George Clinton’s impact on music is timeless, shaping funk, hip-hop, and beyond. His ability to blend social commentary, ...

From the Ohio Players to Lakeside, Slave and Zapp, some of the top funk bands in the country came from Dayton.

DJ Funk, a Chicago-born musician and producer who coined the “ghetto house,” has died at age 54. Funk, whose real name was Charles Chambers, had been “bravely” battling stage 4 cancer ...

DJ Funk, the Chicago legend who coined the term "ghetto house," has died. The musician, whose real name was Charles Chambers, was 54. Funk's death was confirmed to PEOPLE by his friend and ...

From ballroom to disco: a look at the history and evolution of dance music Where many genres effectively disappeared in the technological era of the 80s, funk managed to embrace the synthetic ...

Later, as the 80s rolled into the 90s ... Incognito blended brassy funk, soul and Latin music into an intoxicating brew and rode in just as the first wave of Britfunk was losing momentum, hitting ...

A cause of death was not confirmed, but the musician's family launched a GoFundMe to help cover funeral costs.

“Funk music is part of the genre of gospel and blues ... many of the tunes aren’t topping the charts the way they did in the ‘70s and ‘80s, but the genre still shows up in pop culture.