• YACHT and LCD Soundsystem Honor Prince With Electro-Pop ‘Controversy’ Covers [LISTEN]

    Electro-pop outfits YACHT and LCD Soundsystem are among the latest to pay tribute to Prince following the genre-bending pop icon's untimely death at the age of 57 in his Minnesota Paisley Park Estate earlier this week. Both bands honored the Purple One with covers of Controversy tracks: YACHT offered up their own version of "Annie Christian" whereas LCD Soundsystem paid their respects by covering "Controversy" at Coachella.

  • Prince's First Manager Speaks With NPR About the Legend in New Interview

    Following the death of Prince at the young age of 57, his first manager, Owen Husney, spoke to NPR about the legend. According to Husney, Prince was far beyond his peers even at the tender age of 18. Prince was so new on the music scene when he was first placed in Husney’s care that he still went by his given name, Prince Rogers Nelson. Husney would know best of the artist’s precociousness, as he was one of the first people to work with him.

  • Cannes Film Festival Prince Tribute Scheduled Following His Death at 57

    The Cannes Film Festival is planning a tribute for Prince following his death at the young age of 57. The Purple One was found dead in an elevator this past Thursday (April 21) and it has yet to be determined what the exact cause of his demise was. But a representative for the film festival was cagey about the exact details of the tribute.

  • Prince Dead at 57: Autopsy Results Expected to Take Weeks to Complete

    As the world mourns the death of Prince, it has just been reported that his autopsy results are expected to take weeks to complete. The autopsy itself took place just this morning (April 22). While the results only usually take three hours, the official results will not be released to the public for many weeks.

  • Frank Ocean Remembers Prince As A 'Vanguard & Genius" On Tumblr

    Prince died today, April 21, at the age of 57. Fans have been waiting on some sort of new update from Frank Ocean for months now, but instead of news about his music he took the time today to write a post on his Tumblr page as a tribute to Prince who died today at the age of 57.

  • President Barack Obama Reacts To Prince's Sudden Death

    Rest In Peace Prince. Everyone has been touched by Prince's music in some way of another. Whether he was a staple of your childhood, cornerstone of your music collection or occasionally passed through your ears from time to time, Prince was an omnipresent musical force in the latter half of the 20th century.

  • Prince Dead At 57: World Reacts To Purple One's Death

    RIP Prince. The man, the myth, the legend, Prince, is dead at the age of 57. His publicist confirmed the news to the Associated Press this afternoon. Authorities were called to his Paisley Park estate in the town of Chanhassen, Minnesota this morning for a medical emergency.
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