In 1964, teenage brothers Robert “Kool” Bell and Khalis Bayyan (born Ronald Bell), unable to afford drums, would collect old paint cans in their Youngstown, Ohio neighborhood and use them as makeshift ...

George “Funky” Brown, one of Kool & the Gang’s founding members, died on November 18 at the age of 74. In one of his last interviews, he and co-founder Robert “Kool” Bell spoke about the band’s legacy ...

Kool & The Gang has 12 top 10 singles, including hits like "Jungle Boogie," "Get Down On It" and "Celebration," which went all the way to number 1 — and Thursday, they scored a star on the Hollywood ...

Legendary R&B band Kool & the Gang came back to Pacific Avenue and Maple Street today for the unveiling of Kool & the Gang way, to commemorate the corner where Ronald and Robert Bell lived when the ...