Legendary funk bass guitarist and composer. Frequently works with George Clinton. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (as a member of Parliament-Funkadelic). Lives in Cincinnati, Ohio (2004) Bootsy was generally clean cut when playing with The Pacesetters (James Brown's back-up band). Once he teamed up with George Clinton, he slowly started to dress in the wild, colorful outfits and star-shaped sunglasses that we know today. Uncle of rapper Snoop Dogg. In 2005, the Cincinnati native released a rap video called "Fear Da Tiger" with members of the Cincinnati Bengals, and their mascot "Who Dey." One of the personalities mentioned in the song Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club. The others mentioned were James Brown, Bob Marley, Smokey Robinson, 'Hamilton Bohannon', Kurtis Blow and Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar (as Sly and Robbie) and 'Robert 'Robbie' Shakespeare' (as Sly and Robbie).
