The late Rick James, a famous singer and songwriter born in Buffalo, is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1979. The accuser, who is anonymous in the Child Victims Act lawsuit, alleges that James ...

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In an unexpected somber moment in the new Eddie Murphy Netflix documentary, Being Eddie, the storied comedian opened up about paying for funerals of show biz legends, including musician and producer ...

During his five-decade career as a pop libertine, singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, James Ambrose Johnson, Jr., a.k.a. Ricky Matthews or Rick James, was reportedly more of a superfreak than ...

Rick James was crashing on Stephen Stills’ couch sometime in the late ’60s when he “awoke to see a young dude sitting on the floor in the lotus position, stoned as a motherf–ker,” with “blood dripping ...

Rick James is one of the most dynamic, incomparable and multifaceted American musicians of all time — the Godfather of “Punk Funk” whose '70s and '80s megahits like “Super Freak,” “Give It to Me Baby, ...

For later generations, Rick James may only be remembered for Dave Chappelle's hilarious portrayal of him on one of his most notable sketches on "Chappelle's Show" called Charlie Murphy's True ...

On August 6, 2004, the music world was forced to mourn the death of beloved funk star Rick James. The musician was 56 years old when he was found dead in his Los Angeles home. Now, REELZ’s new ...

LOS ANGELES - Rick James, the flamboyant funk musician who died suddenly in August, had nine drugs in his system including cocaine, methamphetamine, valium and vicodin, according to a coroner's report ...

The late Rick James, a famous singer and songwriter born in Buffalo, is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1979. The accuser, who is anonymous in the Child Victims Act lawsuit, alleges that James ...