Gladys Knight and her son, Shanga Hankerson, have reached a settlement in their family drama that played out in court over the “Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles” chain of eateries. He agreed ...

But despite an Aug. 17 email from Hankerson’s attorney, in which she says Hankerson has “no desire to fight his mother for use of her name,” he has yet to remove her name from the restaurants.

Shanga Hankerson, son of the R&B legend, faces two counts of felony theft by taking for some $52,600 in sales tax a Georgia Department of Revenue investigator said was collected in March and April ...

Gladys Knight made a deal with Hankerson to use her name and image back in 1999, but now that the restaurant is being run by a state appointed receiver and Gladys wants out.