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Prince's Afro Is Back!

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 05.20.2013 | Black Voices

Last night Prince rightfully picked up the Icon award at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards. And he also picked out his afro for the big event! Ever sinc...

Stars in a Record Store

Binky Philips | Posted 05.17.2013 | Entertainment
Binky Philips

Running a record store on St Mark's Place in the East Village during the 1980s put me in the dead-center middle of an exploding mecca of pop culture.

WATCH: How Prince Was Influenced By Sheila E.'s Family

Posted 05.21.2013 | Black Voices

From “Holly Rock” to “A Love Bizarre,” Prince and Sheila E. recorded a string of timeless classics that are known to rock a party to this very...

DJ on the Rise

Reyne Haines | Posted 04.29.2013 | Los Angeles
Reyne Haines

On Sunday nights, if you happen to venture to Bar Marmont in Los Angeles, you'll find a woman spinning vinyl. Yes, another club, another DJ, but look closer. There is something very different about this one.

Prince: The King of Everything Rocks On

Steve Heilig | Posted 04.26.2013 | San Francisco
Steve Heilig

Seeing him up close, full of energy and fire, hardly breaking a sweat in a sweltering room through hours of raging rock and funk, was a privilege. "If we was at home we'd be doing the same thing" he said at one point, underscoring the intimate, loose nature of such a show in such a small venue.

What Prince Hates

Posted 04.03.2013 | Entertainment

Don't count Prince among fans of Vine, the social networking application that allows users to "share life in motion" by creating six-second looping vi...

11 Of Music's Biggest Jokes

Posted 04.01.2013 | Entertainment

So here we are: April Fools' Day is upon us. The day where countless "funny" people pull your seat out from under you, tell you that you're fired and ...

Prince To Testify In Michael Jackson AEG Live Lawsuit

TMZ | Posted 04.01.2013 | Celebrity

Prince and Michael Jackson never worked together in their illustrious careers ... until now ... because TMZ has learned Katherine Jackson intends to c...

Prince Announces Tour Dates

Eurweb | Posted 03.25.2013 | Black Voices

Fresh from his marathon set at SXSW, Prince on Friday announced a nine-city tour of theaters in the Western U.S. and Canada beginning April 15 in Vanc...

SXSW 2013 Recap: A Happy Parade of Magical and WTF Moments

Stephanie Keller | Posted 05.20.2013 | Entertainment
Stephanie Keller

To actively participate in the 10 days of festivities usually results in weariness and exhaustion from another dimension, but inside the mayhem are memorable sparks of genius that inspire my return every year.

Part of the Cosmos: Slow Knights' Exclusive "Shame"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.19.2013 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

As guitarist of world-renowned electropop band Scissor Sisters, Derek Gruen (aka "Del Marquis") never truly let his voice be heard. But now with the Sisters on indefinite hiatus, Gruen has stepped up the spotlight with his new album Cosmos.

South by Southwest, Year of the Aspirational Hashtag

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.18.2013 | Entertainment
Karen Dalton-Beninato

In the heart of all this change, South by Southwest is still full of fans and musicians doing double takes in hotel lobbies to see who's who.

Wild Prince Concert Outlasts Many Fans

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 05.17.2013 | Entertainment

AUSTIN, Texas — How did Prince close out South by Southwest Music Festival's weeklong showcase of rock n' roll? By naturally throwing a totally...

WATCH: Prince Records New Theme Song

Posted 03.19.2013 | Black Voices

Having the appropriate musical opener has always played a vital role in television shows. Luckily for NBC’s national correspondent, Tamron Hall, one...

OMG People, PRINCE Is Working For MSNBC Now

Posted 05.11.2013 | Media

MSNBC's Tamron Hall just blew every other cable news host on television out of the water, because Tamron Hall has something they don't have: a theme s...

Amazing Prince Tribute Draws Music Legends

AP | MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 05.08.2013 | Entertainment

NEW YORK — They partied like it was 1999 – the audience and the musicians – at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. More than...

Great Scott! Talking An Appointment With Mr. Yeats and More With The Waterboys' Mike Scott

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.07.2013 | Entertainment
Gregory Weinkauf

Mike Scott of The Waterboys is back in the U.S.A., with a marvelous new album (An Appointment With Mr Yeats) and a fresh, well-received autobiography (Adventures of a Waterboy).

Prince Appearing On 'Late Night'

AP | Posted 04.26.2013 | Entertainment

NEW YORK — Prince is continuing to ramp up his public profile. This week, he'll make an appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon." A rep for...

Hey, Prince, Your Roots Are Showing

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.10.2013 | Celebrity
Megan Smolenyak

Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, has the music world intrigued with the series of singles he's been releasing. I thought I'd take a peek into his pre-Minnesota, pre-purple, ancestral past. Here are a few of the discoveries I found scattered in the branches of his family tree:

Power in Hollywood

Liz Smith | Posted 04.10.2013 | Entertainment
Liz Smith

"The thing women have yet to understand is nobody gives you power. You just take it," said Roseanne Barr as she climbed the heights in Hollywood, taking power, and not apologizing.

LISTEN: New Music From Prince

The Huffington Post | Madeline Boardman | Posted 02.06.2013 | Entertainment

Prince fans, rejoice! The iconic artist has dropped another new song. Titled "Breakfast Can Wait," the track features the funky feel that Prince i...

Some Thoughts About Super Bowl Sunday!

Jay Weston | Posted 04.06.2013 | Los Angeles
Jay Weston

I imagined I was the only one who came away from Beyonce's performance at the Super Bowl with a vague feeling of... disappointment. I kept thinking th...

Conversations With José James, Otis Taylor, Erin Boheme and Renaiszance's Radha & Ravé Mehta, Plus an Unknown Component Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.06.2013 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

"My mother is Irish-American and my father is Afro-Panamanian, so it's kind of been the story of my life to be a bridge between different cultures and different styles, and musically, that's between jazz and R&B."

Best of January Music -- Concerts, Leftovers, Prince

Dusty Wright | Posted 03.31.2013 | Arts
Dusty Wright

I'm stunned. Truly didn't expect this catchy-as-hell glam rock raveup from the Purple Dood. Restores all the faith I'd lost in him these past few years about the ability to write any memorable jukebox tunes.

Prince Throws Shade At Madonna, Maroon 5

The Huffington Post | Cavan Sieczkowski | Posted 01.25.2013 | Entertainment

Prince did not mince words when he threw shade at both Madonna and Maroon 5 during a recent interview with Billboard for its new, rebooted magazine. ...