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Ethan Shanfeld Hollywood’s very own Red Hot Chili Peppers are getting a star on the Walk of Fame.The “Californication” rockers will receive the honor at an unveiling ceremony scheduled for Thursday, March 31 at 11:30 a.m. The star — the 2,717th on the Walk of Fame — is located in the second row at 6212 Hollywood Boulevard, adjacent to Amoeba Records on the south side of the street, and next to TV producer Harry Friedman’s star.

Sox Entertainment, the production and distribution company of former top CBS distribution executive Scott Koondel, has acquired the 2001 Imax concert movie All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!. The film, produced two decades ago for theatrical distribution exclusively on IMAX, will be taken to the marketplace shortly, targeting global streamers. All Access has never been exposed to digital platforms; the film is available for broadcast and streaming for the first time after a 10-year distribution moratorium.

Kendrick Lamar and a number of special guests will discuss his acclaimed 2015 album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ in a new five-part podcast series.The Big Hit Show is a docuseries hosted by journalist Alex Pappademas.

George Clinton has announced his final UK tour set to take place in spring 2022 – see the full list of dates below.The Parliament-Funkadelic legend announced his retirement from the road almost two years ago, but due to the coronavirus pandemic his UK farewell tour was put on hold.“This has been coming a long time,” Clinton said in a statement at the time.

It was confirmed last week that George Clinton has won the latest in his legal battles with former collaborator Armen Boladin. This particular case centred on Clinton’s 2014 autobiography in which, producer Boladin claimed, he was defamed numerous times.Some of the allegedly defamatory statements actually related to claims that had been discussed in previous legal battles between Clinton and Boladin.

Snoop Dogg, Live Nation and Bobby Dee have joined forces to announce today (June 23) the 2021 incarnation of Once Upon A Time In LA – formerly known as Once Upon A Time In The LBC – featuring a stacked lineup of funk, rap and hip-hop greats.Snoop leads the bill alongside R&B legend Al Green, with rappers 50 Cent, YG and Ice Cube rounding out the slate of headliners.

Nipsey Hussle has been announced as one of a select few musicians to be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year.Hussle is one of eight acts in the ‘Recording’ category to be honoured in 2022, with the likes of DJ Khaled, Avril Lavigne, Black Eyed Peas, George Clinton, Ashanti, Los Huracanes Del Norte and Martha Reeves.38 people in total will be given stars, including Michael B.

Spinning Gold, the long-in-the-works biopic about 1970s Casablanca Records chief Neil Bogart, is heating up again in time for the Cannes Virtual Market. The pic, written and directed by Bogart’s son Timothy Scott Bogart, has added Wiz Khalifa to play Parliament leader George Clinton, Tayla Parx to play Donna Summer, Ledisi to play Gladys Knight and Lyndsy Fonseca to play music manager Joyce Biawitz.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York’s City Parks Foundation returns to live, in-person performances this summer with the announcement of the shows planned for the 2021 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. SummerStage shows will be returning to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, and The Coney Island Amphitheater.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York’s Blue Note Jazz Club is back in a big way this summer, with Ron Carter, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Robert Glasper, Jacob Collier, Eddie Palmieri, John Scofield and Al Di Meola among the musicians scheduled to perform at the Sony Presents Blue Note Jazz Festival, to be held this summer from June 15 – August 15.The performances will take place both indoors at the iconic Blue Note Jazz Club in Greenwich Village — one of the first music venues in

Public Enemy are taking over the desert in their new music video. 

Public Enemy have shared a video for their new single ‘GRID’ featuring Cypress Hill and George Clinton – watch it below.Taken from the iconic rap group’s recently released 15th studio album, ‘What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?’, the new track envisages a post-apocalyptic world where digital communication has been eradicated.“Aww snap! No apps just maybe perhaps/ No GRID is what we need for new human contact/ Not even your own server can save you/ We all caught up in the web is so true,”

Public Enemy just dropped a new animated video for their track “GRID”.

Djo — listen to ‘Keep Your Head Up’ below.The Stranger Things star has returned to music with his first new material since the September 2019 release of his debut solo album ‘Twenty Twenty’.Described in a press release as “a much-needed bolt of positivity in an otherwise dark time”, ‘Keep Your Head Up’ showcases Keery mixing the psych-pop influences heard on previous Djo material with elements of Prince and George Clinton-influenced funk.You can hear Djo’s ‘Keep Your Head Up’ below.Keery had

Mary J. Blige is practicing more self-love amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public Enemy have revealed the track-listing for ‘What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?’, their first album on Def Jam records in over two decades.Set for release on September 25, the record will see the pioneering hip-hop group join forces with the likes of Nas, YG, Rapsody, DJ Premier, Black Thought, Questlove, Cypress Hill, Run-DMC, Ice-T, PMD, George Clinton, Daddy-O, Jahi, The Impossebulls, Mark Jenkins, S1Ws Pop Diesel and James Bomb and Mike D and Ad-Rock of Beastie Boys.The group

Justin Timberlake wants fans to know “It’s All Love”, and he’s enlisted some heavy-hitters to help him deliver the musical message.

It appears on the new 'Trolls World Tour' soundtrack

Montreal's Busty and the Bass loves its funk. So the octet is, not surprisingly, over the moon about having one of the gods of funk, George Clinton, guesting on its new single, "Baggy Eyed Dopeman," premiering exclusively below.

Megan Thee Stallion would rather be your "B.I.T.C.H.," according to her latest top 40 Billboard Hot 100 single, which debuted at No. 31 this week (chart dated Feb. 8).