Music - Stupid Is As Stupid Does.

As if the level of "weird" couldn't get any higher with regard to the the Jackson family...one of the "dimmer" stars of the clan takes it up one more notch.



Lesser known, Jermaine Jackson has filed a request to legally CHANGE his last name ... trading out "Jackson" for "Jacksun."  TMZ reports the reason for the name change is to have a name with more "energy" and "positive feeling". LOL

Jermaine filed a petition for a change of name with L.A. County Superior Court yesterday asking for the change in nomenclature.

In the court documents, Jermaine says he wants to make the change for "artistic reasons" ... but he does not give any further details about the move. It is rumored that he feels he would be a bigger name in the industry with a different name.  Yea...thats his problem....his last name.  More specifically the SPELLING of his last name.  As Mrs. Gump observed...."Stupid is as stupid does."

The request has NOT yet been approved by a judge -- but a hearing has been scheduled.

Barring any crazy legal situations, Jermaine will be required to have his name change announced publicly several times in the next couple of months before it can be made official. A public announcement consists of having the name printed in a local publication ... just like Ron Artest had to do when he changed his name to Metta World Peace.