Grammy Winner, Son of Tina Turner Was 67

Ike Turner, Jr., The Son of Seminal R & B-Soul Husband-And-Wife Duo Ike & Tina Turner and a Grammy-Winning Producer, has died at the age of 67.

His Death Was Confirmed on Social Media by Sister-in-Law Afida Turner, Who Wrote on Instagram, “Rest in Peace Ike Jr: U was amazing Brother in Law IM GLAD I SPEAK WITH U GONE LOVE U RIP .”

Cousin Jacqueline Bullock told tmz that Turner, Jr. died yesterday at a los angeles hospital from Kidney Failure, after Having Battled Heart IsSues for Years. He had Also sufferered a Stroke Last Month.

In a Statement Shared with the New York PostBullock Said, “It is with great sadness that we announca the passing of my cousin, Ike Turner, Jr. ‘junior’ was more than a cousin to me, but Rather a Brother, as we grew up in the famous household together.”

Born in 1958 to Ike Turner and Ex-Wiffe Lorraine Taylor, Turner, Jr. was adopted by Tina Turner Alongside Brother Michael Turner. He quickly followed after his musician parents’ footsteps, with Bullock relaying that “from an early age, his talents were evident as there is instrument he did not want to play.”

She continued, “while and favored the drums early on, my aunt and his mother, tina turner, insisted that heraak down his drum after each practice. This led to favor. His Father, Ike Turner. ”

As Such, he became a socia-fafter sound engineer and producer, Sharing a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album in 2007 for His Work on Ike Turner’s Final Album, Risit ‘With The Blues.

In a 2018 Interview with the Daily MailTurner, Jr. noted he was raissed Mostly by Housekeepers, nor his parses were “gone 11 months out of a year.” He reccalade, “My Father Took with out of School at 13. I And I Ended Up Running his Recording Studio, plus going on the road with saying. They lot of Money on Tour and My Father use to make me unil my hay hay.”

Though he acknowledged being far -so -widely from his mother’s prior to her death in 2023 and the violence he faced at the hands of his fault glowing up, the musician said he was trying to “do the Right Thing with the (family) name” via his tribute band.