Oh No, Not Shock G (and his alter ego Humpty Hump). He helped keep P Funk Alive! He is responsible for Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance", 2Pac's breakthrough single "I Get Around", and co-producer of 2Pac's debut album 2Pacalypse Now. Prayers to family & friends.🙏Dang.
Another brick in our fabric has risen, Mr. Harry Belafonte; 3-1-1927 – 4-25-2023)🙏was an American singer, activist, and actor. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Best known for "The Banana Boat Song". R.I.P.😥Bootsy!!!🏆🫡
When Music & Love connect, u got "Silk Sonic" Baba! No worries
@BrunoMars
&
@AndersonPaak
The Ppl Love "Leave the Door Open" & will Climax on the Album! Bootsy baby!!!🤩✌️🥳 Thxs
@harrybuggz
for the artwork.
Dangit, we lost one of the Real One's our Bass brother Mr. Michael Henderson (July 7, 1951-July 19,2022) was an American bass guitarist and vocalist. He was known for his work with Miles Davis, Dramatic's, Stevie Wonder & many others. Prayers going out to his family & friends!🙏
We lost one of the greatest Drummer that ever played with James Brown. Mr. Melvin Parker, brother to Maceo Parker. In 1964 Melvin played on three of Brown's recordings: "Out of Sight," "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," and "I Got You (I Feel Good). Condolences to the Parker family🙏
Happy Birthday to a friend, a legend, Mr. Stevland Hardaway Morris; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter. He is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres. (Join us on his HBD)!🎂🏆🫡Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Happy Birthday to a master bassist, Mr. Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards🏆Show him love🎂Bootsy baby!!!🤩
#music
We lost a big piece of our soul & grit when we lost Frankie Beverly!😰His power on stage, captivated millions of fans. Prayer's going out to his Family & Friends.🙏We all will miss u big brother.
Bootsy baby!!!🤩
#Frankiebeverley
@silksonic
Kilt it!
@AndersonPaak
got a much deserved Grammy,
@BrunoMars
was excellent paying tribute to our good friend Little Richard! Thxs goes out to all the Musicians, Artist &
@RecordingAcad
for pulling it off! Bootsy baby!!!🤩
We lost another Rap legend Mr. Biz Markie, an American rapper, singer, DJ, record producer, actor, comedian, and writer. He's best known for his 1989 single "Just a Friend"! To a lot of us he was more than Just a Friend. R.I.P. Prayers going out to the family & friends. Bootsy🤩
Nappy (81st) Birthday to the Deep P-Funk Cod-Father of All Thangs Funky.🤘The good Doctor that makes u sick, Dr. Funkenstein George Edward Clinton ( 7-22-1941) is an American singer, songwriter & record producer. (P-Funk-Love-Yall)🎂🎂🎂 Bootsy baby!!!🤩
We lost the Master Mind behind the Graphic's & Artwork of Funkadelic. Mr. Pedro Bell is an American artist and illustrator best known for his elaborate cover designs and other artwork for numerous Funkadelic and George Clinton solo albums. Thxs for yr service our brother.😲🙏
We lost another Original member of Parliament/Funkadelic. A friend, bandmate & a cool classic guy, Mr. Calvin Simon was a former member of Parliament/Funkadelic. He's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen members of P-Funk!
