For all the great strides Prince made with his own music, he realised when someone was a cut above the rest in the music ...

A new reissue of a classic Detroit album is promising to blow some minds. “Maggot Brain,” Funkadelic’s influential third album, has been remastered from its original source tapes in what the project’s ...

Released in 1978, this first platinum record spawned a six-week No. 1 R&B hit and later earned a place on TIME’s All-TIME 100 Albums list.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Hampton performs onstage during the Fool in Love Festival at Hollywood Park Grounds on August 31, 2024, in Inglewood, ...

George Clinton is retiring from live performance. He just can’t say when or where that final show might be. Or even why he’d want to walk away from the fun he’s had leading the latest edition of ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. By Clay Risen Billy Bass ...

William "Billy Bass" Nelson, the founding bassist for the George Clinton-led funk acid rock collective Parliament-Funkadelic has died at age 75. According to a post from Clinton's Facebook account, ...

The multi-talented musician was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Parliament-Funkadelic in 1997 Jack Irvin has worked at PEOPLE since 2022. He covers and edits daily music news, ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 “Rest in eternal peace and Funk,” read the post announcing the bassist’s death. Michael Ochs Archives/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images William ‘Billy Bass’ ...