James "Jay" Carter has shown that he has musical talent ever since he was five years old. Jay was born on October 10th, 1970. He was his parent's third child, and the youngest. Jay was raised by an African American family, and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The City Of Brotherly Love.

As previously mentioned, Jay was very talented when it came to music.

He came from a musical family, his mother and father often did backup singing and dancing for bands, and his father was a well known producer.

Jay was surrounded by R&B, Soul, and Jazz music. In addition, he loved to sing, and he loved to dance. It was those two talents, that really made him stand out. He had amazing Rhythm, and his dancing made jaws drop to the floor, and eyes widen. Soon, Jay would be given the opportunity of a lifetime, and his decision would not only change his life, but the history of music and entertainment forever. -Intro

Part 1: A boy and a dream

Year: 1979

Nine year old Jay Carter walked out of the music shop, and began to jog his way home. He had saved up his allowance from chores to buy what he desired. After seeing an advertisement of the album, he was very excited.

It was the newest album from the young artist, Michael Jackson. Michael was a very well known musician, mostly known for performing with his brothers, the Jacksons, but famously, the Jackson 5. Jay had read in a magazine that Michael had gone solo, and had been making albums of his own. "Sorry!" Jay had narrowly avoided bumping into a pedestrian.

He really was in a hurry to get home. At the moment, the album he had just purchased was safe in the backpack he was wearing. Finally, he was in his neighborhood. He ran up the stairs leading to his house, unlocked the front door, and locked it behind him. Before heading to his room, he had to greet his family. "Mom! Dad! I'm home!" His dad was first to see him.

He gave Jay a wave and a smile. "And how was your day?" He asked.

Jay took off his bag. "Same as always. Pretty good. But not too boring."

His mother was in the living room, tuning an old spanish guitar.

"Hey!" She said. "Your dinner's in the kitchen when you're ready."

"I'll eat later, first I-" He didn't have to finish. "I already know. You've been talking about that album for weeks. How about we listen together?"

Jay shrugged. He went up to his bedroom, brought down his cassette tape player, plugged it in, and popped in the tape. The first song, was "Don't stop til you get enough."

"Lovely is the feeling now

Fever, temperatures rising now

Power is the force the vow

That makes it happen, it asks no questions why

So get closer

To my body now

Just love me

Till you don't know how….

After eating his dinner, and getting ready for school that night, Jay finished listening to the rest of Off The Wall. It was amazing! Jay loved the melody and beats that went along with all of the songs. And deep down, Jay had a feeling that he knew what Michael Jackson was thinking in the making of the album. Off The Wall was a disco album. No doubt about that.

At the moment, disco music was the most popular nowadays, and it looks like Michael used that to his advantage. After getting his clothes ready for the next day, Jay went into the bathroom to take a shower. While there, he took a look in the mirror, and sighed.

Jay's Physical Appearance:

Black hair kept into a miniature afro

Medium brown skin tone.

(More to add later, it'll make sense as Jay gets older)

After showering and putting on his PJ's, he sat at his desk, with a pen and paper. The entire house was quiet, as everyone else was asleep. The only sound came from his brother, Joe, who was currently snoring the night away. Jay sat at his desk, writing songs. That was his pastime. Seeing inspiration from the world around him, and using his imagination, he wrote his own songs. And his parents and sibling loved them. The only people he never shared them with were his classmates. Especially not them. Jay was a very, very silent child. He was shy, and did not like showing his face in large groups much. He was an easy target for people to pick on. Now, this harassment from other students did not happen everyday, but it did happen often. But he always tried his best to ignore it. Putting the pen and paper away, Jay jumps into bed, drifts off.

After school the next day, Jay headed to his favourite spot. Basically, there is this club not too far from where he lives, called J-Swing.

This was his escape away from reality. Now, this place was a popular hang out spot for teens as well as adults. Bands would come from all over to perform here, and also, this was where Jay practiced his singing and dancing. Due to how young he was, he had managed to impress everyone there, including the staff. But what Jay loved the most about this club, was that it had private recording studios, and the owner of the place told him he was more than welcome to use them. Once he arrived, he went to the recording studio straight away, and got to work. Making sure the door was shut behind him, Jay removed a folder from his backpack, and placed it on a table. Inside written on eight sheets of paper were the unfinished lyrics and notes to songs he was currently working on. It took him two hours to finish them all; but Jay hadn't noticed. Using the club's telephone, he called his brother to come over. Joe loved to play guitar, and was also a pretty good singer. He needed to have a discussion with him.

