Berry Gordy’s sister, Anna had a hostile marriage to Marvin, but she also wrote songs with him for his albums and even after their rocky relationship was over, their love for each other was evident, just like “Cookie’s” and Lucious’ love. Anna allegedly remained friends with Marvin until the very day he passed away in ’84.
It was Berry’s sister Esther’s $800 loan that started Tamla Records (later known as Motown (Records). He convinced his sister Esther to loan him $800 from the tuition fund his father had established for him.
On Empire,” “Cookie” lent “Lucious” the money to start Empire Records.
Louceye Gordy Wakefield (Berry’s sister) was the head of Motown’s publishing company, Jobete Music, and after her sudden death from brain cancer, Berry’s youngest brother, Robert took over.
This is somewhat similar to how it would have been between “Lucious” and his sons, if “Lucious” wouldn’t have found out that he was misdiagnosed with ALS.
