Jermaine ‘Jacksun’? Michael’s Older Brother Petitions Name Change

Former Jackson 5 singer making switch for artistic reasons

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any weirder (or sadder) about the Jackson family, one of the eldest brothers has decided to change his last name to “Jacksun.”  Jermaine Jackson, the older brother of the late Michael Jackson, filed a name change petition on Tuesday in Los Angeles, for “artistic reasons.” The petition doesn’t provide much detail, but Jermaine’s friend Steve Dennis told The Associated Press that the singer’s name change is not unheard of for well known entertainers. (Think “Snoop Lion.”) "It is something he has chosen to do, and it's fair to say that you cannot blame this one on the boogie, you've got to blame it on the sunshine," Dennis said, in a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Jackson 5 disco hit, "Blame it on the Boogie." A hearing on the name change is scheduled for Feb. 22. (AP)

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