Katherine Jackson granted temporary guardianship of Michael's three children: Prince, Paris, and Blanket. Although Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of Michael's two oldest children, Prince and Paris, had not seen or interacted with the children for years; by July 4, 2009, Rowe petitioned the courts for custody of her two children with Michael. Court documents indicated that Debbie Rowe was also seeking control over Prince and Paris' interests in their father's estate. On July 30, 2009, Katherine Jackson and Debbie Rowe reached a settlement pertaining to the care of Michael's two oldest children (with Rowe), Prince and Paris; in which, the children
Michael Jackson 22nd American Music Award for Artist of the Century. On February 22 of the same year, his third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (nicknamed "Blanket") was born. The mother's identity was not announced, but Jackson said Prince was the result of artificial insemination from a surrogate mother and his own sperm. Jackson alleged in July 2002 that Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola was a "devil" and "racist" who did not support his African-American artists, using them merely for his own gain. He charged that Mottola had called his colleague Irv Gotti a "fat nigger". Sony refused to renew Jackson's contract,