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The influential producer and musician is credited as being an instrumental force in the development of the career of James "J. Dilla" Yancey. It was Fiddler who taught Dilla how to use the Akai MPC sampling machine when the two lived as neighbors in the historic Conant Gardens neighborhood in Detroit. 

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George Clinton blessed Kendrick Lamar with an appearance on “Wesley’s Theory” off To Pimp A Butterfly. Now, the favor has been returned with the Compton rapper hopping on a new Funkadelic cut called “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You.”

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The mighty Parliament/Funkadelic collective lost another member last Thursday (April 18) in bassist Cordell “Boogie” Mosson; he was 60-years-old. The Plainfield, N.J. native was considered one of the necessary anchors of the P-Funk sound, which George Clinton created and tweaked since the band’s inception in the early 1970s.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Garry Shider from Parliament and Funkadelic has died at age 56. The legendary guitarist known to fans as “Starchild” or “Diaperman” had been battling brain and lung cancer since March. Shider’s son, Garrett, says that his father died Wednesday at his home in Upper Marlboro, MD. After being […]