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Prince Estate Sues to Block ‘Unauthorized’ Release of New Songs
If you were planning to drop a few bills on that new Prince EP, you might want to hold up a minute. The Prince estate has filed a lawsuit to block the release of the new six-song EP called Deliverance, which is slated for release on Friday, the one-year anniversary of Prince’s death. The estate…
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Watch: Damaris Lewis, Prince’s ‘Black Muse’
Once a Prince muse, always a Prince muse. Model Damaris Lewis met Prince in 2010 after receiving a strange call from his manager: An unnamed artist wanted to meet her. The end. Lewis agreed, and weeks later, Prince invited her on his Welcome 2 Australia tour (after she said no to an earlier invitation to…
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Since You’ve Been Gone: A Year Without Prince
On April 21, 2016, the royal purple star who took the earthly name of Prince Rogers Nelson exploded into a supernova and ceased to exist on this plane. We called him Prince. Astrophysicists say that when a star dies, it creates a black hole whose gravitational pull is so strong, nothing—not even light—can escape it.…
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Forget Purple Rain: I Rewatched Prince’s Under the Cherry Moon Just for You and Hated Every Minute
Have you ever seen a film where a man and another man have a conversation while that man is in a bathtub, taking a bath, nekkid, wearing a sombrero while talking to the other man about made-up nonsense? I have seen that film. And that man in the bathtub was Prince, and that nonsensical scene…
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Court Documents Show Medications Found in Prince’s Home Were Not Prescribed to Him
On Monday, court documents became public involving the death of Prince. The unsealed documents showed that the medications found in the singer’s home were not prescribed to him. Bottles of opioid painkillers found in the home were prescribed to Prince’s friend and former drummer Kirk Johnson, according to CNN. The pills were found in various…
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African-American Film Critics Association to Honor Prince’s Film Legacy Across the Country
As the first anniversary of the death of Prince Rogers Nelson nears, we must remember that Prince’s legacy in the arts extends beyond music. Aside from his legendary status as a Hall of Fame musician, he starred in four films, three of which he directed. The African-American Film Critics Association, in association with libraries and…
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8 Songs You Probably Didn’t Know Were Touched by Prince’s Magic
Prince Rogers Nelson was arguably the most musically gifted artist in history (and by “arguably” I mean “definitely,” and I will fight anyone who says otherwise). Luckily for us and the music industry, he was willing to share those musical gifts with a wide range of artists. From helping to launch the careers of Sheila…
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‘But I’m Here to Tell You, There’s Something Else’ … Prince Week at The Root
Man, 2016 really took a weird turn after Prince died. Russians invading our elections. Wave after wave of surprising deaths. The ascension of Donald Trump against all the best logic and reason. So much happened, it made you wonder if the only thing holding the fabric of the universe together was a petite man with…
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Sinead O’Connor Apologizes for Saying Arsenio Hall Gave Prince Drugs
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor once accused Arsenio Hall of providing drugs to Prince, and now she’s apologizing, since a hefty lawsuit was looming over her head. Last year, after the death of the Purple One, O’Connor took to Facebook and wrote a post insinuating that Hall was the man responsible for providing Prince with drugs…
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Would Prince Be Happy With His Music Streaming on All Services? Probably Not
As of Sunday, you can find Prince’s music from Warner Bros. streaming on all music services, including Apple, Spotify, Pandora and Amazon.com. Previously it streamed only on Tidal. Cameron Strang, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records, announced the news hours before the Grammys, where Prince will be honored. “Prince recorded his most influential and…