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Eddie Murphy: Michael Jackson
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As an entertainment institution powerful enough to call his own shots, Murphy branched out from movies into the recording industry. His first album, 1984's How Could It Be?, went gold and featured a spin-off hit, "Party All the Time," and his 1989 release, So Happy, displayed his perfectionism and musical gifts. "While most of the songs are as sexually raunchy as anything ever put on vinyl, Murphy's vocal talent and the overall quality of the recording are better than 95 percent of the stuff flooding record stores these days," Charles L. Sanders wrote in Ebony. A third album, Love's Alright, debuted in October of 1992 and featured the single "Yeah!," a collaboration with such pop superstars as Paul McCartney, Janet Jackson, and Hammer. The song's proceeds were to be donated to Yeah!, the charitable foundation that was founded by Murphy.
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Murphy recorded the album Love's Alright in the early 1990s. He performed in a music video of the single "Whatzupwitu", featuring Michael Jackson. In 1999, the "Whatzupwitu" video, which featured Murphy and Jackson in a technicolor-like dream world, was voted as number three among the 25 worst music videos in the MTV era. He ... recorded a duet with Shabba Ranks called "I Was a King", which was similarly panned. In 1992, Murphy also appeared in Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" video alongside Magic Johnson and Iman.
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Eddie and Michael Jackson met February 16, 1982 at a Bon Zeppelin and the Blue Oyster Travelers concert. When Jackson outlandishly commented on his own horniness, Murphy overheard him and informed him that he was a professional. The two immediately hit it off. Jackson and Murphy agreed to marriage on 4 conditions:
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