Radio legend Donnie Simpson pinpoints his favorite moment from Video Soul, the 2 hour music video program that ran from 1981 to 1996. Donne recalls the time when James Brown came to visit the BET show with a massive entourage transported by five limos. When James Brown’s wife came and stepped into the producer role, […]
Kevin Hart returned to Saturday Night Live to bring the funny. Hart, who first hosted the long-running sketch comedy series in 2013, kicked off SNL’s first…
It’s been eight years since the “Godfather of Soul,” James Brown (pictured) passed away at age 73. Now after an uphill six-year effort by historian Jacob…
Bringing an eccentric and larger than life icon like James Brown to film can be a daunting task for even the most talented of…
Even though James Brown had a history of domestic violence in his relationships, Jill Scott doesn’t think he was a monster. The “Golden” diva will…
As we continue to celebrate the music made by us, James Brown HAS to be apart of the conversation. After all this is the man that birthed Michael Jackson and Prince, who birthed Usher, who birthed Chris Brown and on and on. Not to mention all the Hip H0p Beats birthed from James Brown music! […]
Get On Up! Is the name of the new James Brown biopic set to hit theaters in early August. Now of course we are already curious because most of us dont know the story of the Godfather of Soul. But let me tell you that if that doesn’t peak your curiosity the cast definitely will! […]
So many rappers have sampled the late, great James Brown. Let’s take a look at 10 of the best songs to have taken from the…
Last week John Legend premiered the first song from the “Django Unchained” soundtrack called “Who Did That To You?” The newest track Quentin Tarantino’s film…
James Brown was born in Barnwell, South Carolina on May 3, 1933 to Susie Brown and Joseph (“Joe”) Gardner (who changed his surname to Brown after Mattie Brown who raised him). Although Brown was to be named after his father Joseph, his first and middle names were mistakenly reversed on his birth certificate. He therefore […]
