Michael Jackson, Conversation Piece

We were listening to a cd my best friend made me in my car.  Emberly had me playing the same two tracks over and over and over.  Michael Jackson.  So I bought her an album of his hits.  She loves it.  But is he a man, or a woman?  Is he white?  When he goes like this, "eee-hee," he kinda sounds like a girl.  And in that picture on the internet, he looks black, but on the album, he might be white?
Deep thoughts I love discussing with a four year old :D