It's All Black Music

Last week we brought you Then & Now: 1990s Music Icons and this week we have the 1980s up next! Take a look back at all the reason why you loved (or maybe hated) the 1980s in our then & now gallery of celebrities from the decade. You’ll see Whitney Houston before the drama, LL […]

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Prince concert/fundraiser scheduled for Dallas as part of Superbowl weekend was canceled at the last minute. The superstar was due to perform at the Hotel Intercontinental along with Erykah Badu and others, with tickets selling for $1,500 each. But organizers called it off just an hour before it was to start, climaxing a flurry of […]

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Can’t make it to Prince’s “Welcome 2 America” gig at Madison Square Garden next week? Console yourself with a special chocolate bar with the pop legend’s face all over it. Head over to Dylan’s Candy Bar to pick up the limited edition, commemorative Belgium milk chocolate bar that bears Prince’s likeness on the wrapper.

Way Black When

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Prince and Erykah Badu will be doing a benefit concert together entitled The Event.  Its all to raise money for the Goss Michael Foundation. Erykah will open up for Prince at the event.  With guest Dj’s, food, open bar, entertainment, and additional performances.  The Event should raise a lot of money just in the Prince […]

Music videos weren’t exactly a new phenomenon when MTV debuted in 1981. French musicians had been making short films to accompany their songs since the invention of the Scopitone visual jukebox in the late 1950s. However, MTV’s launch upped not only the quantity of music videos being produced, but the quality. We racked our brains […]

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Prince continued to rock out at a private, candlelit jam session at Butter Wednesday night after his second concert at Madison Square Garden for his “Welcome to America” tour. The Purple One earlier played the Garden with opening act Janelle Monae and Cyndi Lauper and took both to the NoHo eatery in the wee hours […]

It's All Black Music

Man, what we would give to have been in New York City this past weekend! That’s right, even though it is now nearly two-thirds of the way through the following Monday, there are still thousands of Prince fans buzzing in purple delight from his sold out concerts – the first of the set to blaze […]

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Prince put on the first of three scheduled concerts at Madison Square Garden Saturday night and it was was teeming with celebrities – many of whom ended up jamming with His Royal Badness on stage. Spike Lee, Naomi Campbell, Jamie Foxx and his homegirls from “The View” – Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd – were […]

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Prince showed up to a screening of “Black Swan,” Darren Aronofsky’s ballet-themed thriller, in Los Angeles the other night in typical rock-star fashion. “He showed up just as you would expect Prince to do — late, with dark sunglasses and high heels,” said a witness. The Purple One’s tardiness delayed the screening 20 minutes, but […]