McCartney’s Letters Ignored: MJ’s “Just Business” Reply Over the Beatles Catalog

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“Three decades of songwriting — and all he got back was: ‘It’s business.’”
“Three decades of songwriting — and all he got back was: ‘It’s business.’”
“Three decades of songwriting — and all he got back was: ‘It’s business.’”

McCartney’s Letters Ignored: MJ’s “Just Business” Reply Over the Beatles Catalog

In this segment, Paul McCartney recounts writing multiple letters to Michael Jackson after MJ acquired the Beatles catalog. Paul says he didn’t mind the purchase itself — MJ had the money and someone was selling it — but what hurt was the aftermath. After 30 years of being a successful writer under the company MJ now owned, Paul politely asked for a raise, “even just as a writer on the payroll.” The response he finally received was cold and strictly transactional: “That’s just business.” Paul reveals that MJ never followed up, never discussed it, and stopped answering his letters altogether.

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