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.

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 ...

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 ...