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 ...

Few artists, upon their death, have left as big a hole in their wake as Princedid. When Prince passed away in 2016, for a brief moment, it was as if the world had stopped turning. Along with his band, ...

Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, was one of the most prolific songwriters in the music business. His uncanny sense of melody, distinctive voice and production techniques consistently ...

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

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 ...

Having his 1984 hit “Purple Rain” named one of the state songs of Minnesota “would have meant so much” to Prince, his sister Sharon Nelson told a state Senate committee Tuesday. “It was more than just ...

A frenzied performance of “Let’s Go Crazy”? Check. A set that resembles the Minneapolis club First Avenue? Check. But a scene in which a woman is tossed into a trash bin against her will? Or saucy ...

Joining us this week to talk about the song that changed his life is Nicolay. He's best known as the producer and beatmaker for The Foreign Exchange. The duo formed in 2002 in what may be the most ...