In 2014, Alejandra Jackson and her five children Genevieve, Randy Jr., Donté, Jaafar, and Jermajesty, collaborated with ID Productions to create a six-episode reality show for the Reelz channel. Although the series was officially announced and set to premiere on November 18th, 2014, it was ultimately canceled and did not air.
This clip from the pilot episode of "Living With The Jacksons" showcases 17-year-old Jaafar Jackson at the piano, performing a cover of the acoustic version of Justin Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me."
The synposis of the show reads:
In the world of entertainment there is no family more famous than the Jacksons. Beginning with The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson ruled for over four decades as the most famous entertainer the world has ever known. Then, on June 25, 2009, everything changed when Michael suddenly died. Every part of the family was fractured and over time great divisions developed. It was during this dark and di cult time that Alejandra Jackson, ex-wife of Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson, and her five children left the Jackson Family Estate, the only home they have ever known, to begin a brand new life.
From the charmed and cursed life of the Jackson family, Alejandra emerges bravely as a single mother to her five children: her two sons, Jaafar and Jermajesty from her marriage to Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson, Genevieve and Randy Jr., Alejandra’s daughter and son from her relationship with Jermaine’s brother Randy Jackson, and Donte, who Alejandra has raised since he was two years old. Together they are stepping outside of the inner world of the Jackson family for the first time and with it comes tremendous expectations to manage and opportunities to negotiate. In Living with the Jacksons this family is ready to take on the world and embrace it with all the passion, joy, trials and tribulations that most average families deal with, but with one more ingredient that no one else on the planet has-they are Jacksons.