R.I.P...🙏🤗 Bootsy baby!!!😢
With just about every generation, comes Music that changes all Algorithm's & just Funks Sheet Up! Well, on this Date 11-12-21 Funkship Friday, we got the Bomb: "An Evening with Silk Sonic"! Kick back, Chill & feel the tingle in ur jiggle! 😍Bootsy baby!!!🤩😎🤓
Happy Birthday to my original nephew, Mr. Calvin Broadus Jr. (born Oct 20, 1971), known as Snoop Dogg, an American rapper, songwriter, media personality, actor, and businessman.🎂🍨🎂 (Join me wishing him the Happiest of BD's! Bootsy baby!🤩
@SnoopDogg
U ever heard of Mad Dog 20/20? Google it or ask a Brother from back in the Day! This stuff would make u fight ur Instrument, while on Stage Playing! Dang! Those were the Daze!🤮🥴🤮💩🤭🤔
Didn't have to wait for the weekend to get blasted back in the day.🤯That boy needed star glasses bad😲🤣 Go ahead talk about me, u mugs was toe up too!🤣💃🤘Have a safe nite y'all, Bootsy baby!!!🤩👠🫡
Happy Heavenly Birthday to the Queen of Soul Ms. Aretha Louise Franklin; Mar 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. She has twice been placed ninth in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". (Show ur Love)❤️Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Never forgetting James Brown/Parliament-Funkadelic/Bootsy's Rubber Band rhythm guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins (August 6, 2010) We lost him. Danggit, a lot of JBs fans, P-Funkers, Rubber Fans & Funkateers miss him too.🥰 Show ur love for my brother "Catfish".🫡🎸Thxs, Bootsy
Happy (80th) Birthday to my friend, Bandmate & legendary musician Mr. Fred Wesley!🎂 Fred Wesley was the Only Musician that JB really respected & paid by the Godfather.🤔 Fred & I still work together, he's writing charts right now. ) We love u Fred, HBD.👍
Bootsy baby!!!🤩🎂🍨🎂
If u hear any noise, it's just me & those Bengal Boyz!🏈 Next up is "My-Homie"
@PatrickMahomes
u know we love u, but u blocking the bathroom door! The Funk is comin' in. Bootsy baby!!!🤩💃🫡 Grt8 Job Team Bengals!🥳🔥☝️
@Bengals
Happy Heavenly to a bandmate legend, Mr.Edward Earl Hazel (4-10-1950 –Dec 23, 1992) was an American guitarist & who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. Hazel was inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 with fifteen other P-Funk members.Bootsy baby!!!🤩🙏✊
What comes with joy, comes pain. I only hope I brought respect to my Mother's name. On this Happy Birthday to me, my mind set me free. Thx u all, for another year around the Sun, let it be written, let it be done, by the Power of the One.☝️
Bootsy baby!!!🤩🎂🫡
One of the most Soulful Singers Ever!😮
Bet y'all don't even know who he is.🤔 Show him love😍if u love the One.☝️ Happy Saturday Funkateers!
Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Happy Birthday to a friend & legend, Mr. "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist & singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards & many more. Join me
Sumthin' about that Funk & the Groove that makes u Move no matter whether ur excepting an Award or u standing in the Soup Line! This is how we do it! Thxs
@RexChapman
for the share.👏 Bootsy baby!!!🤩
So everybody been asking me how'd I get that 808 Boom Boom Sound before 808 was invented? Well I can not tell a lie, so I will just show u below in this photo!🤯Happy Boom n yo Funk Tuesday baba!🥳👀💃Bootsy baby!!!🤩🥁🫡
We just lost another bandmate & legend, Mr. Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. He was a member of James Brown's band in the 60s, recording many of Brown's recordings "Cold Sweat", "Say It Loud ". He also worked with Van Morrison. A silent genius & brilliant arrangements.🙏Prayers to Family!
Ahh
@Thundercat
u do what u do because u Funked Up Too!🤘I'm depending on Musicians like u, to Propel us on into a Bright & Unlimited Future of P-Utiful Music! Unkle Bootsy baby!!!🤩
@silksonic
Out Now Ppl.
Happy 80th Birthday to a friend, bandmate & legend, Mr. Maceo Parker! Thx u for ur gifts to James Brown, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Parliament/Funkadelic, Prince & a whole slew of Funkateers & Maggots! May u continue to funk up the World🫡 Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Our Queen of Rock has changed frequencies, Ms.
