“OK, number one. There, as I know of, there is no such thing as skin bleaching… I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK? But, when people make up stories that I don't want to be who I am, it hurts me. It's a problem for me, I can't control it.”

— Michael Jackson

On the lightening of his skin.
Televised Interview with Oprah Winfrey (1993)

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American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958–2009

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