(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists have had the seismic impact on music and culture that Prince did. The Purple One wasn’t just a musician; he was a genre-defying force, a master of reinvention, and a ...

The album was a huge success at the time of release and in the decades since, with four songs on the record reaching the top ...

The group was no longer allowed to use the NPG name or play sets of Prince's music.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When most people think of Prince, their minds immediately go to the global hits—”Purple Rain,” “When Doves Cry,” “1999,” and “Kiss.” And fair enough—those songs helped shape pop ...

Purple Rain nearly earns a ninth stay at No. 1 on the Official Soundtrack Albums list this week, as the Oscar-winning release ...

*Securing iconic music for television is famously difficult, but the appearance of Prince‘s “When Doves Cry” and “Purple Rain” in the “Stranger Things” finale represented a uniquely complex challenge.

The incomparable Pattie LaBelle was quite a fan of Prince, and vice versa. In the late 1980s, she needed a bit of help scoring another hit, and she contacted Prince ...

April 21, 2017, marks the one-year anniversary of Prince’s death. Yeah, I can’t believe it, either. It’s been an entire 365 (and counting) days since we lost one of the most prolific artists of all ...

"Moonbeam Levels” is a previously unreleased song originally recorded in 1982. — -- Prince's Paisley Park estate has released the first new song since the singer passed away in April: "Moonbeam ...

Prince wasn’t one to have entirely platonic relationships with his collaborators. At least, that was the case for his relationship with artist Sheila E. The two met back in the late 1970s and outside ...

Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers are convinced Kate Bush played a key role in Prince's estate allowing his songs When Doves Cry and Purple Rain to feature in the show's finale. The late ...

At the 2017 Grammy Awards ceremony, Bruno Mars paid a blistering tribute to the late trailblazing icon Prince.