Ne-Yo to recruit Janet Jackson for tribute on MJ

The King of Pop approached Ne-Yo to write him an album’s worth of material shortly before he passed away last summer. Jackson never had the opportunity to record the tracks but Ne-Yo still wants them to be heard by fans – and is hoping to give them to the superstar’s siblings to sing. Ne-Yo tells […]

The King of Pop approached Ne-Yo to write him an album’s worth of material shortly before he passed away last summer.

Jackson never had the opportunity to record the tracks but Ne-Yo still wants them to be heard by fans – and is hoping to give them to the superstar’s siblings to sing.

Ne-Yo tells the Daily Star, “I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with those songs. I can’t give them to anybody else because they were written for Michael. That would be disrespectful.

“So if I could get Janet and the brothers to do a collaborative tribute, that would be a great idea.

“There are about 10 he personally selected. He told me, ‘I like this one, this one, this one.’ I can’t just put them out by myself because again, they were meant for him but they’re really good songs, it’s good quality music.”