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Michael Jackson 'criticised The Beatles, Elvis in newly-found letters'

The Sun publishes letters written by Michael Jackson more than 30 years ago in which he criticises The Beatles and Elvis Presley.

Letters written by Michael Jackson at the height of his fame in 1987 have been unearthed and published in The Sun today.

The controversial pop star, who was dogged by accusations of paedophilia for most of his life, died at the age of 50 in 2009 after suffering a cardiac arrest.

In the letters, Jackson is angry about racial inequality in the world and declares: "I am not prejudice, it's just time for the first Black King now."

The 'Bad' singer says that Elvis Presley "is NOT King", promises to show Bruce Springsteen "who's boss" and says of The Beatles: "Yes these guys were good, but they weren't better singers or dancers than the blacks."

Elaborating further on his thoughts on racism, Jackson says: "My goal is to become so 'Big', so powerful. To become such a hero, to end prejudice.

"To make these little white kids love me by selling over 200,000,000 albums. Make them look up to me. I will change the world."

Jackson's signature album Thriller ultimately fell short of his sales target, but with 66 million copies sold worldwide it is nevertheless thought to be the best-selling record of all time.

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