Videos for some of his classic songs -- including tracks from his 1984 movie "Purple Rain" such as "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" -- became available on an official account for Prince. The account was linked to Prince's imprint under Warner Brothers Records, which last month reissued "Purple Rain" in an expanded edition that reached number four on the latest Billboard album chart. Prince was early to embrace the internet but later became an avid critic, charging that the ubiquity of free online music was short-changing artists. Prince died in April 2016 at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota from an accidental overdose of powerful painkillers. The estate's commercial drive was recently criticized by hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, who had reached an exclusive arrangement with Prince on his Tidal streaming service.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 07, 2017 21:11 UTC