Today his moms is still performing on the regular and is out here showing the world what 59 and FINE looks like! Also, he has the ladies going crazy over him. One last hint before you scroll down to see if your guess is any good on this one: When it came to his mother’s hits, it was a family affair. Aiight, ILOSM fam,’ if you think you know who she is…get your scroll on and find out below…

Who’s His Mother?

Sing it with now: “We are family, I got all my sisters wth me!!!” His name is Phil Lightfoot Jr. and his moms is none other than the legendary Kathy Sledge-former lead singer of the infamous Sister Sledge! Who would’ve thought, right?!!

Phil is the product of Kathy’s and her husband, Phil Sr.’s, decades-long marriage. The two have been married since 1981.

These days, their son, Phil Jr., is a personal trainer and specializes in using boxing techniques during his training sessions. His mother expressed how proud she was of her not-so-baby-baby boy in an online post for his birthday on January 10, 2018:

Happy Birthday…!! You are a rock,pillar and joy to all of us! …so proud how we’ve all watched you grow your company, continually change lives,and keep spirits lifted all the while. Your light shines so bright to all you touch. Thank you for being that constant “true thing”! Love you forever ❤️! Mom xx #bestsonever #rock #trainer #❤️ #loveyou

It’s unclear how old Phil Jr. is, but what we do know though, is that his mother is making 59 look like the new 29 and the family that works out together, stays together…at least when it comes to Kathy and Phil Jr. For example, THIS is what slayin’ at 59 looks like, when you’re a gym lover like Kathy Sledge…

Apparently, Phil Jr., is a private dude, who shies away from the public limelight, unlike his famous mom and aunts. But y’all already know we did a lil’ diggin’ on the brotha and came across a few fun facts about him.
1. His love for fitness was instilled in him by his mother:

“She had me active in the gym since I was 2 years old rolling on matts and doing little simple obstacle courses and eating healthy. Growing up watching her teach prompted me to get in the fitness field,” said Phil Jr.

2. His specialty:

“‘The sweet science’ of boxing Technique and conditioning. Anaerobic strength and endurance functional fitness training, and mitt work.”

3. He hopes to make lives better through his work:

“Boxing/Boxing conditioning is a fun and challenging activity that can be simplified for a beginner and advanced for the elite. Anybody can participate in the sport weather for completion or just for a great workout. The nature of it expends a lot of energy that can be therapeutic and stress relieving. I utilize my fitness training with the principals of boxing to help clients physically with weight management and strength, and mentally with self esteem and confidence .I want to motivate those who need an extra push, and make sure that people get the results they want and need for the better.”

It’s always a beautiful thing to see the offspring of legends, carving their own lane in this world and making their parents proud.

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If you’re a Sister Sledge fan, then you’ve probably noticed throughout the years, that the “We Are Family” sisters were lacking an important family member- Kathy Sledge. Kathy is the baby sis’ of the group who sang lead for many of their hits. Unfortunately, there has been nonstop tension between sisters, Kathy, the beloved Joni, Debbie, and Kim.

After Joni Sledge passed away suddenly on March 11, 2017, from an unknown cause at the age of 60, Kathy has now spoken out about the status of the family drama between them at the time of her death.

Kathy Explained The Decades Long Drama

As we previously reported, Kathy has been beefing with her three sisters for almost three decades. The family feud kicked off when Kathy informed her three sisters that she wanted to go solo in 1989, and according to an interview Kathy did with Yahoo, she said:

“They said: ‘If you do it [go solo], you gotta leave.’ They went out as a group on their own, and they had a photo shoot and didn’t invite me. And that hurt,” explained Kathy.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE…SEE THE MAJOR LAWSUIT BETWEEN THE SISTERS & WHAT KATHY SAID ABOUT THE STATUS OF THEIR TENSION AT THE TIME OF SISTER”S PASSING>>>

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That sister is Kathy Sledge, the one who sang lead in their most popular hit, “We Are Family.”
Sister Sledge is included in a line-up of several heavy hitter performers, including Aretha Franklin, for the Pope’s appearance at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia on Saturday (9-26).
Some sources have reported that Kathy isn’t tryin’ to hear that and is determined to step on that stage and get her sing-on by any means necessary, so we shall see once the concert starts tomorrow.

