Controversy and scandal marred Michael Jackson’s reputation as the most influential entertainer of all time, however a new book about the King of Pop aims to change that. Joseph Vogel, a doctoral candidate in the University of Rochester’s English Department, says he wrote “Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson” to fill a void left by all the books that focused on tabloid gossip rather than his music. Although Michael Jackson’s legacy as an artist has received less attention in recent years, Vogel says his work puts him in the cultural pantheon of icons like the Beatles and Elvis Presley.