purple rain
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I Tried It: My Co-Worker Shamed Me Into Watching Purple Rain
Yesha Callahan, The Root’s deputy managing editor, is a tyrant. I think my troubles really began in earnest last April when the greatest of all time, Prince Rogers Nelson, departed this earthly plane and the office was reminiscing. Of course, Purple Rain, both the album and the film, came up in conversation. I casually mentioned…
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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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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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‘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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New Prince Album Coming in November
It has been exactly seven months since the world lost the Purple One, otherwise known as Prince. In memoriam, his music, both classic and unreleased, is being repackaged and reissued to a nation of fans still in disbelief. According to the Los Angeles Times, Warner Bros. and NPG Records have announced a 2017 release of…
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Prince Purple Rain Shirt Sells for Almost $100,000 at Auction
The white ruffled shirt that Prince wore in the film Purple Rain (you know, the one he wore by the “purified waters of Lake Minnetonka”) sold for $96,000 this weekend, nearly 32 times its asking price. The Guardian reports that the New Romantic-style ivory silk shirt and a black-and-white blazer from the 1984 film sold for $96,000…
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Things I’d Like To See (And Not See) From BET’s Prince Tribute
(Some suggestions for next month’s tribute from a concerned fan who really wants to see BET pull this off) No yodeling from Trey Songz How dare you disrespect the legend by letting Trey Songz vocally tap dance on “Purple Rain.” Please exclude him and other fellow yodelers Jussie Smollet, The Dream, and Chris Brown. Put…