Prince Rogers Nelson was born June 7, 1958. The multi-talented instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor would become known to the world simply as Prince, a Rock and Roll Hall of ...

(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 ...

For weeks if not months now, rumor mill murmurs have insisted that new releases are en route from the Prince estate. Today they are confirmed with the announcement of an official career-spanning ...

Prince wrote “When Doves Cry” and released it on May 16, 1984, as the lead single from Purple Rain. Just days after the album, which served as a soundtrack to the film of the same name, hit record ...

With the outside of the Superdome awash in purple light on Friday, July 4, 2014, Prince took the stage as the Essence Festival’s 20th anniversary headliner, kicking things off with the words, “We are ...

Decades after its release, Prince’s 1984 album and film soundtrack, “Purple Rain,” is seeing renewed momentum.

D'Angelo, who died Tuesday, did not leave many albums behind, but there are plenty of deep cuts lurking in the crates — here ...