James Mtume has died at 76.
The Philadelphia-born artist was best known for his lascivious, jazz funk hit “Fruit,” which reached No. 45 on theHot 100 chart and spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. The song also went on to be a popular sample on a string of R&B and hip-hop songs, including Alicia Keys’ “Juiciest,” Wreckx-N-Effect’s “Juicy” and, most famously, the Notorious B.I.G.’s 1994 smash debut single “Juicy.
Born James Heath on Jan. 3, 1946, Mtume, son of jazz saxophone player Jimmy Heath, was raised by his stepfather, jazz pianist James Forman and took his stage name during college by adopting the Swahili word for “messenger.
Mtume and Lucas teamed up with singer Tawatha Agee for a series of jazz funk albums in the late 1970s and 80s, including their 1978 debut,
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