According to the Las Vegas Sun, James died in 1999 at the age of 36, and was survived by his wife Michelene and children, Nastasia, Gabrielle, Rishawn, Stefan, and Sterling. Knight’s son James, nicknamed Jimmy, was her manager through his company Newman Management Inc. Video Video related to gladys knight’s family & kids: 5 fast facts you need to know T17:43:04-05:00
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Hankerson at first refused to remove his mother’s name from the business according to the Daily Mail, court documents said: “Plaintiff’s claims are barred, in whole or in part, lack of mental capacity to rescind the license agreement granted to Defendants.” This settlement followed the news in 2016 that Hankerson was accused of ” taking a total of $650,000 in state sales and withholding taxes.” The restaurant was formerly called “Gladys Knight’s Chicken & Waffles” when he started the business in 1999, but after the settlement, the name was changed to “The World Famous Chicken & Waffles.”
In 2017, Billboard reported that Knight went to court to separate herself from any ties to her son Shanga Hankerson’s restaurant, including the use of her name, likeness, and memorabilia. Gladys Knight's son to plead not guilty Shanga Hankerson is accused of taking a total of $650,000 in state sales and withholding taxes, which totals more than $1 million after penalties and interest. Her Son Shanga Has a Chicken & Waffles Restaurant
With Hankerson, Knight had another son, named Shanga.ģ. When Knight was married to Newman, they had two children together, Kenya and James III. Gladys Knight has been married four times she was married to James Newman from 1960-1973, Barry Hankerson from 1974-1979, Les Brown from 1995-1997, and has been married to current husband William McDowell since 2001. She Has 3 Children From 2 of Her 4 Marriages Following that win, she formed a music group with her siblings, Merald and Brenda, and cousins, Elenor and William Guest, called “The Pips.” The group eventually evolved into “Gladys Knight & the Pips” and had their first hit in the 1960s with “I Heard it Through the Grapevine.” One of their biggest hits was “Midnight Train to Georgia.”Īccording to, when Brenda and Elenor left The Pips to get married, Knight’s cousin Edward Patten joined the group along with Langston George.Ģ.
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Knight began her singing career in the 1950s when she was only 7 years old when she won The Original Amateur Hour TV contest. And I just love people.More of some of my favorite moments and looks with the Pips! #TBTĪ post shared by Gladys Knight on at 3:34pm PDT So I’m always looking for things to do and ways to get it done so you can touch a broader sense of what people like. But when they called me, I never would’ve guessed they were calling me to do it! And I’m kinda brave like that, being a Gemini who’s all over the place. Now, I had never heard of The Masked Singer, but they had all kinds of information about it, and that’s how I knew it was such a big thing in Europe,” she told EW back in February, “so when I was over there I got a chance to see it, because I’ve been over there this year. One of my granddaughters is my assistant manager, and then I have Steve Walker is also part of my team - he used to do the Backstreet Boys and more - I have a great team. The music icon also recently starred on the hit singing contest “The Masked Singer.” Back in March, Gladys and William shared a photo of them dancing together at a party (see below).
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