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28th October 2022
12:48pm BST

'New king of pop'? (Picture: Getty images)[/caption]
The 25-year-old, who was born Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, was asked: "Can I just ask you very quickly? Rolling Stone have labelled Harry Styles – we all love Harry Styles – but they’ve labelled him 'the new King of Pop'. It’s caused a bit of controversy among fans. What do you think of that?"
Prince, not one to hold back, responded by saying that "we’ve come in the situation before, before praising the former One Direction by calling him an "incredible artist".
"He’s got his own genre and he’s definitely an amazing artist. But, the 'King of Pop' was a moniker that really my dad earned," he said.
Prince outlined how the "access to information" and "the access to popularity and fame wasn’t as easily accessible as it is today".
He added: "With so many other social factors that you have to take into consideration at that time, I do feel that my father is the King of Pop, will always be the King of Pop, and it’s not something that you can ever take away, because we’ve just evolved so much as a society that those same factors will never be the same.
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Michael Jackson died in 2009 (Picture:Getty Images)[/caption]
"So when you look at the… from where my father started to where he ended, versus where all these other people started to where they ended, it’s just night and day of a difference."
Prince isn't the first member of the Jackson family to speak out.
The son of MJ's older brother Tito (a singer himself) insisted that the outlet doesn't own the title, adding that they "didn't earn it, [his] uncle did".
Fair points have been made
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