This new information sounds a little suspect on the part of Brown’s “wife,” but we’ll have to wait until all of the info is released to make an accurate determination on that.

In case you haven’t heard, not only has the family of James Brown been legally battling it out with Mr. Brown’s “wife,” Tomi Rae Hynie, but a journalist has been in court with her for the past two years also and according to South Carolina’s WRDW News:

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A judge has told South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson that his office must release about a diary by James Brown’s widow, Tomi Rae Hynie, and a number of other documents requested by a journalist covering the fight over the soul singer’s estate. Wilson’s office is appealing a July decision requiring them to release the documents. But Circuit Judge Eugene Griffith Jr. ruled Friday they must be released within 10 days.

Sue Summer has been fighting to get a number of documents for more than two years. The records include the diary of Brown’s widow, an appraisal of Brown’s assets and discussions about how much the state should pay a private law firm for its help in the nearly decade-long fight over Brown’s estate.

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Not sure what Tomi Rae has to hide if everything is on the up and up, but let’s give her the benefit of the doubt and say that she just doesn’t want folks all in her business (I know a lot of you don’t believe that, but we’re trying our best to keep an open mind on this).

Now let’s address a few elephants in the room: Tomi Rae, who was 36 at the time of James Brown’s death (and he was 73), were “married” but were never really married because according to Brown’s attorney, Albert “Buddy” Dallas, Tomi was still married to Javed Ahmed, a Texas man from Pakistan, in 1997, thus making her marriage to James Brown null. Tomi claimed to later annul her prior marriage in 2001 AFTER James found out and was livid about it.

When James found out she was already a married woman, he took out a full page notice in Variety Magazine that featured Hynie, James II, and himself on vacation at Disney World to announce that he and Hynie were going their separate ways. Brown never remarried Tomi again, and she was then referred to as his partner. Brown’s attorney also claims that James wanted a paternity test for his son, James Brown II, because he said James had a vasectomy 20 years prior to James II being born. He said that it was absolutely no ill will toward James II, but that “The Godfather” wanted to also protect his other children. Tomi asked the court to keep the results of her child’s paternity test “confidential.” She still hasn’t had her son take the paternity test. I guess all of this drama is the reason why the family is still toughing it out legally with Tomi Rae Hynie. There is way too much going on in this situation, but we hope Tomi Rae and James Brown’s children can come to some type of resolution real soon for the sake of the innocent child in the middle and also so that all of Mr. Brown’s loved ones can finally have closure.

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[Source: WRWD Wikipedia]

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We all know that James Brown had a major influence on a plethora of artists with his style of dancing, showmanship, and fashion sense. Everyone from Michael Jackson, Prince and of course, MC Hammer, took pages out of The Godfather of Soul’s handbook and because of his influence, Hammer showed his deep gratitude by doing what Darryl Brown (James’ son) explains here:

MC Hammer was another big fan [of James Brown], giving him $300,000 when Brown was released from jail in 1990. Daryl Brown (James’ son) said, “He [Hammer] did it because he just loved James Brown. He has said if it wasn’t for James Brown, he wouldn’t be here — the music, the dancing everything.”

Wow! That was extremely honorable of Hammer to do that for Mr. Brown.

James Brown unselfishly sharing his gifts with the world is like the gift that keeps on giving. Because James Brown gave, other people saw that and in turn, wanted to give back to him, and as a result, his son saw that and in turn, will probably give to someone else. It then starts to become like a snowball effect that keeps building into a bigger movement that effects more people’s lives as time goes on. The core of this is to recognize the gift and not be selfish with it.This just goes to show us that James Brown’s unselfish sharing of his gifts with the world, is like the gift that keeps on giving. Because of the fact that Mr. Brown gave, other people saw that, and in turn, wanted to give back to him out of sheer gratitude. Also as a result of James being such a giving person, his son, Darryl, possibly learned to have that type of generosity toward others and in turn, will probably give to someone else.
Brown’s generosity then starts to become like a snowball effect that keeps building into a bigger movement that effects more people’s lives as time goes on. The core of this is to recognize the gift and to not be selfish with it. We all have gifts that matter and can help to continue to push humanity and society forward, it’s up to us to recognize our gifts and share them with the next person. Major props and a huge THANK YOU to the late, great “Godfather of Soul” for being a great example of that.

Check out a few videos of artists who were influenced by Mr. Brown at work…

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The apple definitely didn’t fall far from the tree! The Godfather of Soul’s daughter has some SERIOUS skills that she clearly learned directly from her Dad. Y’all gotta check this one out! (VIDEO)

One of the ILOSM crew over here was sent this video of James Brown’s daughter, Venisha Brown, cuttin’ up at a performance with Mr. Brown’s band, and we just had to share it with our ILOSM family. The main reason we thought this was a great video to showcase, is because with all of the drama and negative press that the Brown family has endured over the years since Mr. Brown’s passing (because of the continued legal problems with James Brown’s estate) we wanted to spread a lil’ bit of sunshine on the Brown children for a change. This video is perfect timing for that and trust me, Venisha Brown will not let you down…she killed it with her performance! Click the video to check it out.

Hit the next button to see pics of some of James Brown’s other children…

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