'He looks like a Jackson, acts like a Jackson, can dance like a Jackson,' Joe Jackson says of the aspiring rapper.

Just a day before the custody of Michael Jackson's three children is to be determined, the singer's father, Joseph Jackson, gave an interview claiming that the self-proclaimed King of Pop had sired a fourth child.

The Jackson family patriarch spoke to NewsOne.com about his son's alleged love child, a 25-year-old aspiring rapper from Norway named Omer Bhatti, who was seated in the front row with the Jackson family at the memorial service for the pop star.

"Yes, I knew he had another son, yes I did," Joe Jackson said. "He looks like a Jackson, acts like a Jackson, can dance like a Jackson. This boy is a fantastic dancer," he added.

The strangest part of the revelation is that Bhatti has reportedly already denied its veracity. The English tabloid the Daily Mail reported recently that Bhatti said he was nothing more than a "best friend" to the singer, though the story did not appear to have any direct quotes from Bhatti, who is since said to have returned to his native Norway.

Omer moved to Jackson's Neverland Ranch with his family in 1996 when he was 12, where his mother served as a nanny and his father a driver for the singer, and he frequently traveled with Jackson. Much has been made of his resemblance to Jackson and the singer's youngest child, Prince Michael II, and Jackson is said to have initially been drawn to Bhatti due to the youngster's classic-era MJ dance moves. The aspiring musician was living at Neverland in 2003 when police descended on the ranch looking for evidence of child molestation against Jackson and was initially on a witness list; the singer was acquitted of molestation charges two years later.

Bhatti is reportedly seeking a DNA test to determine whether Jackson is his father. Jackson's brother, Jermaine, recently told the Daily Mail that "if Omer's his son, he's his son. ... We won't deny it. We are going to give him the same love and care that we give to Prince and Paris and Blanket." Bhatti's birth was reportedly the result of a one-night stand Jackson had with a Norwegian fan in 1984. If the story is true, then Bhatti would become Jackson's fourth child, after Prince Michael, 12; Paris Michael, 11; and Prince Michael II (a.k.a. Blanket), 7.

Asked if maybe Bhatti, whose stage name is O-Bee, is the musical future of the family, Joe Jackson said, "I don't know. I can't say that yet until I see it happen."

MTV News was unable to reach Bhatti for comment.