EXCLUSIVE: AllHipHop had a chance to not only meet Kool & the Gang’s namesake, Robert “Kool” Bell, and fellow member J.T. Taylor but also got to ask them about sampling. Par for the course, the annual ...

He first crossed paths with the legendary group in 1985 when he was performing with his own band, Power Pac. By McKinley Franklin Mike Sumler, hype man of the Grammy Award-winning group Kool & the ...

If there's one thing that '90s kids have in common, it's probably the fact that Kool-Aid was in their fridge when they were younger. It was always my go-to fruit drink — but eventually, I set my ...

Unlike many of their peers, Kool & the Gang transitioned effortlessly into the 1980s, augmenting the funk-jazz fusion they pioneered with a smoother pop sound that yielded hits like “Celebration,” ...

Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk group Kool & the Gang as both an onstage hype man and a behind-the-scenes stylist, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia. He was 71 ...

Kool & the Gang will release their new album Just Wanna Have Fun on July 14th. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the R&B and funk band Kool & the Gang. And, even though we are still a year out ...

George Brown, a founding member of Kool & the Gang who played drums with the band and co-wrote such enduring standards as “Celebration,” “Jungle Boogie” and “Ladies Night,” died of lung cancer in L.A.

In his decades as the face of Kool-Aid, the Kool-Aid Man has been known primarily for bursting through walls to offer up his namesake beverage with an “Oh yeah!” catch phrase. On Monday, Kraft Foods ...