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I Would Die 4 U
. Touré
Why Prince Became an Icon
Atria Books
March 2013
On Sale: March 19, 2013
176 pages ISBN: 1476705496 EAN: 9781476705491 Kindle: B008J4B4TA Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning
author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and
fascinating figures in contemporary American culture:
PRINCEDrawing on new research and enlivened
by Touré’s unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U
relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with
Prince’s band members, former girlfriends, musicologists,
and even Bible scholars to deconstruct the artist’s life and
work. Prince’s baby boomer status allowed him
to play a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of
generation X. Defying traditional categories of race,
gender, and sexuality, he nonetheless presents a very
traditional conception of religion and God in his music. He
was an MTV megastar and a religious evangelist, using images
of sex and profanity to invite us into a musical
conversation about the healing power of God. By demystifying
the man and his music, I Would Die 4 U shows us how
Prince defined a generation.
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