Brown will have surgery for cancer

Singer James Brown, the music pioneer known as the Godfather of Soul, has prostate cancer and will have surgery next week, his publicist said Friday.

The 71-year-old Brown, who just finished a two-week Canadian tour, will have surgery at an undisclosed hospital in Georgia on Wednesday, said publicist Simone Smalls.

Brown then plans to begin promoting his memoir, “I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul,” to be published in January.