Tina Turner; Nov. 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was an American-born singer, dancer, actress, and author. Prayers going out to family & friends.🙏
(The baddest to ever do it)😢🙏 We love U.🥰🛸
Bootsy baby!!!🤩
@shesingsanddj
@KALIUCHIS
Yes, another brick in our foundation of music has changed frequencies to join her husband Bobby Byrd. Ms. Vicky Anderson Byrd, u taught us youngster's the ropes on the road with James Brown.👏Prayers going out to family & friends.🙏 U were every Woman u needed to be.🫡Thxs for ur
Today in 1976, Parliament releases their 5th studio album, "The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein". How many P-Funk Fan's remember this one? Did u understand the depth of Cloning at the time? I promise to Funk! Bootsy baby!!!🤩🍿🤘
Another Brick in our foundation has changed frequencies. Mr. Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. (May 27, 1935 – September 12, 2022) was an American jazz composer, pianist. Lewis recorded over 80 albums & received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his career. R.I.P. Bootsy!!!🫡
Happy (77th)Birthday to a friend, my Big Brother & a Legend, Mr. Larry Graham Jr. (born August 14, 1946) is an American bassist and baritone singer, both with the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. He is
Happy Funkin' Heavenly Birthdays to one of the Best to ever Do it, Yeah he Done That, Mr. Prince Rogers Nelson! R.I.P. lil-Big-Brutha, we love u, Bootsy & All His Forever Loving P-Rogers Fans baby!!!🤩
@prince
Happy Birthday to a friend, Gangsta Beat Master, Producer & Pioneer Dr. Dre!🎂🎂🎂 There is still much to be done, let's git at it! Unkle Bootsy baby!!!🤩👽🥳
A Lot of Funked Up Sheet Comin' ur way Today. The New Project with
@BrunoMars
@AndersonPaak
to Kick it off! Yaaasss! Then at 12 noon EST I will be Chatting on
@joinClubhouse
Join us. Then at 6:45pm EST I will be on
@AriMelber
@MSNBC
Givin' up the Funk! Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Happy Birthday to a genius & friend, Mr. Sylvester Stewart (born Mar 15, 1943), better known as Sly Stone, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer who is most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone. SHARE UR LOVE PPL.🎂 Bootsy baby!!!🤩🥳
Don't cha just love the way
@AndersonPaak
@BrunoMars
blends the past, present & future of today while getting Lost in ur Sauce baby baba.😍 (Welcome to the Stage, the Band u Grave
@silksonic
Past the Love Plate, Bootsy baby!!!🤩🤓🕵️♂️
Danggit!🤯 We just lost a friend, bandmate & funky drummer, Mr. Don "Tiger" Martin. He was one of the original JB's. Condolences to his family & friends, especially Nita his wife & Donyale his daughter. Thx u Tiger for the blood sweat & tears u put into ur craft, our band & ur
Happy Birthday to a friend a bandmate & legendary sax player, Mr. Maceo Parker; born Feb. 14, 1943) is an American saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 60s, Parliament in the 70s & Prince in the 2000s. Show him Love on his BD🎂🎂🎂Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Hey
@CrosbyMaxx
Im going to give u the quote that came to me in 1988. It goes; (I'mma keep Fighting like I'm losing) when u do that, u will do it just for the Funk of It, just because that's who U R!
@Raiders
#RaiderNation
Happy Heavenly Birthday to our dear friend & super bass hero Mr. James Jamerson.🎂🎂🎂 Share ur love for Motown's Funk Brother who played on countless hits that we all loved & shared. Bootsy baby!!!🤩🫡🥰
Danggit! We lost another loving Giant legend of the Rock & Roll Empire, Mr. Dusty Hill.🙏😧 Prayer's going out to his Family & Friends...Thx u for blessing us all with ur gifts. R.I.P.
Bootsy Collins Family is performing
@Bengals
halftime for SNF, along with "The Ohio Players"!😲 That's right, we got 4 mins to Funk, so u better tune in to get Funked Up!😜 Hey
@ochocinco
see u there, u know "Ickey" will do his dance on stage.
