He and Mtume band member, fellow musician Reggie Lucas both won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for writing and producing fellow R&B artist Stephanie Mills' top-ten hit, "Never Knew Love Like This Before", for which she also won a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.Mtume is the son of jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath, and the father of Damu Mtume and Fa Mtume, both music producers. Mtume the band also had a Top Five R&B hit with the single "You, Me, and He". Mtume's group, also called Mtume, is perhaps best known for the 1983 R&B hit song "Juicy Fruit", which has been much sampled. He came to prominence working with Miles Davis between 19. James Forman, better known by his stage name James Mtume (born September 27, 1946) is an American Grammy Award-winning R&B musician, songwriter and radio personality.
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