The other three siblings, Joni, Kim, and Debbie allegedly don’t want Kathy anywhere near the stage when they touch it because they’ve been having issues with her periodically ever since 1989.

You see, the family feud kicked off when Kathy informed them that she wanted to go solo in ’89, and according to an interview Kathy did with Yahoo, she said “They said: ‘If you do it [go solo], you gotta leave.’ They went out as a group on their own, and they had a photo shoot and didn’t invite me. And that hurt.”

Kathy also said that the tension between she and her sisters took an even greater turn for the worse when they slapped her with a lawsuit in 2013. She said “They tried to make it so that I wasn’t allowed to say I’m of Sister Sledge or from Sister Sledge. They thought it was a conflict.”

After spending a whopping $80,000 on the legal process, they settled the suit out of court.

Kathy revealed that she doesn’t speak to her sisters anymore and she doesn’t even see them on Christmas, which apparently used to be a definite time they would all see each other.

So as it stands right now, only three out of the four sisters will be hitting the stage for the Pope on Saturday…unless Kathy decides to give them an unwanted surprise.

Hopefully everything turns out okay with these siblings, because we’re sure they love each other to the core, but it just seems that right now they don’t necessarily like each other…well, they don’t necessarily like Kathy and vice versa. It would be great to see all four of them on that stage together again though, so we’ll keep you posted on this and in the meantime we’ll keep our fingers crossed…but we won’t be holding our breathe for this reunion.
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Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge has been a very beautiful woman ever since she and her sisters hit the music scene with “We Are Family” in 1979. Well, Kathy wasn’t actually a woman when they first started out, she was just a 15 year old teenager with a woman’s voice, but she’s all woman now though – 51 years young to be exact, and she’s looking more like 31. 

We were looking at some recent pics of Kathy recently, here at ILoveOldSchoolMusic.com, and we were not only trippin’ over how fine Ms. Sledge still is, when we saw her daughter we were all like ‘Woah!’ Her daughter is Kathy, all over again! Scroll down to see what we mean.

Meet Kathy Sledge’s Daughter, Kristen

Do y’all see this?!! She’s like Kathy Sledge’s clone or something…absolutely beautiful.

Kathy’s daughter, Kristen Lightfoot, is also a singer who performs with her mother frequently. As a matter of fact, Kathy is now doing the same thing for her daughter that her mother, the late Florez Sledge did for her and her sisters, Sister Sedge, back in the day – she’s managing her daughter’s career.

Kathy’s mom used to drive her, and the rest of  Sister Sledge, around in a old model station wagon to get her girls the exposure they needed and she propelled their singing careers into the “We Are Family” success that we all love to this day. Kathy is hoping to take her daughter even farther than that.

Although Kathy has admitted to some sources that “Sometimes I look up to the heavens and go ‘Mom how’d you do this?'” But overall she seems to be having a beautiful experiencing watching her daughter (and her son) blossom while also learning the ends and outs of the music biz.

Kristen’s dad is Phil Lightfoot Sr., whom has been married to her mom, Kathy, for years now and they also have a son, Phil Lightfoot Jr., together.

Kathy Sledge is currently performing and recently did a tour with Jody Watley and others.  Below is a recent pic from their show that Kathy posted to her Instagram page:

That apple sure didn’t fall far from the tree with these two. Like mother, like daughter and both of them are just like the Old School saying goes, ‘Fine as wine and only getting better with time.’ Go ‘head Mrs. Sledge!

Check out a video of Kathy and her daughter performing and a classic throwback pic she recently posted on the next page.

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