Pioneering R&B legend James "The Godfather of Soul" Brown early today (Dec. 25) from an unknown illness in Atlanta, GA. According to his representatives, Brown, 73, was admitted to Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday, suffering from Pneumonia. He died around 1:45 a.m. with manager Charles Bobbitt by his side. Brown has had over 100 hits throughout his career in the United States. He also embraced Hip-Hop music early in the genre's evolution. His records have been incorporated into the fabric of Hip-Hop music since the genre's inception in 1973. Since then, Brown's has been sampled countless times He teamed with Hip-Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa to release the hit single "Unity" in 1984 and in 1988, Brown teamed with R&B/Hip-Hop group Full Force to release "Static, Pts. 1 & 2." Brown became a pioneer of digital music with the release of Christmas for the Millennium & Forever. The album was released via an exclusive deal with Emusic.com in 1999.
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