In an interview published by People on Monday (Feb. 19), the legendary James Brown's daughter, Dr. Deanna Brown Thomas, joined her sister Dr. Yamma Brown to discuss James Brown: Say it Loud, A&E's new documentary series about their father. On the subject of hip-hop culture, Deanna is of the belief that there would not be any rap music if it were not for James Brown's music.
"There would be no hip-hop," Dr. Deanna Brown tells People in the exclusive interview. "There would be no rap because he's [James Brown] the most-sampled artist. There would be no Michael [Jackson], there would be no Usher, there'd be no Chris Brown—all these people who took from him."
Deanna adds: "I mean where would it be? You could ask a lot of these musicians, they'll tell you the same thing. It would probably be zero. I think LL [Cool J] says that in the documentary that the trajectory of music would be—he can't even imagine where it would be without James Brown."
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