James Brown's domestic abuse, murder conspiracy detailed in kids' dueling books

theGRIO REPORT - Two books released by James Brown’s kids, Yamma Brown and Daryl Brown; gives us a glaring look into the James’ household. In her new book titled Cold Sweat, Yamma Brown goes into a detailed description about the domestic abuse in their home...

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Sep 18, 2014

Two books released by James Brown’s kids, Yamma Brown and Daryl Brown; gives us a glaring look into the James’ household. In her new book, titled Cold Sweat, Yamma Brown goes into a detailed description about the domestic abuse in their home.

She explains how “The Godfather of Soul” struck her mother and goes on to talk about how she grew up and had to deal with domestic violence issues in her marriage. James Brown was known for having somewhat abusive tendencies. It was even discussed in his 2012 biography The One.

In Yamma Brown’s account in Cold Sweat per the vulture.com, she explained:

The beatings always begin the same way, with the same terrible sounds. My parents are in their bedroom, behind closed doors. First comes the boom of my father’s voice. “Dee Dee! Goddamn it, Dee Dee!” Then I hear what sounds like thunder rolling through the house. That’s Mom hitting the wall. I wait for her to scream, but she doesn’t. She whimpers. She must have learned long ago that screaming incites him.

In this excerpt of the book released to The Daily Beast, she describes how she had to overcome being a victim of spousal abuse.

“At that moment, lying on that cold tile floor, with my head pounding and my vision blurred, I saw my marriage with absolute clarity, and I knew it was over. I’m not sure why I was so certain this time. Maybe Darren had finally beaten the pretense out of me. My marriage had survived for ten years on false hope and make-believe. Now there was nothing left but the bare and brutal truth. I was an abused woman and I wasn’t going to take it anymore.”

Daryl Brown’s Inside the Godfather claims James Brown was murdered by those in father’s inner circle but offers no solid evidence. Daryl Brown goes into a detailed but unsubstantiated description.

“I just have a gut feeling that he was killed,” Daryl said.

The two books offer us a glimpse into the world of the Brown family — capturing the level of dysfunction and violence that paralyzed the family of the music legend.