The Jacksons were crowned icons at the BMI Urban Awards last night (Sept. 4) in Los Angeles, but the King of Pop was an absentee.
Janet Jackson presented her music-making brothers -- Michael, Tito, Jackie, Marlon, Jermaine and Randy -- with the lifetime achievement BMI Icon award following a musical tribute at the award show celebrating R&B and hip-hop's top hitmakers. While Tito, Jackie, Marlon and Randy reunited to accept the award, Jermaine and Michael didn't attend the Wilshire Theatre ceremony.
Where was the Moonwalker? "I don't know," Marlon told the Associated Press before the show. "I think he's in Egypt riding a camel or something."
The Jackson Five -- which included Michael along with Marlon, Jackie, Tito and Jermaine -- was a groundbreaking act that debuted on the 1969 album "Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5." The group simply became the Jacksons after leaving Motown in 1976, replacing Jermaine with Randy.
"It's a great honor to know your music influenced a generation," said Tito. "We're very proud of this moment."
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