Posted on 06/20/2021 9:46:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Singer Chloe Bailey put out a rendition of Nina Simone’s famous song “Feeling Good” for Juneteenth.
It caused some controversy, because some thought it overly sexualized the song in the video. But, Simone’s granddaughter, RéAnna Simone Kelly, came to Bailey’s defense, saying her grandmother would have loved the rendition.
thank you so much. your grandmother!! what a legacy!!! i will forever x always love Ms. Simone. she has always inspired me 🖤🤎 https://t.co/kfANrRy1ZX
— Chlöe (@ChloeBailey) June 19, 2021
But, there was a surprising reaction from Simone’s granddaughter in the back and forth about her grandmother on Twitter. Someone asked about who was behind the Simone Twitter account.
That’s when the granddaughter went off on former California state Attorney General Kamala Harris, accusing her of seizing Simone’s estate from her family and “giving it to white people.”
Nina’s granddaughter here. My family doesn’t run her estate anymore. It was taken away from us & given to white people. Our family name was DRAGGED in the media. We get NO royalties, nothing. Wanna hold someone accountable?Ask Kamala Harris why she came for my family #NinaSimone https://t.co/mMXOz7iLxn
— RéAnna Simone Kelly (@reasiimone) June 19, 2021
She accused Harris of separating the family from their heritage and their family rights to Simone’s estate.
As I said before, Ask her why she separated my family. Ask her why my grandmothers estate is in SHAMBLES now. Ask her why we as her family no longer own the rights to anything. Ask her why she bullied my mother in court and my mom almost killed herself from the depression.
— RéAnna Simone Kelly (@reasiimone) June 19, 2021
After all that, then Harris had a famous Nina Simone song as part of her swearing-in festivities, her granddaughter ranted, which Kelly felt was deliberate.
OH WAIT, While we’re asking Kamala questions ask her why after all of this pain and suffering she put us through a Nina Simone song was sang at the inauguration to swear her in as VP?! She knew what she was doing.
— RéAnna Simone Kelly (@reasiimone) June 19, 2021
What Kelly is referencing is Harris’ part in 2016 decision against her mother’s handling of the estate.
A 2016 settlement regarding the Nina Simone Charitable Trust refers to Harris multiple times for her “primary responsibility for supervising charitable trusts in California” as state attorney general.
“The Attorney General asserts that [Lisa Simone] Kelly breached her fiduciary duty to the Estate and to the Charitable Trust and wrongfully diverted Estate assets. The Attorney General seeks to surcharge Kelly for amounts totaling $5,937,749.42 plus over $2.5 million in interest, which the Attorney General contends is far more than one-half of the Estate’s value during [Lisa Simone] Kelly’s administration of the Estate,” the settlement reads.
Lisa Simone Kelly, RéAnna’s mother, was removed as the estate administrator as a result.
The family obviously believes that was wrongly decided
Grandson Alexander Simone didn’t clarify who was actually administering the estate now, but said that what happened was very hard on the family.
“Nothing comes back to us,” he explained. “Nothing, no recognition. We kind of get overlooked. It’s sad, but it’s been happening so long that we’ve learned to live around it. Everybody else is benefiting off our family name, and nothing was really coming to the family.”
“As far as royalties or anything that has to be done, it doesn’t come back to us. It goes directly to the estate. It’s hard sometimes to fight a battle that they tried to make. It shouldn’t be a battle at all.”
Lisa Simone Kelly said on Instagram that she was limited in what she could say, but she said she agreed with her daughter, “THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.”
Nina Simone was a fabulous singer, one of the best ever. And Kameltoe is a total lying jerk. Who are you going to believe?
Guess I missed out on it somewhere along the line
I have absolutely no idea who this person was or anything they ever did
Thanks for checking in on this thread to let us know!
I’m just trying to figure out who the hell this is and why we should care
That’s all
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Disagreed with her politics and world view, but nevertheless, was famous.
I don’t like or trust Kamala, but I know from personal experience, when an Estate is being divided up, the surviving family can become very impatient and very emotional about how all is being managed. There can be a great many misunderstandings about proper procedure. So, I can’t jump to conclusions without more facts, facts I most likely will never receive.
Hmmmmmmmm...
My Dad was so meticulous about handling his affairs that there was no question whatsoever about who got what and how much. Everyone waited patiently for his final bills to be settled (it was more like waiting for the shock to wear off since we lost Mom and Dad within 6 months of each other). The entire process took about a year. My brother was a great executor.
You are correct, though. I’ve seen families go at each other and executors shirk their duties by taking years to settle things.
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Guess you don’t much like or know jazz
You may have heard her rendition of I Loves You Porgy since it was a hit when released
I didn’t even need to read the article. I understand that “bullying” is Kams middle name.
Simone was a great jazz singer
heard a bit on radio this morning. clip i heard was migraine inducing
not my cup of tea so thats why i never heard of her
but, Camel-Uh is still a lying grifting piece of schitt
30 seconds of that was all i could take
Where there’s a will, there’s a relative.
So you really don’t like jazz and blues
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