Prince Estate Court Battle Finally Ends A Minnesota judge on Monday signed off on a deal that will finally end the long court battle over Prince’s $156 million estate, more than six years after the iconic rocker died without a will. Rolled ou... Read More...
Mary J Blige to receive Icon Award at 2022 Billboard Music Awards Mary J. Blige will receive her flowers at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, being honored with the Icon Award. The award recognizes artists who have excelled on the Billboard charts and made a historic... Read More...
Supreme Court to take up dispute over Andy Warhol images of Prince The Supreme Court said Monday that it will referee a dispute involving pop artist Andy Warhol and a rock photographer who claimed Warhol violated her rights in creating images of Prince bas... Read More...
Third Man Records to Issue Prince’s Previously Unreleased 1986 Album ‘Camille’ Third Man Records have revealed plans to issue Prince’s previously unreleased 1986 album Camille. “We’re finally going to put it out,” label co-founder Ben Blackwell told Mojo. “Prince’... Read More...
What Time Is It? Prince’s Estate says Morris Day can no longer work as “Morris Day & The Time” Morris Day, frontman of Prince-spawned funk group the Time for more than 40 years, has laid into his late benefactor’s estate, which he claims has told him he can no longer work under the name Morris Day &... Read More...
Primary Wave buys stake in Prince estate Primary Wave has added a substantial stake in the Prince estate to its list of recent acquisitions, which include an $80m majority stake in the publishing catalog of Fleetwood Mac member Ste... Read More...
Prince’s 2010 ‘Welcome 2 America’ Speaks to 2021 "Welcome 2 America" was never going to be a typical Prince album. Recorded in 2010 at his famed Paisley Park studio in Minnesota, the project enlisted hotshot bassist Tal Wilkenfeld and drummer Chris Co... Read More...
Prince’s ‘Welcome 2 America,’ an Unreleased Album, coming in July For the first time since Prince died unexpectedly in 2016, the singer’s estate will release a completed — but never-before-heard — album from his storied vault of leftover music. Until now, the estate h... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape: (What Happened To) Black Concert Promoters? The concerns of black radio were even more intense within the ranks of black concert promoters. From the post- World War II period onward small black promoters, often working with booking agencies focused on ... Read More...
The Funky Demise of Black Bands , Part IV : Beat Junkies- DJs, Sampling, Singers & Trap Just when you thought it had come to an end, Mr. George ,once again, does not disappoint as he continues his series on the demise of legendary Black bands. This series chronicles an important portion of music ... Read More...