He seemed hypnotised by the flow of his own blood, saying things like, ‘Isn’t the blood beautiful? Isn’t that the deepest red you’ve ever seen?’” James, fearing the mystery man would bleed to death, ...

Young, 80, met James in Toronto in 1966. The "Super Freak" singer was the frontman of The Mynah Birds, and Young played guitar. Bruce Palmer later joined to play bass, then was in Buffalo Springfield.

Funk singer Rick James died of a massive heart attack that may have been brought on by a cocktail of at least nine drugs that were found in his system, coroners said today. The artist, best known for ...

The world got a strange and funky gift from two icons of completely different worlds in 1988—funk lord Rick James and Roxanne Shanté, the teenage battle rapper from Queensbridge. Their collaboration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: SHOWTIME/ You Tube. Tazman Johnson, the son of late funk singer Rick James, is in Los Angeles County custody while ...

Rick James' son, Tazman Johnson, is currently locked up in the Los Angeles County Jail facing serious drug charges involving Fentanyl ... TMZ has learned. TMZ obtained jail records that show the late ...

In the annals of Hollywood intervention stories, few match the surreal chaos that unfolded when Eddie Murphy orchestrated what may have been the most counterproductive drug intervention in ...

Rick James, the self-proclaimed "king of punk funk" whose brash, boisterous, self-destructive life epitomized the title of his greatest hit, "Super Freak," died Aug. 6 at his home near Universal City, ...

An American singer, songwriter, and musician, Rick James, who started making music as a teenager and played in several bands, including The Mynah Birds in Canada. He became well-known in the late ...

In his new Netflix documentary Being Eddie, comedy legend Eddie Murphy opens up about the heavy realities behind fame, legacy, and loss. For the first time, Murphy speaks candidly about having to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I’m always introduced — I’m not introduced as LeRoi Johnson: the artist or the lawyer. It’s ‘Rick James’ brother‘ first,” Johnson joked as he spoke of a recent event he ...

Musicians have a habit of meeting before they become famous. They try out different bands and genres until they find something that works for them. Neil Young and Rick James's paths crossed, and they ...