He really went to the fringe with MTV his videos of "Beat it", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" were state of the art cutting edge videos that it was not just that he had hits all of his life from his childhood but he also was at the cutting edge , whether it was with his moonwalk, whether it was with those videos that really brought MTV to the fore. He was the main reason MTV emerged as a major pop culture force.He (Jackson) would be remembered as one of the major artists like an Elvis, like Frank Sinatra uh...who emerged as a major pop cultural force. - Clive Davis
