Popular Michael Jackson impersonator, Nixon Hall, is back on the entertainment scene, having lost the extra body weight which was a barrier to him performing the slick, sleek, dance moves made popular by the late, pencil-slim entertainer. “I was out of the spotlight for a while because I had put on a bit of weight, but now I am losing it. Yuh see all this jacket, it couldn’t button,” Michael Jackson, who is also a chef, told The Gleaner , in reference to the red jacket that he wore when performing Thriller .
With a laugh, he added that nobody wanted to see a fat Michael Jackson performing, so he decided that he had to do something about it. “Entertainment is my first love. I’m performing from I was 15 .
.. that is nearly 30 years ago.
I am the biggest Michael Jackson fan and I used to study his dance moves ...
from he did Rock My World . I used to take my mother jheri [curl] wig and put it on my head and dance to Michael Jackson songs on my verandah. People passing by used to stop and watch and they loved it and encouraged me,” Jackson added.
The Portmore resident, who has travelled beyond the shores of Jamaica to perform as Michael Jackson, gave a memorable performance at the Port Royal Seafood Festival on Sunday, keenly capturing and interpreting the fluid, sensuous, moves as he delivered songs such as Billie Jean . Dressed in the trademark Michael Jackson-inspired outfits – tight black pants, stopping at the ankles, with white socks showing, white merino, blac.