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Thirty-six years ago, the late artist known as Prince won an Oscar for Best Original Score for Purple Rain. His musical movie not only crossed genres to make him a household name, but showcased a slew of talented musicians like Morris Day and The Time, Wendy & Lisa, and more. Everyone who stood on stage with Prince was exceptionally gifted. That was by design, as every artist that came through Paisley Park was trained and coached by Prince himself. The graphic novel MPLS Sound aims to capture Prince’s transcendent rise and the birth of the “Minneapolis sound” by telling the story of ...

LOS ANGELES — Coming of age in Minneapolis in the 1980s, Anitra Davis, like many of her peers, counted local musical-prodigy-made-good Prince Rogers Nelson as her very favorite artist. Also like many of her peers, Davis could boast of some personal but tangential connections to Prince; her mother worked at the Capri Theater, where Prince first performed songs from his debut album "For You," and Davis grew up just three blocks from where Prince and future bandmate Andre Cymone began their musical careers. In 2014, Davis, a financial analyst by day, moved from Minneapolis to Thousand Oaks....

Sheila E. Is Making a Biopic About Her Years With Prince Girl Meets Boy. The percussionist broke the news on Facebook with a post that read, "Coming soon...Sheila E. to release Girl Meets Boy, a film telling the beautiful story of her time with Prince. Stay Tuned. ��" In her book, The Beat of My Own Drum: A Memoir, Sheila E. recalled that she first heard of Prince while he was recording his debut, For You. Santana keyboardist Tom Coster told her and her father, Santana percussionist Pete Escovedo, that he had heard this kid named Prince who was writing, producing and playing all the in...