Jerome Eugene Brailey, born August 20 1950 in the United States, is a drummer whose work in funk and soul music has spanned several decades. After beginning his career in the late 1960s with groups such as The Unifics, The Five Stairsteps and The Chambers Brothers, he joined the Parliament‑Funkadelic collective in 1975, contributing to the hit "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" and recording on numerous P‑Funk albums. In 1978, following a departure from the collective, Brailey co‑founded the group Mutiny with Glenn Goins, and after Goins’ untimely death the band released the debut Mutiny On The Mamaship (1979) and Funk Plus The One (1980) on Columbia Records, both produced by Brailey. Brailey’s drumming has been sampled by contemporary artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino, and his contributions were recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and by the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Parliament‑Funkadelic members in 2019.
