FUNKY BUST

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George Clinton, the colorful Parliament-Funkadelic founder, arrested early Saturday in Tallahassee and charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. The 62-year-old singer spent less than an hour in County Jail before posting bail.

(hehehehhee...okay, so its not so shocking after all )

yeah who knew!

Why does he feel like that? Why does he chase the cat?

Jasziah said:

You mean "why does he chase the crack?!"

Free your mind and po-lice will follow

sinisterpentatonic said:

:LOL:

CinisterCee said:

:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

Let's be nice, George is a hero and obviously has a drug problem. Give him love.

Next, they'll be sayin' that Prince likes to have sex!!!

Here's more details:

George Clinton Arrested on Drug Charge
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Funk music pioneer George Clinton was arrested and charged with drug possession after allegedly telling an officer he had cocaine in his pocket.

Clinton, of Tallahassee, was arrested Saturday and bonded out of jail over the weekend, according to jail officials, who wouldn't release any other information. Clinton's lawyer, Shoshana Zisk of San Francisco, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

Clinton, 63, who headed the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic — and the collaboration later known as P-Funk — in the 1970s and 1980s is considered a father of the genre. In 1983, Clinton's solo record "Atomic Dog," hit number one on the R&B charts.

Tallahassee Police said an officer noticed a man sitting by himself in the passenger seat of a car in a gas station parking lot about 2 a.m. Saturday and approached to talk to him.

When the officer got to the car, the man, later determined to be Clinton, tried to hide an item he was holding, dropping it between the seats, said Tallahassee Police spokesman Stewart Clendinen.

Clinton started to reach into his pocket and the officer asked him if he had anything in his pocket that might be dangerous, Clendinen said.

Clinton allegedly responded "I've got a little cocaine."

The item he is accused of dropping between the seats turned out be a crack pipe, police said.

Clinton was charged with one felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor count of possession of the pipe, the Tallahassee Democrat first reported for Tuesday papers.

A call to George Clinton Enterprises for comment Monday went unanswered and Clinton's home number is unlisted.

and to think, he wasted that step of going to jail looking like a stu-bum peed on him, without having to have it done in the big house.

George, he stands in one place all comatose during the live gigs. About as dead as P's studio output. The funk is dead.

realm said:

He's also been known to smoke crack onstage.

Supernova said:

:Lol: ok I was gonna hold back on this story, but I guess I'll spread a little gossip via the internet.

I have a friend who was a music promoter, one of the perks of having him as a friend is that he usually gave me an all access laminate. Before shows I usually had the priveledge of meeting the artist that are playing that night. Well George comes to my city often, I happen to arrive at a show during soundcheck and I asked my friend, where was George? and He said out with one of the security guards trying to score $700 worth of crack. This is just one of many stories I've heard about him!

I know this might sound weird, but I think I would take it better if it was some type of hallucinogen, or pills, weed etc., but Crack!?

sinisterpentatonic said:

I know. I just hope he gets it together before it kills him.

Supernova said:

It's just sad to see the demise of one of the pioneers. I would've thought them to contribute so much more to the genre, but in all honesty P-funk died in 1978, those solo albums George did were alright, they never did recapture the glory of their earlier albums.

I do admire him for staying in the game, but I think he's only in it for the money, I mean since westbound is getting all the royalties from the stuff they did form 71-76, that was his most creative period and I would say his most profitable.

Can you believe he sold all the rights to that shit for a Million dollars and now it's worth a 100 million!
I'm sure it might've sounded like a deal back then, but...

I read an article where Bootsy said everytime you ask him about the royalties on the music his eyes start flickerin.

if that's freeing your mind, I prefer to be chained.

Let's pray he gets off that shit. Hopefully there's people around him to talk some sense to him.

sinisterpentatonic said:

And speaking of, WHERE the hell is SLY? Is he all up in a pipe somewhere too? Wasn't he busted for that stuff back in the 90s?

realm said:

yeah, he played a show at my school and he pretty much just sat there all cracked out and mumbling.

jessyMD32781 said:

I love the music he created but what a fuckin low life! I can't go to his show it would be giving money to his problem. Fuck him, if he has not learned yet he is good as gone. The funk is dead. I do not want to see George up there standing in one spot grabbin pot or some rocks. Well maybe some pot is ok but crack? WTF! Your as good as dead like P's studio shit in the 90s

realm said:

FUNK IS NOT DEAD AND IT WILL NEVER DIE!!

damn Tallahasse...

I used to stay there for a few months! BORING as all hell

I wonder why he was there of all places??? wow...