#WhoDey
Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Prayer's going out to Clarence "Fuzzys" Haskins family & friends.🙏 We lost his frequency today
3-17- 23. He was an original Parliament/Funkadelic inducted in the RHOF.🤘We will miss u my friend, bandmate & Soul brother!😢 Thx u for ur guidance in my pup year's. Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Boy! If we could call Sept. 12th our "National Unity Day" how cool would that be? No killing, No lying, No Hate used as bait, Just Respect for each other's Family & Friends! Just One Flawless Day performed by: (ALL of US)! Bootsy baby!!!🤩
@StevieVanZandt
Happy Birthday to my friend, my Bandmate & legendary Trombonist, Mr. Fred Wesley!👏👍👏 Join me as we celebrate this Master Horn arranger & Scholar🫡👍🫡 He will appear on my new Album of the Year!🤯🥳👍 (HBD Mr. Wesley)🎂🎂🎂 Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Happy Birthday to a legend & hero, Mr. Harry Belafonte;🎂 he is an American singer, activist, & actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American Pop Star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Hey
@RexChapman
u never know what Funky Mondays can do to bring out the Dog in U. I don't know what the Baby is Doin', but it looks like fun! Bootsy baby!!!🤩💃👏
Happy Birthday to my friend, our legend, Mr.Sly Stone!🎂🎂🎂Sylvester Stewart (born March 15, 1943), is an American musician, songwriter, & record producer famous as frontman for Sly & the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of funk.Bootsy Baby!!!🤩🎂🤘
It's funny because, comin' up in my era, we were surrounded by Grt8 Music! Now thxs to
@BrunoMars
&
@AndersonPaak
we get a Taste of Grt8ness by
@silksonic
. Space Brotha's Spreadin' Hope like Dope!👽! Bootsy baby!!!🤩 (Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Happy Heavenly Birthday to my bass hero Mr.
James Jamerson! (Jan. 29, 1936 – Aug. 2, 1983.
I almost got a chance to meet him, but Motown security was tight & our band was looking crazy so we missed the opportunity.😩Thx u for ur gifts.👏R.I.P we miss u. Bootsy baby!!!🤩🥰🫡
Some Ppl say JB looks Tired, Sad, Not Happy. When u have lived from 1933 through 1963,68, how are u suppose to look? Today I looked in the mirror & saw the same guy in me on 5-31-20. One day we will realize, we r all Brother's & Sister's no matter the Status or Color!🙏Bootsy!✌️
Happy BD to a friend, a legend, Mr. Herbert Hancock🎂an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet. (Show ur love)🥰Bootsy baby!!!🤩🎂🫡
Funkateers, u have made my life, my year's, my months, my Dazes & yes I stopped taking that purple haze. Lol.🤣 My friends from space have not lost faith, but say's, let's funk in Peace.
Thxs for All the B-Day Greetings, every life has meaning. Bearhugs from Bootsy baby!!!🤩👽
Happy Heavenly Birthday to the best to ever do it. Mr. James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – Sept 18, 1970) He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated
We lost him y'all. Mr. Earl Simmons (Dec. 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021), known by his stage name DMX ("Dark Man X"), was an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. Prayers going out to his family & friends! R.I.P. our dear brother. Bootsy baby!!!🤩
I'd like to wish my babe a Happy Birthday to Pepperminte Patti.🎂🏆❤️ Join me along with the rest of the universe in wishing her another exciting & fruitful year around the sun for the Funk!
She sure works hard for everybody😍 Share the love Funkateers! Bootsy baby!!!🤩
May the Funk continue to rain down on u two,
@BrunoMars
&
@AndersonPaak
, Thxs to the
@RecordingAcad
along with the uncountable amount of Fans & Growing!😲I am elated to be still on the Planet to vibe with u mugs! We will continue to infest, for I am ur Funkiness! Bootsy baby!🤩
Happy Birthday to a friend & legendary Bassist, Mr. Stanley Clarke is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fusion
Happy Funked up Friday Funkateers! I just wanted to Thx each & everyone of u for wishing me a Happy Birthday👌👍🫡I'm just a bird with one wing to fly, we all connected with invisible wifi. Jeez, what else is there we r not seeing? (Love)❤️Like this.👀🐕🦺🤯
Bootsy baby!!!🤩🎂🥳
Move over Rover, let P-Funk take ova! 46 years ago today in 1975 Parliament released Mothership Connection written and produced by
@george_clinton
and
@Bootsy_Collins
(Happy Funkin' Hump Day Funkateers!🤘Partying on the Mothership! 🥳Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Happy Birthday to a friend, a confidante & pioneer, Mr. George Edward Clinton, Dang!🤔 I forgot his middle name was Edward.😂 Mine is Earl.🤣 (born July 22, 1941) (SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH HIM
@george_clinton
🎂🤘🎂Describe him in one word; "BrilliantlyFunkedUp"! Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Now this is a Happy Funked up Friday going out to all our Funkateers!🤟Hahaha, everytime I see this pix I am reminded that no matter who I thought I was, I looked like a Deer in Headlights!🦌the Godfather of Soul was the truth...Love & opportunity comes in many strange ways.
