“He will have aged gracefully and will have a handsome, more mature look.”
Of course, they were likely ignorant of the fact that Jackson had already suffered second- and third-degree burns all over his head and face, and could not have known that he would eventually endure vitiligo and undergo an immense amount of plastic surgery.
Below are images of Ebony‘s prediction and how Jackson and other black stars actually looked in 2000.
1. Michael Jackson
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Emmanuel Lewis
4. Debbie Allen
5. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
7. Kim Fields
8. Magic Johnson
9. Jane Kennedy
