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I just heard!

That was one groovy dude!

k

no way!!! The Superfreak is dead!!!???

o the darkness...

May he rest in peace

http://rickjames2.ipg

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well, i guess cocain was a hell of a drug

yep

HE DIED NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO who's gonna slap Charlie Murphy?

the darkness...

" I'm Rick James *****"

Rick James died this morning in a residence near Universal City of apparent natural causes. He was 56.

and I'm very shocked that all of you can joke about this man's death. All of you deserve to burn.

im not joking...this sux

OK maybe not all of you. But those of you making comments like "cocaine was a hell of a drug" and "I'm Rick James *****" is cruel and they deserve to burn

davechappelle.com is getting record traffic

If you knew anything about Rick James you would know that he wouldn't mind.

You should really watch Chappelle's Show once in a while!

And lay off the "you deserve to burn" bit, it's something that very old scary Poltergeist preacher man would say!

You tell um

http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/chappellesshow/imicons/rickjames.gif

Or a guy from Texas

*Hides from people from Texas*fear

fearwhip

*Runs away*

Wow...VA isnt gonna like that.

Well R.I.P.

Whoah! Rick die? Another music man dies.

i kno. now no 1 gets to say "IM RICK JAMES *****!

Funk singer Rick James dies at 56


Saturday, August 7, 2004 at 07:44 JST
LOS ANGELES — Funk legend Rick James, best known for the 1981 hit "Super Freak" before his career disintegrated amid drug use and violence that sent him to prison, died Friday. He was 56.

James died in his sleep at his residence near Universal City, said publicist Sujata Murthy. James lived alone and was found dead by his personal assistant, who notified police, she said.



Police and Murthy believe James died of natural causes. The exact cause was not immediately released.

"There'll be an autopsy and we'll find that out shortly," Murthy said.

Publicist Maureen O'Connor, speaking on behalf of James' three children, said they believed he died of heart failure.

"He passed away peacefully in his sleep," O'Connor said.

"I think he was really fantastic, he was a creator," singer Little Richard told MSNBC.

"He made a lot of people happy, he made a lot of friends and a lot of people got famous through his music," he said, referring to sampling by hip-hop artists such as MC Hammer, who used the "Super Freak" bass line in his hit "U Can't Touch This."

The song earned James and Hammer the Grammy for best R&B song in 1990.

"Today the world mourns a musician and performer of the funkiest kind," said Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. "Grammy winner Rick James was a singer, songwriter and producer whose performances were always as dynamic as his personality. The 'Super Freak' of funk will be missed."

James had hit songs and albums from the 1970s into the '80s, but by the following decade his fame began to fade as he became embroiled in legal problems and health troubles.

James was convicted in 1993 of assaulting two women. The first attack occurred in 1991 when he restrained and burned a young woman with a hot pipe during a cocaine binge at his house in West Hollywood. He was free on bail when the second assault occurred in 1992 in James' hotel room.

James served more than two years in Folsom Prison.

In 1997, he released a new album, but a year later he suffered a stroke while performing at Denver's Mammoth Events Center, derailing a comeback tour.

In 1998 he also underwent hip replacement surgery. (Wire reports)

They said on TV earlier that he died due to a recent heart attack.

man, this sucks

that is very sad he had some very good songs for that type of music and maryjane has a very dear place in my heart

Dave Chappelle introduced him to a younger population.
He died very popular!

espesially those infatuated with Bjørk

Finti was only 45 during Rick James' heyday!

so he aint dead yet then

damn man and he was so super freaky to..................... he will be missed

hmmm never cared for the dude

may he rest in peace

It sucked big time when i heard he died hes pretty young but thats what happens when u do drugs.,.

Excellent point. May the man rest in peace