Bootsy Collins
American bassist
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| 2025 | Bootsy Collins planned release of 'Album of the Year #1 Funkateer' through Bootzilla Records |
| 2024 | Upcoming release of Album of the Year #1 Funkateer, continuing his musical legacy |
| 2024 | Created two promotional videos: 'The Influencers' featuring multiple artists including Fantaazma, Snoop Dogg, Dave Stewart, Westcoast Stone, and Wiz Khalifa, and 'Pure Perfection' featuring Fantaazma |
| October 2024 | Presented with the US Presidential Lifetime Achievement Awards and Honorary Gold Medals along with wife Patti Collins for their philanthropic work, including the Funk Not Fight Movement. |
| 2023 | Released promotional video 'Funk Not Fight' featuring Baby Triggy and Fantaazma |
| 2023 | Collins released the single 'Honeysuckle Neckbone' with BLK ODYSSY. |
| August 26 2023 | Bootsy Collins hosted the Detroit Music Weekend's Funk Festival. |
| July 22 2023 | Inducted into the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame. |
| 2022 | Guest starred as himself in the Nickelodeon show The Patrick Star Show during the mid-season finale. |
| 2022 | Released two promotional videos: 'Hip Hop Lollipop' featuring Fantaazma and 'Boot-A-Claus/Here 4 A Reason' featuring multiple artists including Baby Triggy, Garry G7 Jenkins, Dreion, Fantaazma, and Dmaub |
| July 7 2022 | Served as emcee for the opening ceremony of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. |
| February 25 2021 | Announced as the 'special guest host' of Silk Sonic's first studio album, credited with naming the band and serving as the album's narrator. |
| 2020 | Ranked number 4 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 50 greatest bassists of all time, cementing his legacy as a legendary bass guitarist. |
| 2020 | Released The Power of the One album, showing his ongoing musical innovation |
| 2020 | Bootsy Collins released the album 'The Power of the One' through Bootzilla Records |
| January 2019 | Announced retirement from live performances due to health reasons, but planned to continue working in the studio and mentoring young musicians. |
| 2018 | Collaborated with singer Kali Uchis on the song 'After the Storm'. |
| December 14 2018 | Played a show with Detroit-based funk artist GRiZ and collaborated on a new song. |
| 2017 | Released World Wide Funk album, demonstrating his continued musical relevance |
| 2016 | Inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. |
| 2013 | Portrayed a radio DJ in the video game Grand Theft Auto V, which featured several of his own songs. |
| 2011 | Released Tha Funk Capital of the World album, solidifying his status as a funk music icon |
| 2011 | Featured in a TV commercial for Old Navy, creating 'boots' to be sold in the store. |
| June 2011 | Bootsy Collins performed at the 10th Annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. |
| April 2011 | In an interview with The Guardian, Collins openly discussed his past drug use, revealing that he had taken LSD daily for over two years at one point in his life. |
| April 15 2011 | Performed a memorable funk snippet on the music show Later... with Jools Holland. |
| March 2011 | Bootsy Collins and his wife visited Franklin L. Williams M.S #7 school, where they donated a bass, gave children a bass lesson, and rapped with students playing the blues. As a result of this visit, Collins became an honorary board member of the Little Kids Rock program. |
| 2010 | Launched new signature bass at the NAMM Show with Warwick, featuring the 'Bootsy Collins Black Star Signature Bass' and 'Bootsy Collins Orange Star Signature Bass'. |
| 2010 | Voiced Jimi Hendrix in the documentary Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child. |
| October 2010 | Awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Bass Player magazine at the Key Club in Los Angeles. |
| July 2010 | Bootsy Collins launched Funk University (Funk U), an online bass guitar school, in partnership with Cory Danziger. Collins serves as curator and lead professor, offering an intensive curriculum for intermediate to advanced bass players that includes bass theory, funk history, and personal musical insights. |
| March 2010 | Played an alien version of himself in the Adult Swim spring break special Freaknik: The Musical. |
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