Santa Monica, CA – June 2020 ­­– Urban Legends, a division of UMe, Universal Music Group’s global catalog company, is celebrating 50 years of funk, soul, hip-hop, and R&B with…

…a month-long celebration of that includes live DJ sets, new mini-documentaries, new episodes of the docu-series ‘Through The Lens’, and new releases of re-mixes of classic songs. The events focus on four genre defining periods in music history over the past half a century, kicking off today, paying homage to “The Godfather of Soul” James Brown. Spotlighting one of the greatest artists of all-time, ‘The Godfather Of Soul’ James Brown, Urban Legends explores the music of James Brown, whose unique style laid down the foundation of Hip-Hop, demonstrating why he is one of the most sampled artists of all-time.

James Brown’s official YouTube Channel unveils the trailer for ‘Funky Drummer’, episode one of new three-episode animated mini-series titled ‘Get Down’, ‘The Influence Of James Brown’. Narrated by Questlove (The Roots, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon), and featuring Lord Finesse and Co-founder/former EIC of Wax Poetics Magazine, Andre Torres, the three-part series was created by UMe along with Dreambear and explores the sonic DNA of James Brown whose music is continually sampled and whose trademark phrasing is deeply woven into the fabric of Hip-Hop. The full episode of ‘Funky Drummer’ premieres on July 10th and can be viewed below with part two (Funky President) and part three (The Payback) coming soon.