NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of James Mtume on 13 January 2022. James Mtume has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 23 July 2014. James Mtume's music has been featured on 19 episodes.

James Forman, better known by his stage name James Mtume, is an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality.

He came to prominence as a Jazz musician, working with Miles Davis between 1971 and 1975. Mtume's R&B group, also called Mtume, is best known for the 1983 R&B hit song "Juicy Fruit", which has been repeatedly sampled. Mtume the band also had a top-five R&B hit with the single "You, Me, and He".