In April, it was announced that Kool & the Gang, top right, would be among the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees this fall. Other inductees include Suzanne de Passe, Ozzy Osbourne and Peter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James "JT" Taylor in May 2024 in New York - Credit: Photograph by Griffin Lotz Everyone in the band knew there was a problem, even ...

Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk group Kool & the Gang as both an onstage hype man and a behind-the-scenes stylist, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia. He was 71 ...

Kool & the Gang will headline the 26th Annual Celebrate Anderson Festival on August 31, 2025. The free community festival requires attendees to obtain tickets through AndersonEvents.com. Robert "Kool" ...

Michael “Chicago Mike” Sumler, 77, was identified as the driver killed in a crash in Cobb County, Georgia, according to our news partner, WSB-TV, in Atlanta. Cobb County police told WSB that Sumler’s ...

Celebrate Anderson, a free annual concert and fireworks show, will take place on August 31, 2025, at the William A. Floyd Amphitheater. This year's event will be headlined by Kool and the Gang, known ...

EXCLUSIVE: AllHipHop had a chance to not only meet Kool & the Gang’s namesake, Robert “Kool” Bell, and fellow member J.T. Taylor but also got to ask them about sampling. The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of ...

The soul/funk legends and hip-hop pioneers toasted their inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with a star-studded after-party that brought out Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Hudson, Common and ...

George "Funky" Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang who helped write such hits as "Too Hot," "Ladies Night," "Joanna" and the party favorite "Celebration," died Thursday in ...

Whoever does the concert booking at East Arkansas Community College deserves a raise. In just the last couple of years, they’ve somehow managed to convince legends like Tanya Tucker, The Bar-Keys, ...

Michael Sumler of Kool & the Gang has died. He was 71 years old. The band confirmed his death with a statement, saying that "Chicago Mike" made sure the band "looked their best on stage every night" ...

"Chicago Mike" became part of the R&B group in 1985 Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on Bustle, The US Sun ...