The jazz great's signature song was sampled by The Notorious B.I.G. on the rapper's breakthrough hit "Juicy." By Gil Kaufman James Mtume, a jazz/R&B artist, producer and percussionist who played with ...

James Mtume, a musician, songwriter, producer, bandleader and talk-radio host whose 1983 hit “Juicy Fruit” has been sampled in more than 100 songs, died Sunday at his home in South Orange, New Jersey.