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Quincy Jones is still facing fallout and backlash from that wild interview he gave earlier this month, this time from Michael Jackson's father, Joe Jackson, for alleging that "greedy" MJ stole a lot of his songs from other artists.
Jackson told Page Six that Jones was "quite jealous of Michael because he's never worked with someone with all of that talent." He further said that if anyone was responsible for stealing, it was Jones himself.
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In the original interview, Jones casually said, "I hate to get into this publicly, but Michael stole a lot of stuff. He stole a lot of songs. 'State of Independence' and 'Billie Jean.' The notes don't lie, man. He was as Machiavellian as they come. Greedy, man. Greedy."
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