Wednesday, June 18, 2025

India Arie Shares Deep Childhood Trauma


Neo Soul singer, India Irie, and her mother, Joyce Simpson, share the heartbreaking story about abuse India suffered at the hands of her father, ABA professional basketball player Ralph Simpson...



A MESSAGE FROM MY MOM (and I) by India Arie

TRIGGER WARNING! A final Unburdening

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

She looks like her father. Good that she didn't alter her face to change her appearance.

Anonymous said...

😮😮😮

Anonymous said...

Is she an only child?

Anonymous said...

1:59 She is not an only child. In the audio the mom mentions the dad stealing their son's money for his gambling addiction

Anonymous said...

^Sounds like nobody in the family was safe.

Anonymous said...

Ralph Simpson, not Sampson.

Anonymous said...

👀👀

Anonymous said...

She should write a song about it. Well ain’t that what she do?

Anonymous said...

Anybody summarizing here?

Anonymous said...

Who's going to give the run down? Was it horrible and disgusting in a DeBarge kind of way, mean and misguided like in a Joe Jackson kind of way or a daddy wasn't there, daddy didn't care type situation?

Anonymous said...

She already wrote and sang about it.

Anonymous said...

For those that can't see,or hear the information about her father. He engaged in Xesual contact with her. It was in - cestual.

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