Tonight at 10, tune in for a great episode of "Unsung" on TV One featuring funk master George Clinton.

Clinton, still active after 50 years in the business, was born in Kannapolis, and although he grew up in New Jersey, when he says North Carolina, you can hear North Carolina. (Maybe he spent his summers Down South.)

The episode has some great information, with smart talking heads, explaining Clinton's place in music history. Clinton's funk, we're told is a mix of psychedelic rock with a deep groove. One person, noting Clinton's spaceship and alien motif, calls his an "Afro-futurist." NC native Maceo Parker chimes in on the discussion as well.

The best thing about the episode though, is that it reveals why Clinton, in part, is still active: he's broke. The man whose music has provide a thousand rap samples (and some say should be worth $100 million) has never gotten a dime for the samples because of shady dealings.