DAMN. This is so sad.
Even his brother taking his own life too
I feel for him.
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The talented soul singer revealed how his brother took his own life after the pressure of living in a climate of fear became too much.
Speaking out about their hell for the first time, shy Jahmene told The Sun: “Every day I thought, ‘I’m going to die today’.
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Jahmene, his two brothers and sister lived in fear of their father, were forced into refuges and even changed their names to try to evade the control freak’s evil clutches.
Unemployed Eustace Douglas was eventually jailed for a horrific BLOWTORCH attack on Jahmene’s long-suffering mum Mandy — but that did not end the ordeal.
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“It was just torture. It would turn my stomach every time I saw my father. I was living in fear.
“He would flip over anything — you didn’t lie, you didn’t swear, you didn’t put a foot out of place.
“But he’d always find something. Then you’d never know what he would do. There was a spectrum of things: Hitting you with a belt or a spatula, beating or strangling you.
“Once, because I bit my nails, he put a knife under my nail until it started bleeding. Another time he stopped me from eating for two days. I was about seven or eight.”
Things came to an awful head in 2002 after Jahmene’s mum, Mandy Wood, got a job at the Post Office.
She explained: “I got a job and he said I’d never get one. That’s what pushed him over the edge.”
It sparked a three-day ordeal of violence towards Mandy, which saw her imprisoned in her bedroom while her partner carried out the most unimaginable acts of torture.
I really hope he gets far and uses the emotion in his songs. He can really sang it out
Sadly, I don't think he'd care. Sending threatening messages and ****. I really hope he uses that emotion in his music. He can stand out from that perspective, emotion really can bring out all sorts. Proper soul
For me, based on vocal alone it should be him and then Ella. He needs to get better and be consistent and NOT oversing. That gets soul singers kicked out. Ella has the 'likeability' (AKA pretty white sis syndrome - jokes).
For me, based on vocal alone it should be him and then Ella. He needs to get better and be consistent and NOT oversing. That gets soul singers kicked out. Ella has the 'likeability' (AKA pretty white sis syndrome - jokes).