George Clinton | Parliament | Funkadelic
- His Parliament-Funkadelic collective developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on Afrofuturism, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor.
- Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic dominated Black music during the 1970s, with over 40 R&B hit singles and three platinum albums.
- During his teen years, Clinton formed a doo-wop group inspired by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers called the Parliaments.
- For a period in the 1960s Clinton was a staff songwriter for Motown.
- Rapper Dr. Dre often sampled Clinton’s music, helping to bring about the G-funk era.
- He is also a notable music producer who works on almost all the albums he performs on, and has produced albums for Bootsy Collins and Red Hot Chili Peppers, among others.
- In 1999, Clinton collaborated with Lil’ Kim and Fred Durst for rap metal group Methods of Mayhem’s single “Get Naked”.
- On September 10, 2009, Clinton was awarded the Urban Icon Award from Broadcast Music Incorporated.
- In December 2018, the Recording Academy announced that Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic would be given Lifetime Achievement Awards.
- In 2022, Clinton competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as “Gopher”.
- Clinton voiced a colorful blob alien version of himself in T-Pain’s Adult Swim television movie Freaknik: The Musical.