and Rick.

Also those weren't my quotes - those were Rick's.

So unless Rick is lying... I dunno bro...

you are absolutely dead on about Melvin tho.

I got footage of him calling Marvin, Michael and his drummer his 'blood' and 'cousins' and family. lol.

However if you watch the DVD "I'm Rick James The Definitive DVD"

They point out that they were indeed related by blood and that Rick tried to use this to his advantage when trying to get his band with Neil Young signed to Motown - but Melvin didn't help him.

They also point out the part about the 7 Tempts and how proud Rick was to achieve this - I think there is even an excerpt where he says this himself (his audio recording from an interview) but I'll have to watch it again.

So hey I dunno lol