Throughout his extraordinary life and career, pop icon Michael Jackson experienced tense relationships and public friction with several high-profile individuals, record executives, and media figures. Most famously, his relationship with Sony Music executive Tommy Mottola deteriorated significantly in the early 2000s, leading to public protests where Jackson openly accused Mottola of being ruthless and racially biased against black artists, causing a massive fallout over the promotional rollout and commercial ownership rights of his final studio album, Invincible.