The King Of Pop passed away last month (25Jun09) after suffering a cardiac arrest, leaving the Goodies hitmaker in mourning. Jackson had approached Ciara about appearing on a planned charity record to benefit the victims of 2005's Hurricane Katrina - and she was stunned to receive a personal call from the Thriller hitmaker.
"I was like, 'Of course!' And he called me and that was really cool. I was like, 'This is so surreal'."