Rick James may be best known for salacious funk hits like “Give It to Me Baby” and “Super Freak,” but the artist was so much more than those two songs. Beyond being a beloved entertainer and enduring ...

The late, great Rick James loved marijuana so much he wrote a hit record about it. He once said sparking a J helped spark his musical creativity. His wrote the song, “Mary Jane” for his debut album as ...

*James Ambrose Johnson, better known by his adopted stage name “Rick James” was among the most colorful, outrageous, and outspoken African American music artists of the late `70s through the `80s. He ...