boseman's number. i'm surprised it was intact.s on this. >> reporter: in later life, brown grabbed attention for his troubles with the law. >> the godfather of soul turned himself into police today. charged with trying to kill his wife last week. >> james brown. >> reporter: you touched on some of the violence and the drugs in the film. but you didn't go deeply there. was that conscious? >> it was because, to be frank, that's the most horribly celebrated part of james' life with american culture. >> how are you all doing? >> good. >> what his real legacy is what he meant to the african-american race. i'm black and proud. ♪ say it loud >> reporter: ultimately, they say there's a lesson all of us can take from james brown. >> he was the architect of his destiny. and i think that's what is triumphant about his story. >> he had an idea of what he wanted to be and what he wanted to do. i think a lot of times, people don't feel like they have that power. >> reporter: i'm deborah roberts, for "nightline," in new york. >> fascinating. by

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- james franco chadwick boseman musical guest, jenny lewis and featuring the legendary roots crew. and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome. thank you for being here. thank you so much for being here. welcome to "the tonight show," everybody. here's what everyone is talking about. this is pretty big. the "new york times" just published an editorial calling on the federal government to legalize recreational marijuana. [ cheers and applause ] the "new york times." they don't reall care about weed, it's just the only way they can keep selling papers. [ laughter ] you don't have to read it, you can roll it, use it however you want. the "new york times" wants the government to legalize marijuana. even weirder, "high times" is calling on the u.n. to broker a a two-state solution in the middle east. [ laughter ] >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: so, i don't know what's going on. the oddest weekend, yeah. like a freaky friday. >> steve: freaky friday. >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: dude! >> jimmy: the "new york times" says the government

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boseman is a howard university grad. means ho al sharpton was part of the panel.e was james brown's tour manager from 1973 to 1980. >> there is a new clue in the killing of a 76-year-old shop owner in northwest. almost three weeks after james oh was with beaten to death, police have video of someone who might know what happened. >> reporter: tonight i'm outside d.c. police headquarters. officers want your help finding the two masked men who beat and killed james oh. they want your help identifying the man you will see in this video. take a look at the man in the gold corner market on colorado avenue from july 4th. police say he might have information about what happened to 76-year-old store owner james oh. the man was captured in the store around two hours before oh was beaten to death. detectives say the two masked men attacked oh and stole $3,000 in cash. last week kathy linear met with business owners and people who li in the area. she hopes for a break in the case. >> without somebody who witnessed the suspects, knows their face who can say, i recognize those

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- james franco chadwick boseman musical guest, jenny lewis

. >> chadwick boseman, got to see you. >> good morning. >> i watched that clip.onvinced to do it. >> yeah. when i first saw the script i was like i'm not even going to open it and read it. there's no way i'm playing james brown. >> why? >> just because i knew that the skillset was so difficult, the dancing and singing. i said i don't know who they're going to get to do that. and i also felt like, you know, there's been a lot of parody in jokes that have been made and i didn't know how you could find the real man and get away from what people already thought about him. >> was there a piece of it you just came off playing jackie robinson. you didn't want to go from iconic historical character to iconic historical character? >> that was the real reason. my team, we weren't looking for another biopic, period. when you do one thing, you get sent a whole bunch of biopics. yesterday i was sent two. >> we didn't want to get in that kind of a groove. you had to ask yourself and you mentioned this, at some point can i pull off those legendary dance moves? what went into le

travis boseman who stars as james brown opened up on how they're going to address the impact james brown on the civil rights movement. we'll take a look at that clip right now. >> okay. >> he had a voice because he was traveling from city to city. he knew his music was touching people. he was trying to make music about things that mattered to him. and when the time came, you know, which was basically for it to be a formal statement for him, which is basically after king's assassination he just stepped up to the plate. >> i also spoke to the film's director, tate taylor, who i love this film that he did, "the help" a couple years ago. he got a little criticism as being a white director telling a black story. i spoke to him about tackling this film as a white director, which is a really grate story about james brown. and he said he's not worried about any skeptics or critics of him doing this film. here's what he had to say. >> i'm fresh scottish irish. as much as i want to change it there's nothing i can do about it. so the answer's the same. no. i'm a storyteller. james brown's a storyte