agree to their interview which led to the 2003 documentary,
Living with Michael Jackson. In August 2022,
Rolling Stone magazine referred to
Harry Styles as the "new King of Pop." The article was criticized by Jackson fans and Taj Jackson, who suggested that Styles could have his own title, and that the honorary name was
trademarked by Jackson's companies and could not be claimed by anyone else. On March 7, 2023, Jackson took to
Twitter calling
Chris Rock out for comparing convicted sexual predator
R. Kelly to his acquitted uncle Michael in a
Netflix special. He wrote, “Chris Rock has used my family as punching bags for his entire career. Yet I am supposed to feel bad for him
getting slapped and humiliated on the Oscars. What did my family ever do to you to warrant these decades of harassment and your constant bullying disguised as jokes? Just because you were bullied early on in life doesn’t give you the excuse to bully others now.” Jackson ended his statement thanking
Will Smith, who assaulted Rock at the
Academy Awards. ==References==