Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles Archives - I Love Old School Music https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/tag/gladys-knight-chicken-and-waffles/ Everything Old School Live Here! Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:14:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-new_favicon_ilosm-32x32.png Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles Archives - I Love Old School Music https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/tag/gladys-knight-chicken-and-waffles/ 32 32 $8 Mill Business Destroyed, Here’s What Gladys Knight’s Son Did With Money https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/8-mill-business-destroyed-heres-what-gladys-knights-son-did-with-money/ https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/8-mill-business-destroyed-heres-what-gladys-knights-son-did-with-money/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:02:42 +0000 https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/?p=44370 ILOSM fam, the Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles drama has taken another shocking turn. The investigation has uncovered a number of things about her son, Shanga Hankerson, and how he actually spent the restaurant’s misappropriated funds. According to the Atlanta Journal...

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]]> ILOSM fam, the Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles drama has taken another shocking turn. The investigation has uncovered a number of things about her son, Shanga Hankerson, and how he actually spent the restaurant’s misappropriated funds. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, he has been accused of spending company funds on sex and drugs.

“He was just stealing money and converting it to his own use,” said Josh Waites, the director of special investigations for the state Department of Revenue.

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On paper, the company was making $8 million in annual sales, but years of chaos at the Atlanta institution had pushed it to the brink of collapse. Funds were so scarce that managers rushed to cash employees’ bounced paychecks with money from the downtown restaurant’s safe before Hankerson’s representatives arrived to retrieve it, they said.

“I think he was just in it for the money in the end,” said Charles Preston, 63, who worked as a manager at the downtown location for eight years until he quit in April.

 It was discovered that the funds had been used for recreational purposes when investigators began looking at Shanga’s personal belongings. Despite the restaurant’s staggering profits, Shanga didn’t exactly live the life of a profitable businessman. His Cascade home in Atlanta is only valued at $135,000 and it has even been reported that his vehicles were lack thereof. When his car broke down, he began driving the company’s van. “Even the dishwasher drove a better car than Shanga did,” said manager Preston. “People would tease him.”

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These company funds went far afield from typical restaurant industry spending. During two months in 2012, more than $1,300 went to Toys R Us, Pottery Barn Kids and video game stores, according to bank statements obtained by the AJC. Hankerson used the money to fly in women from out of town for sex, or have cash taken from the safe to buy marijuana, former employees told investigators. The yo-yo dieter’s corporate funds went to fast food runs to Wendy’s and a meal at a cut-price sushi buffet.
However, that’s not all the investigation has uncovered, thus far. After 16 years of success, Shanga and his business partners have reportedly managed to steer the company into troubled waters. In the short period of time, the restaurant’s quality has also diminished due to lack of funds available to maintain daily operations.gladys-knight-son-1Employees complained of barely having hot water in the restaurant, a broken cooler door was never replaced, and on one occasion they didn’t even have fresh chicken. Last minute trips to local grocery stores had become routine because fresh ingredients were no longer stocked. Suppliers and vendors also refused to deliver anything because the restaurant had garnered a reputation of not paying bills.

Unfortunately, there’s probably much more that will be revealed about this case. The investigation into Shanga Hankerson and Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles will be ongoing.

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]]> https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/8-mill-business-destroyed-heres-what-gladys-knights-son-did-with-money/feed/ 0 44370 Gladys Knight’s Chicken & Waffles Raided By Feds, See What Gladys’ Son Did… https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/gladys-knights-chicken-waffles-raided-feds-see-gladys-son/ https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/gladys-knights-chicken-waffles-raided-feds-see-gladys-son/#respond Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:48:07 +0000 https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/?p=41250 ILOSM fam, there’s all kinds of drama surrounding Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles. Apparently, all three of the Atlanta restaurants have been shut down by the GA Department of Revenue pending a $1 million investigation. However, Gladys Knight actually has nothing to...

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]]> ILOSM fam, there’s all kinds of drama surrounding Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles. Apparently, all three of the Atlanta restaurants have been shut down by the GA Department of Revenue pending a $1 million investigation. However, Gladys Knight actually has nothing to do with the investigation because the restaurant isn’t really Gladys’ at all.

The “Midnight Train To Georgia” singer has released a statement dissociating herself from the famous restaurant that bares her name. She wants the world to know that she is not the owner and she only loaned her name to her son for marketing purposes. So, Gladys Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, is actually the one in the hot seat.

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According to CNN, Shanga has been accused of tax evasion. The Riverdale, GA corporate office and all three restaurants have been raided. Shanga has been accused of stealing more than $650,000 in sales tax and withholding taxes owed to the state of Georgia. Now, they’re coming to collect.


Computers, files, safes, and other electronic devices were confiscated from the office and restaurant locations. Hankersons bank accounts and three luxury vehicles were also seized.

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Gladys Knight and her son, Shanga Hankerson

“After penalties and interest the total exceeds $1 million,” the department said. “The department further alleges that Hankerson used these funds for personal use.” The government agency also revealed “unsuccessfully attempted to serve arrest warrants on Shanga Hankerson … at his home” on Tuesday because he was reportedly in Fort Lauderdale at the time.

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Hankerson’s tax attorney, Josie Walton-Harris, has released a statement about the incident and they plan to have the restaurants open again as soon as possible. “We are working with Mr. Hankerson’s attorney to have the business up and running again as soon as possible. As soon as a receivership agreement is reached between the state and Hankerson, the restaurant should reopen for business,” Waites said.

Hopefully, everything is resolved soon, but at this point, there is no definite reopen date.

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