Jimmy Jam’s Wife Isn’t The Only One Married To A Rich Celeb,So Is Her SISTER

Posted On : March 13, 2017
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JUNE 8: (L-R) Grammy Award winning producer Jimmy Jam and NBA 2004 MVP Kevin Garnett attend the 2004 Governors Membership Awards luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on June 8, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
Jimmy Jam and  his brother-in-law, Kevin Garnett (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

Jimmy Jam’s brother-in-law is the legendary NBA baller, Kevin Garnett, who recently retired after 21 years in the game…

LAS VEGAS - FEBRUARY 17: Kevin Garnett, and wife Brandi attend the NBA All-Star Weekend Party hosted by GQ Magazine and Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns in the VBar at the Venetian Hotel on February 17, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Steve Spatafore/Getty Images for GQ)
Kevin Garnett, and wife Brandi- Lisa’s sister (Photo by Steve Spatafore/Getty Images for GQ)

Ten years after Lisa Padillia married Jimmy Jam in 1994, her lil’ sis,’ Brandi Padillia, said “I do” to Kevin in a private 2004 wedding ceremony. They also have two precious daughters together…

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 05: Kevin Garnett (R) of the Boston Celtics, his wife Brandi and daughter attend Day Eight of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
The Garnett’s with one of their daughters, 2011 (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)

The Padillia sisters seem to have a type: successful, powerful brothas. In the past, some have labeled them as gold diggers because of their tastes in men, but I don’t know if those claims hold any truth, or not. However, the sisters at least deserve props for managing to do what many celebrity marriages unfortunately cannot – stay together well past the 5-year mark.

Jimmy Jam's wife, Lisa, and her sister, Brandi (via WireImage)
Jimmy Jam’s wife, Lisa (L), and her sister, Brandi (via WireImage)

Jimmy Jam & Kevin Garnett’s Close Friendship

Jam and Garnett have a close brotherly bond. In fact, they’re so close, that a lotta folks tried to get Jimmy to convince Kevin not to retire (after the end of the 2016-2017 season), but here’s what Jam had to say about that:

Raphael Saadiq, Terry Lewis, Kevin Garnett and Jimmy Jam (Photo by L. Cohen/WireImage)
Raphael Saadiq, Terry Lewis, Kevin Garnett and Jimmy Jam (Photo by L. Cohen/WireImage)

Jam Reveals How Everyone Tried To Get Him To Talk Garnett Out Of Recent Retirement

Jimmy Jam: “A lot of people that talked to me wanted to talk him back into playing another year. I passed things on to him, but I never really got a response. I figured that anybody trying to talk him into playing was probably falling on deaf ears in a sense. Of the arguments they were saying to me on why he should play, the only thing that really resonated to me was just the fact that once you retire you can’t really unretire, although Michael Jordan was different. That was the one. People said that if he waited another year then he would go into the Hall of Fame and it would be his year [instead of being with Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan in 2021]. I said, ‘Well, you don’t know Kevin really well.’ He’s not really a spotlight guy.”

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 23: Kevin Garnett #5 of the Boston Celtics takes a fould shot against the New York Knicks during Game two of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on April 23, 2013 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Kevin Garnett, the Boston Celtics  (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Jimmy Jam On Supporting His Brother-in-Law At The Games

Jimmy Jam: I went to every [home] game [in Minnesota] and I used to drive my assistant crazy because whenever someone would say, ‘Can you come on this day to work on this project? Can we work on it this day?’ The first thing I would say to my assistant was, ‘Where are the Wolves that night?’ …Let’s plan it around that.’ -via The Undefeated

And there ya’ have it ILoveOldSchoolMusic family. Like we always say, we learn something new ’round these parts everyday!

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