Prince Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. was born on February 13, 1997, in Los Angeles, California, US, to Michael Jackson and his then‑wife, Debbie Rowe. His godparents are Macaulay Culkin and Elizabeth Taylor. At the time of his birth, Jackson released a public statement and requested privacy for his son.^[1]

Jackson and Rowe's second child, Paris Jackson, was born in 1998. The couple divorced in 1999, after which Jackson received full custody of both children. Prince and Paris spent their childhood at the Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County, along with their younger half‑brother, Prince Michael Jackson II, who was born in 2002. He was widely known as "Blanket" during childhood and later legally changed his name to Bigi. Following their father's death in June 2009, Jackson and his siblings were placed under the legal guardianship of their grandmother, Katherine Jackson;^[1] in 2012, the court approved a joint guardianship arrangement with their cousin T. J. Jackson.^[2]

Jackson was homeschooled during his early childhood and later attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.^[3][4] He graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2019 with a degree in business administration.^[1]

While studying at Loyola Marymount University, Jackson co‑founded the charity Heal Los Angeles Foundation with a fellow student. In 2020, the organization worked with a meal‑delivery partner to provide food to residents affected by the COVID‑19 pandemic. Jackson later said he thought his father would have supported the project and added that his approach to charity was influenced by how he was raised.^[1]

Jackson served as an executive producer on Michael (2026), a biographical film about his father in which his cousin Jaafar Jackson plays the lead role;^[5] released in April 2026, the film grossed $217 million on its opening weekend, the highest opening for a biopic ever.^[6]

In August 2025, Jackson announced on Instagram that he was engaged to his longtime partner, Molly.^[1] He is a motorcycle enthusiast.^[1]