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Sony reportedly admits it faked several Michael Jackson songs on posthumous album

Sony Music Entertainment reportedly admitted this week to releasing three fake songs on a posthumous Michael Jackson album. The songs “Breaking News,” “Monster,” and “Keep Your Head Up” appeared on the album “Michael” in 2010 and were sung by a King of Pop impersonator, according to  Vibe . Vera Serova, a fan, first brought up the allegations in 2014 and filed a class-action lawsuit against the album’s producers, according to  Vulture . The songs were actually performed by Jason Malachi, Serova alleged at the time. According to  TMZ , he confessed to taking part in the recording back in 2011. Jackson’s longtime friends, Eddie Cascio and James Victor Porte, initially claimed they recorded the songs in a basement in 2007, but failed to back up their claim. Serova noticed dozens of inconsistencies with the songs and used an audiologist to back up his own theory, according to a  hip-hop website . Sony claimed in court it had the right to advertise th...