


Paak’s mother (Brenda Park Bills) remarried and became a successful strawberry broker and famer in California. Paak was part of a strong Black and Korean blended family until his dad became an addict and broke the family up.Paak’s stepfather, Dennis Willingham, is the son of a Baptist pastor and a gospel singer who grew up around musicians in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia, including James Brown. A former Army and Navy veteran, Ronald Anderson became infamous in Ventura County, Calif., as an identical twin who tried to murder his wife (.Paak’s mother) after his brother agreed to serve Ronald’s jail time Paak’s father Ronald Anderson was a twin who switched places with his brother in different situations, including in the Army in Korea. The four chapters of The Undefeated’s Anderson. Paak when their families were neighbors in Ventura, Calif., in the 1990s, spent the past year reporting this story. The Undefeated’s Dwayne Bray, a veteran journalist who first met. Paak offers an in-depth examination of the 35-year-old artist, chronicling his early family life in California and the enormous obstacles he overcame to become a Grammy winner and music sensation. The long-form music journalism project You Don’t Know the Half of It: The Family that Gave Us Anderson. Today, ESPN’s The Undefeated published the first instalment in its four-part profile of the family of three-time Grammy Award-winning musician Anderson.
ANDERSON PAAK HOLD THE LINE SERIES
Four-part series examines the family story behind the three-time Grammy Award-winning musician
