Birth of a super freak

Out to sea

Toronto was cold but its music was hot

A defiant Rick forms the sailor boys and becomes Rick Jagger

Rick James, thief

Rick joins a flock of mynah birds

Rick James, international drug smuggler

Rick James and the birth of Buffalo Springfield

From Yorkville to Motown

Rick is court-martialed... twice

Rick goes a second round with Motown

Rick quits Motown in disgust and forms Salt 'n Pepper

Rick has two children with one woman and marries a second

Rick creates heaven and earth... and then destroys both

Rick breaks his new white cane

Rick continues the pursuit of glory

Shadowy investors make Rick a Motown star

The emergence of the Stone City band

Rick creates punk funk

Rick helps save Motown

Rick writes a song about himself and Kelly

Hash and cash

Rick uses white slang to bust out

Rick and Teena Marie make beautiful music together

The magical funk tour

A bottomless pool of female flesh

Rick writes a song about his penis

Rick and Prince duke it out for sex and glory

Rick takes a nap in the garden

Rick absolutely hits the freakin' top with Street Songs

"Super Freak"

"Fire and Desire" highlights Rick's messy relationship with Teena Marie

Rick sings about sex and poverty

Rick denies he's gay and confronts the cops

The Street Songs tour

Cocaine begins to take its toll

Rick scores as a minor TV personality and dreams of Hollywood stardom

Rick scores big-time as a songwriter and producer... for other musicians

The mob comes calling

Rick denounces the Reagan recession while throwin' down

Rick struggles to integrate MTV

Rick fantasizes the Mary Jane Girls into existence

Rick romances Linda Blair in cold blood

Jailbait

Rick involves himself in a murderous family feud

Rick and Eddie Murphy "Party all the time"

Rick tries and fails to shake off the drug yoke

A glowing Rick chases a woman along a beach

Rick lets his freak flag fly

Rick and Motown duke it out in court

Rick meets the love of his life

Rick makes loosey feel wonderful

Rick kicks out

Please Hammer, help him!

Trouble

Rick and Tanya strike again

Tanya pleads guilty

The prosecutors summon their star witness

Guilty... sort of

Shocking new allegations

The prosecutors accuse an investigator

Rick and Tanya attempt to marry

Rick busts out!

Rick takes the train to Folsom prison

Rick tries again

Organized crime makes Rick a post-prison star

Rick revels in an urban rapsody

Rick and Tanya finally marry... and then divorce

The super freak becomes a senior freak

Comeback

"I'm Rick James, bitch!"

Rick works to publicize the phrases that would outlive him

Deeper Still

Rick dies alone with drugs in his veins

Reactions run the gamut

Two funerals

Rick's legacy.