MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Paisley Park, the private estate and studio complex of the late rock superstar Prince, will open for daily public tours starting Oct. 6, the trust company overseeing his estate announced Wednesday, and the company that runs Elvis Presley’s Graceland will manage it. Bremer Trust said in a statement that millions of Prince […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In a story Aug. 21 about pills found at Prince‘s estate after his death, The Associated Press misidentified a synthetic drug found in some pills. It was U-47700, not U-4770. A corrected version of the story is below: Official: Pills found at Prince’s estate contained fentanyl An official close to the investigation […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The administrator of Prince’s estate says it is not planning to sell Paisley Park, one day after asking a judge for permission to offer several Prince properties for sale. A court filing on Friday had included Paisley Park, Prince’s home and recording complex, among a list of properties that could be sold. […]
R&B group The O’Jays are decrying the use of their song “Love Train” during the Republican National Convention, including a version remixed as “Trump Train,” without the consent of the band. Founding members Eddie Levert and Walter Williams said in a statement Thursday that they were asked to appear at the convention in Cleveland, but […]
Bernie Worrell, an influential keyboardist who forged his sound while playing with George Clinton’s Parliament and Funkadelic bands, passed last Friday after battling stage four cancer. Mr. Worrell not only played with the legendary funk bands but toured with rock acts and more. Worrell was born April 19, 1944 in Long Branch, New Jersey. A […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — DNA test results show a Colorado prison inmate is not Prince’s son, a person who has seen a sealed document said Wednesday. The finding means that Carlin Q. Williams is not entitled to inherit a fortune worth up to $300 million. The person who spoke to The Associated Press was not authorized […]
UPDATE: Gladys Knight’s son has been arrested and is on out on bail on charges that he appropriated money from the restaurants he managed. AJC.com reports: The owner of Gladys Knight’s Chicken & Waffles restaurants was released on $20,000 bond from Clayton County jail Wednesday afternoon, according to online inmate records. Shanga Hankerson, son of […]
The Bobby Brown memoir Every Little Step is not even out yet (its due out June 13) and it already has people talking. In fact, there are so many revelations involved, it’s hard to keep up with them all. Brown details his life with Whitney Houston, their drug use, their infidelities on both sides with […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge on Wednesday authorized the trust company that’s overseeing Prince’s estate to hire entertainment industry experts to help manage and preserve the deceased superstar’s musical legacy while the court sorts out who’s entitled to inherit his estate. Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide turned down a request by Carlin Q. […]
Ever since Prince and Muhammad Ali transitioned from the earthly realm within weeks of each other, the sentiment has been that because they were popular with people of all races, creeds, backgrounds and faiths, that they transcended race. Some posters on Prince.org, a site devoted to all things Prince, seemed offended to be reminded that […]
This coming Tuesday, June 7, would have been the 58th birthday of Prince, who died on April 21 at his Minneapolis home. But on Saturday Spike Lee threw a huge outdoor get together for the Purple One and hundreds showed to party like it was 1999. Also seen at the event was Al Sharpton, Rosie Perez, […]
It wasn’t until my flight from Los Angeles touched down at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International, just after noon, that I let myself get excited. I was allowed: I’m certain I was the only person onboard who’d come to meet with Prince. October 1991. After more than a decade of hit singles, multi-platinum albums, sell-out concert tours, […]
