Overview
- Carlton Hudgens II announced his father's death in a Facebook post on Sunday, sharing tributes but offering no medical details.
- Coverage notes an age discrepancy, with many reports saying 72 while his son cites a 1952 birthdate and says he was 73.
- Reports recall Carlton’s 2019 stroke and subsequent health challenges, though the family has not named an official cause.
- The Detroit-born singer broke through with a 1974 Top 10 pop cover of “Everlasting Love” and earned a Grammy nomination for 1981’s “She’s a Bad Mama Jama.”
- His best-known hits continue to resonate, with roughly 25 million Spotify streams for “Everlasting Love” and over 100 million for “She’s a Bad Mama Jama,” which has been widely sampled and licensed as peers like Confunkshun posted tributes.