Much like Taylor Swift, who pulled her music from Spotify, Prince was simply not satisfied with the service’s business model. He was clearly one of the all-time greats, always mesmerizing, magical and cutting edge. “He was one of a kind”. Prince is gone. One of the most suave and mysteriously cool people ever is gone.
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Lisa Barber, 20, of Sheridan, Wyo., was the 10,000th caller in an MTV contest, winning a date with Prince and the opportunity to have his movie, “Under the Cherry Moon”, premiered in her hometown.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson told the Associated Press that Prince “was a transformer”, praising the musician for fighting for the freedom of artists and for himself. The doves are crying…
“All along he had this maverick approach to the industries who tried to control his image or his videos or his music”, he said. I will never forget the day I met him after coming up a secret elevator after hours at 9pm at Sony Music. I promised him a Grammy that night.
Tonight he’s being remembered by many here locally. He made everything count and matter.
Rest in peace, Prince.
The musician turned his efforts against online music piracy in 2007, becoming one of the most vocal performers speaking out against websites such as Napster that at the time allowed users to download popular songs for free. BET released a statement saying the news “weighs heavily on our hearts”, adding that he was a “musical prodigy, a attractive spirit and fashion provocateur who influenced American culture”.
“He leapt onto the scene in 1978 and it didn’t take the world long to realize that pop music had changed forever”.
“He was someone who combined not just rock and roll and R&B and funk, but he combined the traditions of protest music with dance music”, Joe Levy, contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine and host of “Incoming” on Spotify, told NBC News. “Michelle and I join millions of fans from around the world in mourning the sudden death of Prince”.
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That goes double for people performing his music. Following the news of his death, the Minnesota Vikings National Football League team tweeted “We’ve lost a legend way too soon”. Records family during two eras of his astonishing career.
