Donation Options Search Search Search Chicagoan Michael Sumler worked with Kool & the Gang as a stylist and hype man. Provided Share Michael “Chicago Mike” Sumler, who grew up on the Side Side ...

The R&B world lost two more notable names across the past week when former Kool & the Gang member Michael Sumler died in a ...

Mike Sumler, hype man of the Grammy Award-winning group Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 71. Sumler died in a car crash over ...