It's Rick James B****

Rick James, Super Freak. Not just a song title, a way of life for the former king of funk. Known to a generation as a joke from Chappelle's show, before that Rick James was the King of Funk, but he had a sordid criminal life on the side. The Ladies of Scarlet dissect Rick's early upbringings and exposure to crime, to his final undoing when his career could no longer take it.

Sources:

Wikipedia

Biography.com

Tales from the Tour Bus

Chappelle's Show

LA Times

Disgraceland

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