Spike Lee is throwing a free block party in Brooklyn on Aug. 29 in honor of what would have been Michael Jackson’s 51st birthday.

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The King of Pop has been laid to rest — seven weeks after his death.

Michael Jackson, who passed away on June 25, has been buried at the star-studded Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, Entertainment Tonight has learned.

Rap superstar Kanye West hit his Official Website in full Bitch Mode on Friday afternoon to shoot down rumors that he is taking the title of the “King of Pop” away from late icon Michael Jackson.

“I was just listening to [radio host] Wendy Williams and heard some quote about me saying I’m the new King of Pop,” he wrote. “Not only did I not say that, I haven’t said anything.”

“It makes me feel bad that obviously I made people feel that I would be corny enough to say something so whack after the passing of an idol, a legend and more than that a human being with feelings and a family,” Kanye went on.

“I have a feeling that this won’t be the last false statement with my name on it, but this will be the last time I defend myself. I’m done.”

Would someone slip a muzzle on Joe Jackson already?

In a joint interview with NewsOne/TVOne correspondent Smokey Fontaine, 80-year-old Jackson Family patriarch Joe Jackson reveals that rumors of a “Secret Michael Jackson Lovechild” are true. That’s right, folks. According to Papa Joe, Michael fathered 25-year-old Norweigan dancer/rapper Omer “Obee” Bhatti after a one-night stand with the boy’s mother, Pia Bhatti, in 1983.
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On CBS’ The Late Show Thursday, hip-hop mogul Diddy revealed that the King of Pop showed up — unannounced — to his annual White Party six years begging for a dance with Beyonce.

Well, that’s interesting….

A concert film of Michael Jackson’s final rehearsals will open in theaters this fall, according to reports.

Sony Pictures paid concert promoters AEG Live $60 million for the rights to footage shot during the late King of Pop’s rehearsals for the This Is It Concert Series, The Hollywood Reporter’s Showbiz 411 Column learned late Tuesday.

The tour would have opened at London’s O2 Arena last week — only two weeks after Michael’s death of a suspected heart attack. The film will hit theaters Friday, October 30.

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Hip-hop producer has paid to the late King of Pop painting a portrait of the late superstar.

Turns out A. Keys’ still-married Buss It Baby is an avid art collector, and he created this mixed-media piece, featuring Jackson during his heyday as child star of The Jackson 5, as a tribute to the music icon.

Swizz calls the piece “Remember The Time.”

“R.I.P. MJ the great. I took some time out to do a dedication piece tonight instead of rocking in the studio,” said in a Tweet Tuesday.

Back in 1984, Michael Jackson and his brothers filmed a commercial for Pepsi-Cola that went horribly wrong and is now believed to have sparked the later pop legend’s lethal addiction to prescription painkillers.

On Wednesday, the previously unseen footage was released by UsMagazine.com.

The $1.5 million commercial — filmed at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles — used extreme pyrotechnics that famously caught MJ’s on fire. Michael, then 25, suffered second and third degree burns on his scalp and body.