Mallia Franklin

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rdf:langString Rosalind Mallia Franklin (March 1, 1952 – February 5, 2010), also known as The Queen Of Funk, was a vocalist of the American funk band Parliament-Funkadelic. She introduced friends George Clinton and Bootsy Collins in 1971, and brought ex-Ohio Player Junie Morrison to the band in 1978. She sang background on early Parliament and Funkadelic albums, and became an original member of Parlet, P-Funk's sub-group, where she recorded Pleasure Principle in 1978 and half of Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers in 1979. She left the group to form a proposed P-Funk offshoot, Sterling Silver Starship with bassist Donnie Sterling. She appeared with Clinton in Prince's 1990 film Graffiti Bridge. Her first solo album was released in Japan in 1995 on P-Vine. She wrote, with Snoop Dogg, on the 2002 release , and earlier appeared on his 1993 studio album, Doggystyle. Franklin was married to drummer Nathaniel Neblett of the band New Birth. They had one child, Seth Neblett.