George Clinton’s impact on music is timeless, shaping funk, hip-hop, and beyond. His ability to blend social commentary, ...

Funk reached the height of its commercial appeal in the 1970s with huge hit songs from Chaka Khan, Kool & The Gang, The Commodores, Chic, and Stevie Wonder to name a few. In this decade ...

Their beats became the mothership of hip-hop and dance music. Their live shows were legendary ... or rump-shaking as P-Funk, with an Afrofuturist philosophy of funk as the cosmic life force ...

Music historian and documentarian Questlove outlines subversive messages in Sly Stone and Michael Jackson hits you probably missed.

Influential funk musician Roy Ayers has died at 84 after a long battle with a serious illness. Best known as a vibraphone player and record producer, Ayers's work heavily impacted genres like disco, ...

Farley Jackmaster Funk released a string of songs on the highly influential Trax label, which paved the way for acid house and techno during the latter half of the 1980s. He broke into the ...

Funk in particular could go global ... In 2003 the genre accounted for 15 of the 100 most-played songs on Brazilian radio; in 2022 that figure was 76. But despite this dominance, sertanejo ...