Rick James laid to rest

LOS ANGELES (Funk & RnB Website) - Grammy Award-winning funk singer Rick James was laid to rest Saturday in his hometown, where 6,000 people waited for hours to pay their final respects.
The line of mourners stretched more than two city blocks for the funeral service.
The 56-year-old American singer died in his sleep last week at his home near Universal City of California. The cause of his death remains unknown.

James' 1981 hit "Super Freak" earned him a Grammy for best R&B song nearly a decade later, after rapper MC Hammer, who shared the Grammy, used it in his song "U Can't Touch This."