According to the NY Post, the once-mighty Jackson family is barely scraping by.

In a series of interviews with three of the nine Jackson children, two relatives and a current and former employee - over the last three years and as recently as last week - The Post learned in stunning detail just how down and out the Jacksons are.

• Marlon Jackson, 51, an original Jackson Five member who stocks shelves at a Vons supermarket in San Diego, had to temporarily move into an extended-stay hotel.
• Randy, 46, does odd jobs, including fixing cars in a Los Angeles garage owned by a family friend. He recently claimed Michael was going to give him $1.7 million - "a pipe dream," said another brother last week.
• Jackie, 56, the oldest and most debonair of the brothers, is struggling to manage his son Siggy's aspiring rap career after an Internet clothing business startup and attempts to produce music failed.
• Jermaine, 54, shuttles back and forth from his girlfriend's home in Ventura County, Calif., to his parents' mansion in Encino, where Jackie and Randy still bunk.
• Tito, 55, is the only brother still making music, but it's a meager living. The guitarist fronts a blues and jazz band that plays small venues and nets him $500 and $1,500 per occasional gig - a far cry from the days when the Jacksons could pull in 50,000 people at $30 a ticket.
  

According to the article, only Michael along with the girls - Janet, LaToya and Rebbie have been spared financial ruin.


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If this is true, Lord have mercy. Everybody's struggling! I can't believe Jermaine is struggling. I always thought he would be a big-time music producer after his singing days were over. But, this just goes to show that it could happen to ANYBODY. It also tells a lot about how LITTLE they knew about the music industry. I think Joe only taught them about singing; not the business as a whole. They should've all been producing some music or at least writing songs for people. But then again, maybe they have tried and their work is whack. You just never know. I wish them all the best though.