Happy Heavenly Birthday to a childhood friend, Mr. Roger Troutman (Nov. 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999), also known as Roger, was an American singer, composer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the band Zapp!🎂 (Share the Love) Bootsy baby!!!🤩
Happy Birthday to my good friend & Bass pioneer Mr. Stanley Clarke!🎂I never will forget back in the day when I was on my way to ur house up in the hills in my beautiful limousine, the road was so narrow my driver ran off the cliff.🤯Have u ever seen a brother get out & push?
Happy Heavenly Birthday to a bandmate, The Funky Drummer Mr. Clyde Stubblefield. His recordings with James Brown are considered to be the standard for funk drumming. "Cold Sweat", "I Got the Feelin'", "Say It Loud, "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose", & the album Sex Machine.
Happy Heavenly Birthday to the innovator & my childhood friend, Mr. Roger Troutman (Nov. 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999), Roger was an American singer, composer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the Zapp band! (Share the Love) Bootsy baby!!!🤩🎂💃🎂
Happy Heavenly to our brother Mr. Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 70s & 80s. He's considered by many to be the 1st rapper Ever. R.IP. dear brother, Bootsy🤩
Funkateers, 45 years ago today in 1976 Bootsy's Rubber Band was released onto the Geepie's, Rubberfan's & Funkateers! It's was our 1st Album Stretchin’ Out! Tell us ur thoughts on this Album! I'm still Funked Up! Bootsy baby!!! 🤩😎🧐🤠🤭😁🎷🎺🎸🎹🎤🎤
Happy 78th Birthday to a friend & Jazz Magician Mr. George Washington Benson (born Mar 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. HBD Mr. Benson!🎂🎂🎂Bootsy baby!!!🤩😎
Happy arrival day to the baddest Mutha Plucka on the Planet, my friend, my big brother & legendary bassist, Mr. Larry I be Jam Graham!🎂🎂🎂Join me Funkateers in celebrating his one more time around the Sun.🌞Bootsy baby!!!🤩🎂🫡
#GrahamCentralStation
Happy Birthday to the Baddest Mutha Plucka on the Planet, My Funk Brother Mr. Larry Graham.🎂(born Aug. 14, 1946) is an American bassist and singer, both Sly & Family Stone & frontman of Graham Central Station. He invented Slap Bass. He calls it "thumpin &Pluckin'! Bootsy baby!🤩
Happy Heavenly Birthday to my friend, a poet & legend, Mr. Bobby Womack.🎂He would have been 79 today. He started out with his brothers in Cleveland, in a gospel act; first hit the charts as a teen after Sam Cooke & Bobby wrote“Lookin’ for a Love”;
(SHARE THE LOVE)🎂Bootsybaby!🤩
Happy Birthday to a real musician, a friend & legend, Mr. Verdine White🎂🎂🎂Dang Verdine, Stanley Clarke & I were born in the year 1951 Area 51👀👽 Join me in celebrating Mr. White's Born on Day
@EarthWindFire
He is the Fire my opinion!🔥 Bootsy baby!!!🤩🎂🕺💃
We just got let out of Church's Chicken!🐓 Ain't doin' nothin' but a Funkin' & a Picken! As the plot thickens, we had Rufus Thomas doin' the Funky Chicken!😲🐓🕵️♂️
Billy & Bootsy baby!!!🤩😎
Wow! Another P-Funk member & bandmate just changed frequencies & moved on up to join the Heavens. Prayers going out to Mr. Tawl Ross family & friends!🙏🙏🙏 A proud member of the Original Funkadelic, pictured here with Mr. Tiki Fulwood.🤟🙏🫡
#Pfunk
#EverythangGoodisNasty
In the forrest, we may not hold hands in public, but we r connected by the roots under ground.
(Have a Dee-Lite-Ful Monday)! Groove is in the Heart💖Bootsy baby!!!🤩💃🫡
#Ladykier
#Deeegroovy
When Funk was a Bad Word, she embraced it. Ms.Betty Davis (6-16, 1944-Feb. 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, model best known for her controversial lyrics & performance. She was the 2nd wife of trumpeter Miles Davis. (Send up Prayer's to her family & friends).🙏🙏🙏