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Rest In Peace: Prince dead at 57, publicist confirms

Prince has died at the age of 57 in his Paisley Park home studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, his publicist confirms. After earlier reports of a death at the studio address, Associated Press has confirmed the death with a publicist representing Prince. While the cause of death remains unconfirmed at this time, Prince made headlines last week when his […]

Prince Shares “Baltimore” Tribute Song

Prince has released his tribute song to the city of Baltimore ahead of his performance at Sunday night’s “Rally 4 Peace” concert at Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena in Maryland City. According to the song’s Soundcloud page, Prince played all instruments to record a new version of a demo, which also features the vocal talents of […]

Prince Announces Two New Studio Albums, Sets September Release Date

That ringing in your ears is a not a medical emergency. The heavens have blessed us with a miracle, and the angels are singing in celebration. The music icon known as Prince has revealed plans to release not one, but two brand new studio albums before the end of the year. The highly-anticipated albums are […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Harts Discusses Upcoming Debut, Recording Solo, and Jamming with Prince (Yes, THAT Prince)

It’s always heartwarming and amazing to hear about rookie artists meeting the legends who’ve inspired them. Typically, this usually happens when the artist is touring the country and the legend happens to be in attendance or even when the two happen to share the stage at some sort of a festival. However, in the case […]

Need A Little Funk In Your Life? Take A Moment To Discover Harts

It’s not every day that Prince compliments a relatively unknown talent, but upon hearing the work of Harts, the man who gave us Purple Rain remarked, “He reminds me of how I was at that age.” I could go on and on about the way I felt the first time I heard Harts’ latest single, […]

Hear How To Dress Well Cover Taking Back Sunday’s “You Know How I Do”

Tom Krell, aka the neo-R&B crooner behind How To Dress Well, will be dropping his third album, What Is This Heart?, on June 24 via Weird World. We’ve already heard “Words I Don’t Remember” and “Repeat Pleasure” (as well as it’s heartbreaking music video), but now we get a new mixtape of covers, edits, and […]

Prince Settles Differences With Label, Announces New Album

Prince has been been teasing the public for the better part of the last year with the idea he may have new music ready to share with the world. There have been a handful of single releases, as well as highly-publicized concerts and appearances on TV shows, but until this afternoon that artist behind “Little […]

LISTEN: Prince and Zooey Deschanel’s New Single

When Prince appeared on New Girl (starring Zooey Deschanel as the quirky roommate, Jess) back in February, he performed a song with Deschanel at the end of the episode. Now, Prince has released the full-length version of the track, ”FALLINLOVE2NITE.” This is Prince’s first release since “PRETZELBODYLOGIC,” which premiered after the episode of New Girl. Prince will soon unveil PLECTRUMELECTRUM, […]

Prince Reveals New Song on ‘New Girl’

Following a cameo on New Girl  (the quirk-filled comedy starring She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel), Prince revealed the track “PRETZELBODYLOGIC.” In the episode, Deschanel’s character, Jess, along with her best friend CeCe (Hannah Simone) is invited by Prince to a party at his mansion which is eventually crashed by Jess’ roommates. At the party, Prince plays […]

Prince Drops $22 Million Lawsuit Against Bootleggers

Bootlegging, or the act of filming and sharing videos shot at live music performances, is one form of piracy that is often overlooked by many, but one which still carries with it harsh consequences. Several days ago, 22 Prince fans found this out the hard way when the music megastar decided to sue each of […]

Prince Suing Bootleggers For $22 Million

Bootlegging nowadays is incredibly easy to do. You just need a decent camera and a steady hand, and you’re good to go. Most people don’t think twice about sharing videos shot at a live music performance, but it’s something that can still get you into a lot of trouble. While a lot of artists have […]

Prince To Headline 2014 Essence Music Festival

The Essence Music Festival is an annual festival held by Essence Magazine in New Orleans, Louisiana. Every year the festival boasts a number of popular artists including Mary J Blige, Kanye West, Alicia Keys and more. The festival officially announced that the one and only Prince will be headlining the upcoming dates in 2014. This […]