A series based on the life of music icon Rick James is in the works at Universal Content Productions (UCP). The series is currently titled “Super Freak.” It is described as a funkadelic mix of music ...

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, ...

After years of trying to funk his way to stardom, Rick James finally broke through in 1978 on the back of a pair of dynamite singles: “You and I,” an eight-minute dance-floor workout that includes a ...

James, whose brand was excess, died in 2004 at age 56 after years of drug abuse, a stretch in prison, and a career making his personal amalgam of R&B, pop and soul (“It’s like disco and funk eloped,” ...

Todd Bridges recalls meeting Eddie Murphy and Rick James through 80s nightlife When Murphy decided to try to get Bridges help, he enlisted James, who took an unusual approach Bridges recalled the ...

Bitchin: The Sound And Fury Of Rick James (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Sacha Jenkins, and starring Rick James, Oscar Alston, Big Daddy Kane. We’ve had umpteenth documentaries on musical ...

No conversation about American music legends is complete without mentioning Prince and Rick James. Both were masters of their craft in the realm of musical composition, stage presence, artistry, and ...

Rick James was a big “super freak” in his heyday and Showtime’s newest documentary about the late rocker shows that might be an understatement. The network released the trailer for “Bitchin’: The ...

He’s Rick James, bitch — and don’t you ever forget it. Gordy — third eldest son of legendary Motown Records founder Berry Gordy — vividly describes how James, frustrated by disappointing sales for his ...