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 ...

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 ...

A 19-year-long legal battle over James Brown’s estate led to a myriad of accusations of financial mismanagement, paternity challenges and questions over the future of a planned charitable foundation.

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 on Christmas Day in 2006. James Brown, also heralded as “The Godfather of ...