2. Picture this: You are Jermaine Jackson. You are the favorite of all the neighborhood girls. You are voted best dressed in school. You are the original lead singer for what became the Jackson Five. You have the most powerful singing voice in the family. Yet you watch as Michael, who was originally a background singer with Marlon for what was initially called the Jackson Brothers, steps up and takes co-singing leads — and then just takes over. That had to hurt. And probably still does. Thus begun a life-long peculiar relationship between the two brothers.