Then he couldn't do the moves, the kicks. "First he was performing with the costume, then the costume got tattered," he said. "The kids thought he really was Michael." Over the years, Clarke said he frequently saw Neely performing on the A train, but he appeared to be going through progressively harder times. Neely "was the guy," he told me over the phone. Lance Clarke, an attorney, first saw Neely perform as Jackson at a family member's birthday party ten years ago. This is consistent with details described in a profile of Neely written after his death: This video identified Neely in the title, a description that is also echoed by comments attesting to the fact that the performer is Neely.Īccording to a reply in the comment, the altercation that spooked the Redditor happened on the A Train, a place the Redditor had regularly seen the performer in the past. While this video does not identify the dancer either, comments predating the notoriety caused by his death identify the performer as Neely:įurther, a video also uploaded to YouTube from that same day, April 10, 2012, shows the same performer in the same outfit performing the same routine for a different crowd. That image originates from an April 10, 2012, post on the Wordpress blog Windy Citizen Sports titled "Michael Jackson impersonator murdering the dance floor…on the subway." That post includes a link to an April 10, 2012, YouTube video by late "Howard Stern Show" personality Joey Boots.
Snopes was able to recover only one one of those three. The Redditor posted links to three photographs identifying the impersonator in question. Sometime in late Spring/early Summer I saw him in the train, his radio fucked up and he was angry as fuck, cursing and bad mouthing commuters screaming "What the fuck are you looking at? Dont fucking look at me!" Totally didn't expect him to act as such.Įver since that day he's just been a scary dude to me. Used to be all cool, dancing to MJ in the subway train, but as of late he's become a maniac. Try to stay away from the Michael Jackson impersonator if you see him. The Reddit post (which has not been deleted), does not mention Neely by name, but it is clear based on the photographs shared that Neely is the Micheal Jackson impersonator the Reddit post refers to:
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