James Mtume, a musician, songwriter and producer who played in Miles Davis’ electric band of the early and mid-1970s before founding the eponymous R&B group whose 1983 hit “Juicy Fruit” became one of ...

James “Mtume” Forman, who is best known for writing and producing the intergenerational smash hit “Juicy Fruit,” has died. He was 78. No cause of death has been revealed. Forman, who mostly referred ...

The jazz great's signature song was sampled by The Notorious B.I.G. on the rapper's breakthrough hit "Juicy." By Gil Kaufman James Mtume, a jazz/R&B artist, producer and percussionist who played with ...

Mtume brought, in Miles Davis' words, "a deep African-American groove" to the trumpet legend's band before later exploring neo-minimalist funk and... James Mtume, a percussionist who reoriented Miles ...

*Philadelphia native James Mtume is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the release of “Juicy Fruit,” an R&B classic considered one of music’s most influential and sampled songs. For five decades, the ...

James Mtume, a percussionist who performed in Miles Davis’ seminal fusion band from 1971 to 1975 and later had hits with his own eponymous group, has died at the age 76. The daughter of Mtume’s late ...

James Mtume, a legendary musician who played with greats from Duke Ellington to Miles Davis and was sampled by the Notorious B.I.G., has died He was 76. No official cause of death has been released, ...

Mtume landed a smash hit in 1983 with the track “Juicy Fruit,” forever immortalized by Notorious B.I.G.‘s “Juicy” which used samples from the original track. In conjunction with the Red Bull Music ...

Jazz and funk musician James Mtume is suing Sony Music over music he recorded in the 1970s and 1980s, looking to reclaim the rights for his hit single "Juicy Fruit" and two albums. By Colin Stutz Jazz ...

Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and activist, James “Mtume” Forman, is a legend in his own right and a blueprint in our musical lives. His musical catalog consists of jazz, ...

James Mtume, a percussionist who reoriented Miles Davis' later rhythms and whose 1983 hit, "Juicy Fruit," returned to the charts a decade later as the driving force of the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy," ...