Jermaine Jackson is a member of one of the most successful musical families to walk the earth, the Jackson family. He is a singer and songwriter who, along with his siblings, formed members of the Jackson Five, a group that introduced the legendary Michael Jackson to the world. Besides being a singer, Jermaine is also a bassist and composer. Although he remained in Michael’s shadow, he was also successful as a singer.
Jermaine Jackson bio
It is as Jermaine La Jaune Jackson that the singer was born on December 11, 1954, in Gary, Indiana, United States. His parents, Joe Jackson and Katherine Jackson, raised him in a very large and talented family alongside his siblings: Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, La Toya and Marlon., Michael, Randy and Janet Jackson. Although Jermaine and his siblings were raised as Jehovah’s Witnesses, he converted to Islam in 1989.
His father who dreamed of becoming a boxer before giving up the dream of taking care of his family also had aspirations of becoming a singer but it did not materialize. However, he still had a guitar that Jermaine and his brothers would use in his absence to practice. This spawned their first band, the Jackson Brothers, of which Jermaine was the lead singer. However, it was Michael Jackson who later became the lead singer when the band became The Jackson Five.
Even before he graduated from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys in 1973, The Jackson Five had already signed a deal and started releasing songs. They then signed to Motown Records, but following a disagreement the highly successful band left for Epic Records, but Jermaine stayed on due to what he described as his loyalty to the label. This was reportedly the result of his marriage to Hazel, the daughter of Motown founder Berry Gordy.
Although the move separated him from The Jackson Five, who now became The Jacksons in 1975, it prompted him to begin his solo career. Nevertheless, even before that, he had started singing on his own since 1972 and was already a successful singer with hit songs selling millions of copies.
He released his first solo album, “Jermaine” in 1972 and then “Come INto My Life” in 1973. By 2012, he had already released 12 other albums, including “Precious Moments” (1986), “Don’t Take It Personal (1989), “You Said” (1991). and “I Wish You Love” (2012).
Siblings, wife, children and girlfriend
As stated, Jermaine Jackson was raised in a large family. He is the fourth child in a family of 9 children. He had a younger brother, Brandon Jackson, who died after he was born. His brothers and sisters are Maureen Rebbie Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Steven Jackson, Janet Jackson and Joh’Vonnie Jackson, born following an affair between Cheryl Terrell and Joe Jackson. .
So far, Jermaine Jackson has been married three times. The first woman he married was Hazel Gordy in 1973. Eldest child of Berry Gordy, Hazel with Jermain until 1988 when he filed for and was granted a divorce after being accused of cheating on his husband. Before the end, the marriage had three children, Jay Jackson Jr., Autumn Jackson and Jaimy Jackson.
The next woman to become his wife was Alejandra Oaziaza who he married in 1995. Prior to marrying him, she was still in a relationship with her brother, Randy. Interestingly enough, she had already had two children with Randy; Genevieve Jackson and Steven Randall Jackson Jr. You’d think that after taking your youngest brother’s wife would be love forever, but it wasn’t to be the way it ended in 2003 with three kids, Jaafar , Donte and Jermajesty. Before the marriage ended, the New York Post would later reveal that he had secretly married Lawanda Lane.
Halima Rashid became his third official wife after they married in 2004. They first met in January 2004 and by March they were already engaged five months later. in 2016, Halima filed for divorce from the singer.
Before marrying his brother’s estranged brother Jermaine Jackson, girlfriend and baby mum, dated Margaret Maldonado for 7 years and they had two sons together. In total, he has seven children with three different wives.
Interestingly, the Jackson Five legend announced in 2018 that he was set to marry his girlfriend Maday Velazquez, then just 23 years old. The two men are nearly 40 years apart in age.
Net value
Jermaine Jackson isn’t the most successful member of the Jackson family musically, nor is he financially. In fact, there was a time when he was seen as the one who was almost always broke. That said, his net worth is estimated at $5 million.
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