Two aging songwriters are taking some of Hip-Hop’s biggest names to court over a decades-old composition they say got stolen and turned into massive hits without a dime going their way. Snoop Dogg, ...

Some of hip-hop’s biggest names found themselves at the center of a new legal dispute. A copyright lawsuit alleged that two ...

Somehow NPR’s Tiny Desk managed to accommodate all six Foo Fighters on a recent office visit, where the group played a five-song set of hits and their Your Favorite Toy single, “Spit Shine,” which ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Organizers have announced the lineup for a free funk music festival slated to take place at the Oceanfront in late August. The 2026 Virginia Beach Funk Fest Beach Party will run ...

Joining Mars in Columbus are Anderson .Paak performing under his DJ Pee .Wee alias as well as Leon Thomas, both of whom appear on select tracks from “The Romantic.” DJ Pee .Wee opens every tour date ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

The newest release on Alligator Records from the Tampa-based artist Selwyn Birchwood is a confident blast of modern blues. Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues is rich with ripping riffs, emotionally honest ...

A half-century ago, George Clinton debuted a $500,000 spaceship that turned his live concerts into intergalactic journeys. Here’s how it went down. By Steve Knopper Nearly 50 years ago in New Orleans, ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – One doesn’t have to live in Dayton for long to learn that there’s funk within the city’s roots. Between the Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center (also known as the Funk ...

They have horns — and a lot of fun, too. Anthony Almonte, Curtis King Jr. and Ozzie Melendez of the touring E Street Band are known as the Funky Mofos when they're not backing Bruce Springsteen.

“Rest in eternal peace and Funk,” read the post announcing the bassist’s death. Reporter William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson, the original bassist for the funk rock band Funkadelic and a key figure in 1970s ...

Most spaceships are kept at Roswell, but the original Mothership currently lives in the Smithsonian. By Gary Graff Keep your eyes to the sky: George Clinton is planning to land the ...