Young, 80, met James in Toronto in 1966. The "Super Freak" singer was the frontman of The Mynah Birds, and Young played guitar. Bruce Palmer later joined to play bass, then was in Buffalo Springfield.

Discover What’s Streaming On: Rick James was always more complicated than he’s ever been given credit for. While he may have topped the charts with a boisterous mix of funk and disco, he was a rocker ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 In the new documentary “Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James,” the late funk icon’s friends and confidants open up James’ chaotic relationship with The ...

Stokely Williams as Rick James in Je'Caryous Johnson and Ty James presents Super Freak: The Rick James Story. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.) Super Freak: The Rick James Story ...

The world got a strange and funky gift from two icons of completely different worlds in 1988—funk lord Rick James and Roxanne Shanté, the teenage battle rapper from Queensbridge. Their collaboration ...

'I'm one of the baddest motherf---ers Westeros has ever seen,' James boasts at Dragonstone. By Mitchell Peters Dave Chappelle brought back some of his most memorable Chappelle’s Show characters for a ...

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 ...

Toxicology and other tests determined that Rick James died last month from a heart attack due to an enlarged heart, with numerous drugs including methamphetamine and cocaine contributing factors, the… ...