The veteran actor and standup comic legend reportedly is working on a role as Funk pioneer George Clinton in a developing biopic.
The name of the immortal George Clinton may not ring a bell to most millennials, but that isn’t keeping him from appreciating the new crop of stars in the music game. During a Reddit AMA, the head of the Parliament & Funkadelic Voltron and Godfather of Funk answered some fan questions for a few hours […]
Childish Gambino‘s funk odyssey Awaken, My Love! has been stamped by P-funk originator George Clinton.
Wiz Khalifa didn’t have a humble bone in his body the day he recorded his braggadocios new cut “King of Everything.”
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.”
George Clinton is undergoing more legal woes, this after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that attorneys owed money by the musician will profit from the sale of Clinton’s songs. A court-appointed receiver will sell four master recordings from the funk legend’s vast catalog in order to pay down a $1.8 […]
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.
Note to musicians and songwriters, if you don’t pay your debts, you might lose copyrights to the songs you own. Funk legend George Clinton learned this after a judge granted copyrights to four songs from his extensive catalog to a law firm he owes over $1 million.
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 […]
