[[File:James_Brown_2001.jpg|thumb| James Brown a 2001]. James Brown (3 ga watan Mayu, shekarar ta 1933 - 25 ga watan Disamba, shekara ta 2006) ya kasance Ba'amurke mai waƙoƙi salon R&amp;B kuma mawaƙin funk . An san shi da "Godfather of soul". An haifeshi a Barnwell, Kudancin Carolina kuma ya girma a Augusta, Georgia . 'Yan sanda sun kama Brown a lokuta da yawa. Lokacin da yake 16, an yanke masa hukunci game da fashi da makami, wanda ya shafe shekaru uku a cikin gidan tsare matasa . Sauran abubuwan da aka yanke masa hukuncin sun hada da kai hare-hare .Guda huɗu daga cikin waƙoƙin Brown suna cikin jerin mujallar Rolling Stone ta shekarar 2003 cikin manyan kundin kundin tarihi guda 500 na kowane lokaci. Wakar da aka fi sani da Brown ita ce " Tashi (Ina Jin kamar Na kasance) na'urar Yin Jima'i ". A shekarar 2006,Brown ya mutu sakamakon cutar nimoniya da cututtukan zuciya a Atlanta . Akwai taron tunawa da jama'a a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Apollo . Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, da Yarima suna wurin.