‘Thurtdelic,’ 3GP and the P-Funk Empire

George Clinton, vocalists Scottie Clinton (center) and Thurteen (right) performing with an abridged version of Parliament-Funkadelic at NeueHouse Madison Square on May 17. The vocalists are a part of the 3rd Generation of P-Funk and consistently release a slew of new music and solo material. Photo by Christian Richey

When George Clinton founded The Parliaments on the playground of Avon Avenue Elementary School in Newark, NJ during the doo-wop craze of the 1950’s, surely no one could…