Tony Thompson, a drummer whose beat for Chic helped define disco and hip-hop, died Nov. 12 in Encino. He was 48 and lived in Los Angeles. The cause was renal cell cancer, said his family ‘ s Web site, ...

Tony Thompson, the man whose drumming set the beat for the disco era — and later hip-hop — dies at 48. Thompson first hit the charts in the 1970s with the disco band Chic. The band's hits included ...

"If you listen to Nevermind, the Nirvana record, I pulled so much stuff from The Gap Band, and Cameo, and Tony Thompson, on every one of those songs," Grohl shared, with the clip highlighting Grohl’s ...