In the 1980s, Prince and his iconic album "Purple Rain" brought R&B and funk to the masses. For Black History Month, we're going through the decades and discussing artists who shaped popular music.

Grantis was the co-lead guitarist in Prince’s final band, 3rdeyegirl, and was asked to take the solo on the spot ...

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After the third chorus, he’s singing ‘in the purple…’ and then he pointed at me, which was the cue to take the solo," says ...

In that moment, I mean, what are you gonna do, right? There’s about two seconds and then you’ve got to hit the overdrive ...

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Donna Grantis, guitarist for Prince and 3rdeyegirl, recalls working with the iconic musician. 'The expectation was to go beyond our potential.' ...

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The British group with Caribbean roots stopped performing in 1974. Its slow-rolling comeback is realized on Friday with a new ...

Prince could have easily been a one-man orchestra, but someone that virtuosic knew that there were some artists that couldn't ...

Billboard chatted with Alissia about her Grammy nomination, upcoming debut album, Prince’s Twitter DM and “life-changing” sessions with Bootsy Collins.