Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rick James is one of the most dynamic, incomparable and multifaceted American musicians of all time — the Godfather of “Punk Funk” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A limited series about the late funk musician Rick James is in development at UCP. James’ daughter, Ty James, will executive ...

Showtime has landed the rights to the documentary on funk legend Rick James who dominated the charts in the early ’80s with hits like “Super Freak” and “Mary Jane.” The documentary, B——n’: The Sound ...

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 ...

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,” ...

We've been getting an overwhelming number of music documentaries lately, and they're usually fascinating even when they're not that good. Now, we're about to get another doc on a particularly thorny ...

A bio-series about singer Rick James is in development at Universal Studio Group's UCP. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Universal Studio Group’s UCP is tackling another real-life — and ...