United Kingdom, Oct. 24 -- Sananda Maitreya has accused the late Michael Jackson of being a "b******" who tried to ruin his career.

The 63-year-old singer - who is best known as Terence Trent D'Arby - had a difficult relationship with his record label Sony following the release of his critical and commercial flop second album, Neither Fish nor Flesh, in 1989, which led to severe mental health difficulties.

However, the Sign Your Name singer hasn't detailed the reality of his life in the spotlight to his two young sons, who are 15 and 13, in case they want to follow in his footsteps, though he admitted the "toughest" part of keeping his ordeal hidden is seeing how much the boys "idolise" the late Thriller hitmaker.

Sananda told the Dail...