(ThyBlackMan.com) James Brown had a way of reminding us to take pride in our Blackness. We can use some of that today. As an international music icon, James Brown emerged as one of the founding ...

Today, you just go online and it's all there. But I just played and practiced all the time, and things would come to me.” You eventually joined James Brown’s band. What was the key to fitting in?

But he couldn’t take all the credit for the idea. “I kinda stole this from James Brown, so I feel like I gotta give him all the credit, and a little bit of Teddy Pendergrass,” Diggs said to ...

Almost 40 years ago, a songwriter found herself in musician James Brown’s inner circle. The relationship would nearly destroy her career. Decades later, she’s trying to solve the mystery of Ja ...