James Brown also heralded as “The Godfather of Soul” and “The Hardest Working man in Show Business” left an extraordinary legacy after his passing in 2006. With a colorful and extravagant persona, ...

It was the late 1980s, and Mr. Washington, as everyone calls him, had gotten off a 12-hour shift at the cotton mill in Graniteville, some 14 miles away, and gone straight to Mr. Brown’s estate ...

The Brown estate in Beech Island sits on 62.8 acres on James Brown Boulevard, behind wrought-iron gates and down a sloping drive that passes through a lake and several other outbuildings.

When James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul," died at the age of 73 in 2006, he left behind quite a legacy — as well as a mess over his $100M estate. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large ...

A settlement was reached in June 2021, and James’s estate was sold months later to Primary Wave Music. The sisters’ efforts continue through the James Brown Family Foundation.

R&B legend James Brown’s estate has been sold for an estimated $90 million, enabling him to fulfill his dying wish to fund scholarships for children in need for perpetuity.

At the time of that settlement, the exact value of Brown’s assets was not made public, and attorneys said his accounts had little money in them. In 2008, some of his possessions were auctioned ...

Brown died on Christmas Day, 2006, leaving behind strict instructions about how his estate should be distributed. He intended for most of his money to go towards founding the “I Feel Good” trust, ...

First teased in February 2022, “James Brown: Say It Loud” arrives years after Primary Wave Music announced its partnership with the James Brown Estate in December 2021.

James Brown, who grew up picking cotton so he could afford food and clothes, kept cotton branches in vases around his house to remind himself where he came from. The Brown estate in Beech Island sits ...