Jermaine Jackson, whose real name is Jermaine La Jaune Jackson, is a famous American singer as well as Songwriter, and guitarist as well as bassist. He is the fourth brother of the Jackson 5, and their band was very famous during their time. Jermaine Jackson completed his higher education and graduated from Birmingham High School, which is situated in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California.
Jermaine completed his graduation in the year 1973. His parents were Joseph Jackson and Katherine Jackson, who were from middle-class families but supported their children in each and everything they did. Jermaine’s siblings were Jackie, Marlon, Jermaine himself, Tito, and Michael Jackson. Although among the five, Michael Jackson was one of the very famous singers who was known worldwide but nonetheless Jermaine was equally famous as well.
Jermaine Jackson’s Early Life And Career:
At first, Jermaine’s father did not know about the fact that their sons were interested in singing and used to practice singing on guitar when he was not around. But as soon as he discovered the fact and saw that there is potential in his Children. He supported them, and he himself started training them under a strict regime.
The Jackson 5 sang many songs together, and those were very popular ones like “ABC”, “I will be There”, “The Love You Save”, “I Want You Back” and many other songs which were very famous and are still famous today. Their first song, which the Jackson 5 sang together and through which their breakthrough came, was “Big Boy” which was released in the year 1968.
Even though the group was very famous but they were not still well paid for, so Jermaine decided to perform solo as well as being attached to the band. Jermaine was seen giving his solo hits, and indeed he was more popular for his own solo albums and songs which he sang like “Daddy’s Home”, “That’s How Love Goes”, “Bass Odyssey”, “Feel The Fire,”, “Let Me Tickle Your Fancy”, “Do What You Do”, “I Think It’s Love” and many more solo songs which he gave to us.
His Career Apart From Singing :
Although his career in the group Jackson 5, as well as his solo career, was going very well and a hit yet, he did not restrict his career only to singing but moved further toward television series. He was also nominated for the Grammy Award for being the best male in vocal performances. Jermaine Jackson is considered one of the most versatile singers in history.
He had been seen performing in television series from the year 1982 like the series “The Facts Of Life” (1982), “Voyage Of The Rock Aliens” (1984), “As The World Turns” (1984), “Celebrity Big Brother” (2007), “Gone Country” (2008), “You Are Not Alone, The Musical” (2013) and “Celebrity Wife Swap” (2014). These are the television series that he had worked in.
Jermaine Jackson Net Worth!
Being such a famous singer as well as Songwriter, it is very interesting to know how much Jermaine’s net worth is after so many years of his works and songs, and albums. It was known that during his second divorce, he was broke and could not carry the expenses of his children, for which he was presented in court.
But we’ll after which he see in the year 2004, Jermaine had bought a house from his younger brother Tito Jackson for a worth of $550 thousand which doesn’t shows that he is really as broke as he claimed to be. In recent times, in the year 2022, it was known that his total net worth was around $1.5 million, which is a lot of money for him to live a lavish life of his own.
Jermaine Jackson’s Personal Life And Marriage:
Jermaine Jackson’s personal life has had many ups and downs since he had been married three times and divorced. Jermaine’s first wife was Hazel Gordy, who he fell in love with after seeing her. The two got married in the year 1973, but their marriage lasted for 15 years, after which the two divorced in the year 1988, having three children in their marriage.
After his divorce from Hazel, he was in a relationship with Margaret Maldonado in the year 1986, with whom he did not get married to buy into a live-in relationship, and the two together have two sons. But soon after some time of being together, the two broke up in the year 1993.
After his breakup with Margaret, he fell in love with Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza, who was already dating Jermaine’s brother Randy and the two had a daughter and a son despite which he married Oaziaza in the year 1995 and the marriage lasted only for 8 years before they got divorced in the year 2003 having two sons from their marriage.
Lastly, he was in a relationship with Halima Rashid and married her in the year 2004 after he met her in a cafe and fell in love with her. Their marriage lasted some years until the two got divorced in 2016 after there was a complaint against Halima in the year 2015 for domestic violence.