The group known for hits like "Computer Love" and "More Bounce to the Ounce" continue to influence R&B and hip-hop music ...

I wrote recently about some of the most influential artists who brought together punk and funk in their music. It's still quite a thought-provoking and perhaps unexpected fusion of genres.

The SUNY Canton College Activities Board has announced two opening acts for their spring concert featuring Canadian rapper ...

There was also crossover with Motown artists such as The Temptations. From this point, funk began to meld with other established genres, or break off into subgenres. George Clinton and Parliament ...

The MC moniker is often used by artists in baile funk, also known as Brazilian funk. Even pop trailblazer Anitta, also born and raised in Rio, was known as MC Anitta in her first years in music ...

Beloved hip-hop artist and the term-coiner of "ghetto house", DJ Funk has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 54 years old.

Robert Arneson was an American sculptor and ceramicist who is considered the father of Funk Art, the anti-establishment movement that incorporated a mélange of found objects, autobiographical subjects ...

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 before his death ...

In 2007, he self-released his first album, Class of 90s, and homage to the classic sound of the 1990s with soul, funk, and R’n’B influences. His 2013 album, Red, however, represents his turn towards ...

The locally rooted, globe-trotting musician and activist shares his wardrobe secrets. Rule No. 1: Be "dance-ready." ...