Beethoven was a well-documented abusive a**hole too.
I'm not comparing James Brown with Beethoven, but Brown left a great musical legacy that should be revered and celebrated (even if some of its offspring went bad).
Conservatives gots to have some soul too, ya know. Wouldn't kill ya.
You can idolize this creep all you want....I won't....he's no better than your former Prez. Klinton....
Just FYI. I saw a report last night on the news, an interview with the lady who was James's makeup artist for the past 25 years. She's a very sweet and humble lady who was telling how kind and generous her boss was. She is of Navajo heritage.
James knew this and one time gave her an incredibly beautiful one-of-a-kind handcrafted necklace made by a Navajo artist. He knew this about her and wanted to give her something special.
Now, he couldn't have been all that bad, keeping a nice lady like this in his employ for 25 years. A lady who speaks well of him, who began to cry as she showed the necklace she was wearing: several rows of beads, holding a cross made of inlay of several kinds of stones.