Jermaine Jackson praises Dad's strict discipline
Jermaine Jackson has heaped praise on his father for keeping him and his siblings out of trouble and prison.
Joe Jackson often comes under deep criticism for his strictness as the man behind the Jacksons and for the beatings and corporal punishment he used to dish out, but his son insists he was a good father.
The singer says: "We had a raw talent and it was up to my father to cultivate it... and show us how to achieve greatness if we listened and took direction and worked hard.
"Kids were coming over to the house and say can we come out to play, 'No, we have a talent show to do...' The next thing you know, we're auditioning in front of Berry Gordy for Motown.
"We grew up around gangs, drugs and everything... My father was trying to keep his family together, because a lot of our friends today, if they're not dead, they're in prison. It was because that nobody really cared, so discipline is love."
Much of the comments made about Jow came from comments Michael Jackson made abot how he grew up scared of his father.
But Jermain insists he was too young to understand: "He was young and he didn't quite understand it... but he loved his father."
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