James Brown’s influence on hip-hop is legendary. Explore 8 classic rap songs that sampled his grooves — and still sound fresh today.

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 ...

*Hip Hop producers have a long, proud history of snatching breaks, choruses, baselines and ad libs from James Brown, so it’s a bit hard to believe that the funk innovator would’ve ever ...

Dr. Deanna Brown-Thomas, daughter of funk icon James Brown, discusses her father's upcoming induction into the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame.

If you want to tighten up your funk rhythm chops, you’ll need to get down with the ‘chanking’ strumming technique, as used famously by James Brown guitarist Jimmy Nolen, who employed it as ...

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 started last night.

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!

Since James Brown’s death 15 years ago, a plan by the soul and funk music icon to leave the bulk of his estate to scholarships for needy children has been delayed by torrents of litigation.