Am I fake when it comes to being a Michael Jackson fan.?

Well since im 13 I didn't really know about his music and while I was 7 or 8 people where talking about Michael Jackson like HE HAS A FAKE NOSE!! HE DANGLED HIS BABY OFF A BALCONY!! HES A MOLESTER blah blah blah... Well one day my mom went on demand and went to thriller and I watched it and I did like it but since people were saying "Oh he's gay" I'm like mommy isn't he gay shes like idc i still like his music so i took that for a yes. Don't get me wrong I did like Thriller :). So i went outside and I'm like did you guys ever hear thriller by michael jackson. My friends were like eww you listen to Michael Jackson whats wrong with you. Over the years I still didn't know about his music and people still kept on talking about him. But inside I'm like thats not nice.. something else I forgot i was small. But on June 25th before he died my brother got a text saying MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD. I thought it was a bunch of BS so I'm like why don't they just leave him alone. Meanwhile, I didnt know about songs from bad, dangerous, history, invincible, off the wall, and most the songs from thriller. And most improtantly, I didnt know he was the King of Pop. There was times that I said you look like Michael Jacksons nose after it fell off and I thought it was funny. But I didn't know about him so I do blame myself.My brother and mom always listened to 50 cent or r. kelly so i grew up to like them. But no one ever listen to MJ. I never said I hated Michael Jackson. I never said I didn't like him. There was a time when I thought he was a molester but that thought left my head. I didn't know he was lonely or sad or anything. I heard you rock my world and another part of me, but i didnt know who it was by. When I learned me and my stupid self decided to look up more about him and I found out how lonely and sad he was and how people made fun of him. It kind of relates to me since I'm very skinny and people call me stick and bone and it does hurt to be made fun of. I didn't know there was somebody in the world who I could relate to untill august. If im a fake fan okay... I'll just have to live with it.. but I will never stop liking his music. Especially Liberian Girl.. I love that song.. it relaxes me and takes me out of my world. I just wanted to know if I'm fake.