According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Godfather of Soul was married to a woman who was married to another man, who in turn was married to three other women. Now, a federal court has to decide who ...

Ahead of James Brown's 19th death anniversary, we're taking a rare look into his estate— left the way it was the day he died ...

18 years after James Brown's death, his family is still asking one heartbreaking question: Where is the $90 million? The Godfather of Soul had beautiful intentions—he wanted his fortune to help kids ...

In 1999, James Brown deposited $14 million dollars in a Morgan Stanley investment account. In 2004, just three years before the legendary entertainer's death, there was just $300 left. When Brown died ...

And it wasn’t just Brown’s music. When the singer died on Christmas Day 2006, he left the majority of his estate to fund a charitable trust that would provide educational scholarships for the children ...

Legendary entertainer James Brown’s will promised the vast majority of his estate would fund the education of students in South Carolina and Georgia. After 18 years of drama, not a single scholarship ...

Viewing this story in our app? Click here for a better experience on our website. When James Brown was a boy, he walked barefoot on the roads of Ellenton, South Carolina. He wore underwear stitched ...

James Brown’s will is just seven pages and a cover sheet. Signed in 2000, it states that the majority of his estate would go to fund scholarships to educate children in his home states of South ...