I read that when Michael Jackson died, he was $500 million in debt. How does someone get into that kind of debt?

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I read that when Michael Jackson died, he was $500 million in debt. How does someone get into that kind of debt?

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You can borrow against your assets. I.e. you borrow money against your house to pay yourself a salary while you do a music career that could be up and down. You then get super famous and do this until you spiral out. Also his ‘brand’ is worth way more than that.

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