(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the foundations of modern music, James Brown is a name that cannot be ignored. Known as the ...

James Brown, the trailblazing Godfather of Soul who passed in 2006, places a new song on a Billboard chart for the first time since 1993 as his co-billed collaboration with 310babii ...

Dozens of 5-to-17-year-olds wore makeup and fashions of the era to depict historical figures and highlight their achievements for the annual Blacks in Wax.

And, after establishing himself as a powerhouse bluesman himself, he quit singing for 17 years after a deal with James ... the Godfather of Soul went south. As Bey told Blues Blast, Brown heard ...

An onstage showdown occurred a few months later at a James Brown concert held at the Los Angeles Beverly Theater in 1983. The Godfather of Soul inadvertently lit the ... and doing free concerts for ...

A rundown of the best funk bass players of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, and the monster ...