...Ninja Scooter said:cocaine really is a helluva drug.
mightynine said:FOX NEWS CHANNEL says it was natural causes.
Ninja Scooter said:iim watching Conan right now with Jamie Foxx and he's talking about how he's gonna do a reality show with Rick James.
Slick_Advanced said:You know what's funny/strange had Chapelle not lampooned James he probably would not have been put in the breaking news.
mrmyth said:Not unless they can get a live feed from Hell......
WasabiKing said:I think the tone would be different if it wasn't for the Chappelle skit. I wasn't around when he was in his prime, but I've chatted with people who are a few years older than me and Rick James was one of the super acts of the 70s. Worldwide recognition.
EDIT - Jamie Foxx trying to ride the coattails
lolNinja Scooter said:cocaine really is a helluva drug.
As long as they also cast Jonathan Silverman and Andrew McCarthy.Ninja Scooter said:iim watching Conan right now with Jamie Foxx and he's talking about how he's gonna do a reality show with Rick James.
Slick_Advanced said:Oh no doubt Rick was in the MJ/Prince strata of entertainers. I grew up on Rick James.
dskillzhtown said:Yeah, but at the same time the only thing Rick was in the news for before Chappelle was burning a woman with a crack pipe. I grew up with Rick James too, but what he became is nothing he or anyone should be proud of. At one time Rick was in the upper level of entertainers, but until Dave did the skits, he was nothing but a tragic afterthought.
aparisi2274 said:I'm Rick James BITCH!!!
Also, police are saying it was of natural causes.
Bob White said:Every old-ish star that has somthing to do with Jamie Foxx dies.
Two so far. There will be more.
EdLuva said:Even though Rick may not have lived the best life, these jokes about him after his death are jacked up.
Mike said:"In 1991, he was arrested on cocaine/torture charges and received a five-year sentence. He's now rehabbed and released."
"Today the world mourns a musician and performer of the funkiest kind," said Neil Portow, president of the Recording Academy, which is responsible for the Grammy Awards. "The 'Super Freak' will be missed."
Dyne said:RIP Rick James. ;_; At least we remember him well in better times.
If you consider 56 to be "old"