(ThyBlackMan.com) When it comes to funk music royalty, few artists embodied the genre’s flamboyance, power, and unfiltered creativity quite like Rick James. The self-proclaimed “King of Punk Funk” ...

Hip-Hop icon Roxanne Shanté reveals she lived with Rick James for six months at age 16 and now fights to protect young women from exploitation in the entertainment industry. “I was only 16 years old ...

Rick James Hinterthuer, 1946–2025, passed away peacefully in his home on October 10th. He was a source of light and love in a world often lacking in both, and leaves in his wake a host of family and ...