Here’s what we know about Michael Jackson’s youngest in 2023 …

Bigi Jackson doesn’t want to be called Blanket any more

Born Prince Michael Jackson II on February 21, 2002, he was nicknamed Blanket by his father, who would often cover his face with a blanket in public to hide him from photographers.

In 2015 he changed his nickname to Bigi after reportedly being bullied by other children for the moniker. The news was confirmed when his school yearbook of 2015 identified him as Bigi Jackson.

He had directorial dreams from a young age

Siblings Paris and Prince have done plenty of on-screen work, but Bigi wanted to be behind the camera from a young age. During an interview for the Jacksonology: Our Story documentary in 2012, he revealed that he had dreams of becoming a director.

“Sometimes I would go in [Michael’s] room while he was getting ready for something and watch,” he said. “He was a good dancer, he was a very good dancer. I can’t dance or sing; I’m not that kind of person who sings and dances.

“When I grow up I want to be a director because it’s fun, and I make little movies when I’m at my house with cousins and friends.”

His dreams have begun to come true

He might have only been 10 years old in 2012, but Bigi’s kept to his word and has become a budding director after graduating from the Buckley School in Los Angeles, California. In February, 2293 Productions announced that Bigi had wrapped production on his short film Rochelles, which he wrote and directed.

According to IMDb, his directorial debut is based on “two friends [who] are put at odds when a prestigious restaurant makes them compete for a coveted position in its kitchen”.

It’s not Bigi’s first film credit though. Back in 2013 he produced his first feature film – a thriller called Kingdom Come by writer and director Jason Hess.

Bigi is still close to the Jackson family

In August, Bigi made a rare public appearance alongside brother Prince for the Blue Sapphire Birthday Celebration on what would have been their father’s 65th. The brothers both attended the MJ Brunch hosted in the Mandalay Bay lobby, much to the delight of their and Michael’s fans.

Vlogger Prince, 26, uploaded a video of the two of them together to his YouTube channel, saying: “This is a really awesome experience for me because it’s like a family reunion in a way. There’s a lot of familiar faces that I’ve seen from events in the past – we get to catch up and talk about different things.”

When Bigi turned 18, sister Paris shared a birthday tribute on her Instagram page, alongside personal and unseen photos of them growing up with MJ. “Proud of the handsome, intelligent, insightful, funny and kind young man he has become,” she wrote of her brother.

Bigi Jackson’s mother remains a mystery

The identity of Bigi’s biological mother, a surrogate, is still unknown, and probably always will be. Michael’s second wife, Debbie Rowe, the mother of Prince and Paris, publicly declared that she was not Bigi’s biological mother after his birth, in response to intense media speculation at the time.

After Michael passed away, Bigi went to live with his grandmother Katherine Jackson, who was given legal custody of all three children.

Bigi Jackson is a trust-fund (nepo) baby

Being the child of Michael Jackson is lucrative, even more than a decade since his tragic death. Bigi has an estimated net worth in excess of US$100 million, with a reported yearly allowance of US$8 million, per the New York Post.

After leaving his grandmother’s home, Bigi made his first big purchase when he spent US$2.6 million on a six-bedroom, seven-and-a-half-bathroom home in Los Angeles’ Calabasas neighbourhood in 2020, per CNBC.