Stunning Michael Jackson Hologram Performs at Billboard Music Awards

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Stunning Michael Jackson Hologram Performs at Billboard Music Awards
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The Billboard Music Awards resurrected Michael Jackson (http://mashable.com/category/michael-jackson/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) as a hologram Sunday for a performance of "Slave to the Rhythm," a song from his new posthumous album Xscape.

Reminiscent of when Tupac Shakur "performed" as a hologram alongside S**op Dogg and Dr. Dre at Coachella in 2012, the King of Pop digitally danced (moonwalk included) and sang onstage as though he never left us. Jackson died in 2009 after suffering cardiac arrest

See also: Watch Holograms of Janelle Monae and M.I.A. Perform Duets Cities Apart (http://mashable.com/2014/04/06/mia-janelle-monae-holograms/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)






The surprise stunt was spoiled earlier this week after a lawsuit (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-billboard-awards-can-use-michael-jackson-hologram-judge-rules-20140517-story.html%22), claiming product infringement and briefly describing a Jackson holographic performance, surfacedBillboard had been teasing a Michael Jackson tribute when the lawsuit bubbled up Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/18/michael-jackson-hologram-billboard-music-awards/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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