theGrio

Back to the Top

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • Entertainment
    • Music
    • The Dish
  • Health
    • Ask Dr. Ty
    • Black Men’s Health
    • Black Women and Breast Cancer
    • Back to School Health
  • Living
    • Travel and Leisure
    • Living Forward
    • Books
  • Politics
    • Perry on Politics
  • Sports
  • News
    • Good News
  • Opinion

George Clinton

(L-R) Boogie Cordell Mosson, Bootsy Collins, Tye Tribbett, and Dr. Cornel West attend Absolute Funk: An Interstellar Trip to Honor George Clinton at The Apollo Theater on October 25, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) -(Courtesy TODAY)

Bassist for Parliament-Funkadelic, dies at 60

Randee Dawn, TODAY contributor
TODAY - Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, who gained fame as the bassist for the George Clinton-fronted Parliament-Funkadelic group, died of liver failure on April 18,according to the New York Times. He was 60.
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
George Clinton attends the 27th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

George Clinton allegedly gives up rights to funk classics to pay off debt

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - Funk music legend George Clinton has been forced to sell the copyrights to some of his classic funk songs in order to pay off legal debts, according to TMZ...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
George_Clinton_Black.jpg

4 shot after George Clinton show in Ohio; 1 dies

theGrio
CLEVELAND (AP) - Police spokesman Sgt. Sammy Morris says a 16-year-old shot in the head Saturday night near the outdoor festival died early Sunday at a hospital...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
mothership_connection.jpg

Smithsonian acquires Parliament-Funkadelic mothership

theGrio
The funkiest UFO in the galaxy is about to land in Chocolate City...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Bootsy-Collins-Funk-Capital-Of-The-World-Parliament-Funkadelic-Soul.jpg

Bootsy Collins serves up four decades of funk

Todd Johnson
theGRIO VIDEO - Collins, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, released his latest album this week, 'Tha Funk Capital of the World'...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
George_Clinton_Black.jpg

George Clinton sues Black Eyed Peas over 'Shut Up'

theGrio
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clinton sued the Grammy-winning pop group in Los Angeles on Friday, claiming it used elements of his 1979 song "(Not Just) Knee Deep"...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Garry_Shider.jpg

Legendary P-Funk guitarist Garry Shider dies at 56

theGrio
UPPER MARLBORO, MD. (AP) - Shider was known to millions of fans as "Starchild" or "Diaperman," the latter because of the loincloth he often wore onstage...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)

  • Learn about our User Panel

    Read More

  • See What Your Friends Are Reading

  • More from theGrio

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Politics
  • Living
  • Video
  • Inspire
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with TheGrio
  • About
©2013 NBCUniversal
Powered by WordPress.com VIP