Kendrick Lamar and Mustard did this with the record “ Not Like Us, ” which is currently one of the most popular songs in the world. Curiously enough, throughout music history, most of the songs that ...

writing hit songs calling for Black pride. As a progenitor of funk music, Brown with his band created a stripped-down, rhythmically driven aesthetic that has influenced world music from reggae to ...

Fred Wesley was musical director of The James Brown Band, spin-off group James Brown and The J.B.'s and George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic. He plays The Grand Social, Dublin on 27 March.