Randy Jackson

Randy Jackson related to Michael Jackson and part of the Jackson 5? I'm not really sure, and it really bothers me. Thank you

Michael Jackson has a brother named Randy Jackson, who was part of the Jackson 5, but Jackson R. A / I is not him.

Yes at first not the second, he has a butt biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig

definitely lol

Nope, hes not wacko Jackos bro

Let's see:
Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American musician and record producer, now better known to the general public to be a judge on the television show American Idol.

Musical career
Jackson began his musical career playing the electric bass. He played bass in the support group violin virtuoso Jean-Luc Ponty and toured with the rock band Journey in 1983 and 1985. It was a very popular session musician in Los Angeles during the 1980s. His many credits range from playing with Aretha Franklin, George Michael, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Billy Cobham, Blue a–yster Cult, Herbie Hancock, Richard Marx, Billy Joel, Journey, Stryper and Bob Dylan to play at the Grand Ole Opry with Charlie Daniels Band. His production / writing work in the Bay of San Francisco with Narada Michael Walden and Walter Afanasieff led Randy to be in high demand as a producer himself.

While in the Bay Area, Randy played in bands with Carlos Santana and Jerry Garcia. He moved to Italy in the 1980s and produced a record for the Italian star Zucchero pop. The file and Zucchero Randy Jackson Band produced one of Zucchero's biggest hits, "Give". Jackson was the bassist Tracy Chapman featured on several tracks on his business in 1992 out of the heart, he played on the single "Bang Bang Bang," Open Arms "and" Dream a World. "Jackson also recorded, produced, or toured with many famous artists and groups, ranging from Mariah Carey (whom he knew when it was still a teenager, he was in his band at Live 8 in London in 2005) * NSYNC, Celine Dion, Wild Orchid Bruce Springsteen and Madonna (he played bass on his # 1 hit "Like a Prayer"). He also worked as an executive, spending eight years as vice president of artists and repertoire (A & R) at Columbia Records and four years heading A & R at MCA Records [1].

Jackson also hosts a radio top 40 known Countdown "Randy Jackson's Hit List" syndicated on hundreds of stations nationwide by Westwood One. Each week, Randy countdown his top 30 Urban AC and Mainstream AC hits, gives us a peek into AI with American Idol Underground, and share what is currently in his iPod.

[Edit] Personal life
Randy Jackson's marriage to Elizabeth Jackson, ended in divorce in 1990. They have one child together. Since 1995 he has been married to Erika Riker, with whom he has two children.

In 2003, Jackson was highly publicized gastric bypass and subsequently lost over 100 lbs (45 kg), which explains his drastic change in appearance since the third season of American Idol.

Contrary to a widely circulated story, Randy Jackson is not related to actor Samuel L. Jackson, nor the pop star Michael Jackson. (Brother of Michael Jackson is another Randy Jackson and was a member of The Jacksons.)

Lol no it isn't. He was in the journey of 80's Band

No, although it does look like there may be a resemblance.

OMG, are you really serious? There is no resemblance whatsoever and do you think it would be revealed long ago??? Geez ....

Neither of the two counts. He belonged to the band if VOYAGE.