For Fela Week, Okayplayer takes at how Fela Kuti connected James Brown and the Black Power movement to fuel his own unique ...

Many believe icons should be given their flowers while they can still smell them. Unfortunately, for a lot of the world's greatest legends, like funk musician James Brown, recognition is often given ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first wrote about James Brown, I thought I’d covered enough ground with the big hits—the songs everyone knows and loves. But not long after that article went live, I started ...

James Brown made his fair share of enemies during his time at the top, but Elvis Presley was never one of them, and the pair ...

ATLANTA — Trombonist Fred Wesley helped create the blueprint for funk music. His precise, catchy brass riffs and solo performances were core elements on songs by some of funk’s most prominent ...

Though he was primarily a singer and entertainer onstage (one of the best in popular music history, mind), James Brown was a well-rounded musician, with a crystal-clear vision of how his endlessly ...

Happy Friday, Cincinnati. I'm Haadiza Ogwude, news of now reporter for The Enquirer. In the wise words of funk legend James Brown, it’s time to “get on the good foot” because Cincinnati Music Festival ...

42 star Chadwick Boseman portrays the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, in a new biopic from the director of The Help, and we have a first look at the trailer for Get On Up! 42 star Chadwick Boseman ...