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Why James Brown’s Daughters Gave Him ‘Grace’ After Abusing Their Mom


James Brown’s daughters Deanna Brown Thomas and Yamma Brown opened up about giving their father ‘grace’ after he abused their mother

Yamma added that why she doesn’t “shy away” from the “hurt” and “pain” that her dad caused, it’s important to take the singer’s entire life “into account” when looking back on his legacy. In part one of the series, Yamma reveals that she was six years old the last time she saw her father hit her mom when she jumped up to stop him. He moved on with Tomi Rae Hynie in 1997 and the couple welcomed son James Joseph Brown II in 2001.

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