Once Joe arrived twenty minutes later, Jay knew what he wanted to do.

He told Joe about the songs he had written, and had showed him the notes to the songs he had also written. "James, I am fifteen years old, and I have to say it. I'm impressed! You are nine years old, and you somehow managed to come up with this! (He even waved the sheet around to emphasize.)

Jay still kept going. "I showed some of the of the guys here my song, and we're going to do some recording in a few minutes. Are you in?"

His brother beamed at him. "Definitely." Soon, a group of seven people had came into the recording studio, instruments at the ready. Jay stood at a microphone, and got ready to sing. He gave everyone a signal, and the music started. The music that he made, began to play.

Although Jay didn't know it, this was the beginning of his career. Right here, right now, his music career had just begun. His rise to stardom, has just begun. The songs currently being recorded, would soon become his first album.

May 14th, 1983

Jay sits at his desk, looking out of his bedroom window of his family's new Los Angeles home. Although it had been nearly three years since he released his first album, titled Awakening, he had become possibly the most popular thirteen year old ever! He still remembered the day he released it. His parents listened to the album, and they loved it. His father (after studying the songs very carefully) hooked him up with a record company named Epic Records, and soon the album was released.

It had only been a week after it had been released when he noticed that everywhere he went, his songs were being played everywhere. Malls, skating rinks, anywhere where music was played. Five million. Five million copies of the album had been sold worldwide. At first, he was extremely shocked when he heard this news. To add on to that, reporters had been trying to contact him to get an interview. Joe, who was and still is in a band, let him join in. They had travelled to clubs across philly to do live performances with Joe and his bandmates. His father had managed them while they did this. They were becoming increasingly popular, but Jay more than the others. People loved him. Newspapers and magazines were describing him as a "Highly talented young man." Jay was flattered.

From late '79 to 1980, they went on tour. Joe's band had made of an album of their own, a type of funk style of music, and they would perform a mixture of Jay, and the band's songs. In the aftermath, they had made lots of profit, and had moved to LA. Joe was deeply upset to have to leave his bandmates behind, but they had promised him that they'd keep the band going, and that they'd never forget him.

Now, as Jay looked out of his bedroom window, he admired the lights of the city in the night. It looked amazing. Feeling totally at peace, Jay took out a pen and paper, and began plotting his next album.

Michael's POV

Michael Jackson walks backstage, sweat dripping down his face. He had just finished doing some rehearsals with his brothers. Grabbing a nearby towel at one of the back rooms, he wipes at his face. Tomorrow was the 25th anniversary of Motown Records, and they were planning to have lots of musicians to perform for the event. Aside from rehearsing the classic Jackson 5 songs, he was also doing some private rehearsals. He had a plan worked out. After performing one more time with his brothers, he would talk to audience, someone would toss him a fedora from backstage, and then he show perform his new song, Billie Jean. He couldn't Wait!

Jay's POV

May 16th, 1983

"Yo Jay! Hurry up, you're missing Motown 25!" Joe called to him.

Jay ran out of the kitchen with a large bowl of popcorn and two bottles of pepsi. "Got the snacks brother." Joe pumped his fist. "Perfect! Now we're ready. They plopped down on the couch, and watched the performances.

Everyone was amazing! As the night went on, they came on stage.

The Jacksons. The music started and they began performing all of the classic Jackson 5 songs. They were on fire! Before they knew it, the Jacksons had finished their performances, and were hugging each other and leaving the stage. All except…. Michael. Joe looked confused.

"Um…. what's he doing?" Jay noticed that Michael was holding the mic, and was waiting for the audience to settle down. "I think he's about to make a speech." Michael began speaking about performing with his brothers throughout the years. "Those were the good old days, me performing with my brothers. I love those songs we made together. But then again, I also love…." The audience began to get excited, and people started yelling, "Billie Jean!" Michael looks at the camera directly. "The new songs…"

Suddenly a black hat slid on stage from backstage, and just as he put it on, the beat to Billie Jean began to play. The audience went wild, clapping to beat. Michael began to dance, moving his body to the beat. Jay and Joe stared at the T.V in awe. Michael tossed the hat to the side, and grabbed the mic.

"She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene

I said don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one

Who will dance on the floor in the round

She said I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round…."

He was amazing. Every move Michael pulled off was on point. Jay watched in shock at how he danced, the guy was like magic!

Then things got even more unreal. Michael went into a spin, his feet went into a walking styled motion, and he glided backwards….

The audiences loses it and cheer. Jay and Joe do the same!

That night, music history was made.