Fire trucks were an unforgettable part of Rick James’ childhood. Now he collects them. Fire trucks were an unforgettable part of Rick James’ childhood. His earliest memories are of the Alpha Fire ...
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,” ...
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rick James, the “Super Freak” hitmaker singer, producer, innovator and award-winning pioneer in the fusion of funk, R&B, rock and soul was a vagrant hippie in the 1960s ...