(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 ...

Prince was a fountain of musical creativity — as daring and diverse as he was prolific. Like many geniuses, he rarely slept, and frequently found himself in the studio producing song after song after ...

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 ...

Chaka Khan needed a solo hit to boost her solo career. She raided Prince's catalog for "I Feel For You" to make it happen.

Rachel Webb, as Apollonia, tends to save the show's more intimate scenes with empathy to spare. Credit: Matthew Murphy There were moments during “Purple Rain,” the musical adaptation of Prince’s 1984 ...

Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a challenge — from the boss himself. Prince broached the ...

You don’t have to fork over money for the stage version of “Purple Rain” this week to celebrate Prince. The late legend’s tunes will provide the soundtrack ...