To viewers chants of “we would like the funk; we gotta have that funk,” George “Dr. Funkenstein” Clinton obtained his star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.
His star, the 2769th, is situated at 6752 Hollywood Blvd. in entrance of the Musicians Institute. Talking on the ceremony on Friday (Jan. 19) had been Anthony Kiedis of the Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers, civil rights legal professional Ben Crump and songwriter Janie Bradford.
Because the mastermind behind the legendary bands Parliament/Funkadelic, Clinton steered the best way throughout the cosmos to such classics as “(I Wanna) Testify,” “P. Funk (Desires to Get Funked Up),” “Star Youngster (Mothership Connection),” “Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk),” “Flash Mild,” “Aqua Boogie,” “One Nation Underneath a Groove,” “(Not Simply) Knee Deep” and “Atomic Canine.” Alongside the best way, Clinton additionally influenced a various vary of artists from the Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers to Kendrick Lamar.
Acknowledging all of the members of his bands through the years, Clinton stated, “A number of them are right here, a number of them not. However for all of them I say thanks and I’m blessed to be representing a bunch of funky moms. Thanks, Hollywood!”
Listed here are some further soundbites from Clinton’s star ceremony:
Clinton: Noting to viewers laughter that he was going to learn his speech “as a result of I’m so emotional and ain’t no means in hell I’m going to recollect all this s—,” the newly minted Hollywood Stroll of Fame inductee referred to as it an “honor to obtain a star alongside the numerous notables from the world of leisure. The previous followers and new followers who let the music transfer their souls; you all know who I’m speaking about [because] I’ve all the time stated it’s the individuals who make the funk. [Also] thanks to the Omega Psi Phi fraternity] brothers who adopted ‘Atomic Canine’ as their nationwide anthem and retaining it related for over 40 years. Rattling! 40 years. Now as we drop the star, let or not it’s an emblem not only for George Clinton however for the facility of the funk, the facility of unity of 1 nation below a groove. This acknowledgement doesn’t mark a vacation spot or perhaps a pause as a result of we’re nonetheless going ahead. I used to be inspired by [artists] like Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Ice Dice, De La Soul, 2Pac, Kendrick Lamar, Prince, Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers and all those that stated funk impressed them. They used the DNA of funk and that impressed me to go on in my struggle for musical rights — thanks, Ben Crump — and never only for me however for all [artists’] rights which were mishandled.”
Kiedis: “Welcome to the nook of Hollywood & George,” joked the RHCP shared that he first realized about George Clinton when a fellow scholar at Los Angeles’ Fairfax Excessive introduced Parliament’s Chocolate Metropolis album to high school for present and inform. Years later in 1985, the Peppers launched their Clinton-produced album Freaky Styley. “For me personally, George turned an instantaneous good friend, trainer, mentor, a father determine, a co-conspirator, instigator. I like George Clinton with all my coronary heart,” Kiedis concluded earlier than main the viewers in a singalong of a “small non secular hymn” as he warbled the refrain to “P. Funk”: “Make my funk the P-Funk / I needs my funk uncut …”
Crump: “Now greater than ever on the planet, we want music that brings us all collectively. And no person’s music brings us all collectively fairly like this brother’s brings us collectively — one nation below a groove. This brother obtained brothers and sisters all throughout the globe coming collectively by way of the Mothership Connection. He obtained folks in Europe, Australia, Africa and North America strolling round in daytime with a flashlight searching for the P-Funk. That’s why we have fun the one and solely, the enduring George Clinton: the daddy of funk music, Dr. Funkenstein himself.”
Bradford: Trying again on the ’70s heyday of Funkadelic, Bradford identified that Clinton “introduced his retirement in 2018 and in the present day in 2024, George [at 82] remains to be working [touring, readying three recording projects and painting]. “My children assume I’m cool as a result of I do know George Clinton. I believe I’m blessed that he’s my good friend and I’m his. Congratulations, George!”