Ike Turner Has Died

[Rahim]

TMZ has confirmed that music legend and the former Mr. Anna Mae Bullock has died. He was 76.

Turner apparently died in his home in San Marcos, California, just outside of San Diego.

Sources close to the family tell TMZ he may have died in his sleep.

TMZ caught up with the R&B star back in May after the legend spent a night in jail after his bogus arrest over a recalled 1989 warrant.

Ike was married four times, most famously to Tina Turner. The famous singing duo had seven top ten R&B songs and famously divorced in 1978 amidst his constant abuse towards her.

Ike has four known children: sons Ike Jr., Michael, Ronald and daughter Mia.

The Recording Academy issued the following the statement about Turner's passing: "There is no doubt that Ike Turner was one of rock and rolls great architects with his genre-defying sound as an instrumentalist and band leader ... As a two-time Grammy Award winner and recipient of The Recording Academy's 2004 Heroes Award, Ike's legacy as a groundbreaking pioneer in the music industry will never be forgotten".

Source: TMZ

 

[k69atie]

Can't say i'm sad.

I have no sympathy for a wife beater.

 

[Snowman]

yeah its a shame he did that. hopefully god forgives him of his sins.


RIP

 

[Casey]

Can't say i'm sad.

I have no sympathy for a wife beater.

Well, actually......

What do you know of Ike? Specifically, his abuse?

Because his reputation as a wife beater actually mostly comes from people who have seen the movie "What's Love Got To Do With It" which was based on Tina's autobiography.

This is actually an unfair portrayal, because as both Tina and Ike have both stated, the abuse in the movie was exaggerated to the point where some of the more graphic stuff in the movie, like the rape scene that supposedly occurred during the recording of "Nutbush City Limits" is actually completely false and never happened.

I'm not condoning some of the things Ike did.

But I do feel sad that his contribution to music is overshadowed by exaggerated accounts of abuse.

of course, Biggie didn't help with his lyric "beating motherfuckers like ike beat tina".

Have you ever heard of Tammi Terrell? She was a gorgeous and talented singer on Motown Records who had a string of hit duets with Marvin Gaye including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". Anyway, she suffered serious abuse from both James Brown and David Ruffin (lead singer of The Temptations) which probably contributed to the brain tumor that killed her at the age of just 24.

Both James Brown and David Ruffin are considered musical legends and rightfully so - their contributions to music shouldnt be ignored.

Ike is a serious musical pioneer. His track "Rocket 88" (written and released in 1951) is debated by historians as arguably the first rock & roll song.

Yet people want to demonise Ike and ignore his status as a musical pioneer based on a god damn Hollywood movie starring fuckin Laurence Fishburne.


RIP Ike.

 

[k69atie]

Sorry but i'm still not sad about it.

I already know all of the above.


he actually admitted to beating tina in his own book.