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Were Vocals on Michael Jackson’s Posthumous Album Faked? This Podcaster Set Out to Uncover the Truth

Michael Jackson's vocals were faked after his death on a posthumous album, says podcast host Damien Shields, who launched the series "Faking Michael."

The “true-crime podcast,” as Shields calls it, was inspired by NPR’s Serial and makes a methodical case that two producers and Jackson friends, Eddie Cascio and James Porte, faked the vocals on “Breaking News,” “Monster” and “Keep Your Head Up” and hoodwinked Jackson’s estate and longtime label Sony Music. The podcast suggests Sony and the estate made the deal with Cascio and Porte because they were desperate to release unheard Jackson music immediately after his death. RedOne thinks he had one song that could possibly be released, but it would have to be “We Are the World” style, with multiple artists, because he didn’t have enough with Michael.

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