“He called and said, ‘Would you have any interest in auditioning for Michael Jackson?’ I was like, ‘Oh my god, yes!’” Nita Strauss once received a call to audition for the King of Pop – and ended up playing funk with his brother

Nita Strauss.

For young Nita Strauss, seeing Jennifer Batten play with Michael Jackson during his iconic 1993 Super Bowl halftime performance was the catalyst she needed to pursue a career as a shredder. Who would have guessed that, years later, she would be approached to audition for the King of Pop himself?

Fast forward to 2010, and in a true full-circle moment, Strauss was about to have her own brush with the Jackson family.