Bo Diddley was an American R&B and Chicago blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and music producer.
Bo was adopted and raised by his mother’s cousin, Gussie McDaniel, and took her name, becoming Ellas McDaniel. He was raised mostly in Chicago, Illinois. Bo had four children.
Bo’s paternal grandparents likely were named Eugene W. Bates and Genora/Geornia Day. That would make Bo a first cousin, once removed, of singers and actors
Brandy Norwood and
Ray J. Eugene and Genora were Brandy and Ray J’s maternal great-grandparents.
