After being released from prison, famed funk icon James Brown went to work to promote his new pay-per-view concert experience.

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“From rapping and dancing along to songs by Salt-N-Pepa and Kool Moe Dee with my parents to watching ‘Beat Street’ on repeat throughout my childhood, hip-hop has always been a big part of my ...

Reprise, a job he left only after spending $5 million signing legends like Kool Moe Dee and DJ Kool Herc. While the recent release of KRS-One: A Retrospective (Jive) has put him back in nightclubs ...

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Michael Sumler, a longtime member of the legendary R&B and funk band Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 71. Sumler, who originally worked as the band's wardrobe valet before joining the group as a ...

Michael Sumler, a long-time member of Kool & the Gang, has died in a car crash. Michael Owens, the mayor of Mableton, north of Atlanta, said in a Facebook post: "This Memorial Day weekend the ...

Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk group Kool & the Gang as both an onstage hype man and a behind-the-scenes stylist, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia.

Michael Sumler, the longtime hype man for the Kool & The Gang band, died over Memorial Day Weekend after his vehicle was involved in a crash. Michael Sumler, also known as Chicago Mike ...

Kool & the Gang’s Michael “Chicago Mike” Sumler died in a car crash in Mableton, Georgia over Memorial Day Weekend. Michael Sumler, the longtime hype man and stylist for Kool & the Gang ...