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• The Latest: Minnesota deputies had, didn't use drug antidote

  22-04-2016 23:16
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the death of superstar musician Prince (all times local):
  
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• No signs of trauma or suicide in Prince's death: police

  22-04-2016 23:12
  By Piya Sinha-Roy and Jill Serjeant (Reuters) - Police found no signs of suicide or obvious trauma in the death of U.S. music superstar Prince, but it could take weeks before autopsy results reveal how the groundbreaking performer died, authorities said on Friday. The intensely private musician, whose hits included "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry," was found dead in an elevator at his home in suburban Minneapolis on Thursday at the age of 57, shocking millions of fans around the world and prom
  
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• Will Prince's control of his music extend from the grave?

  22-04-2016 22:43
  By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The late pop star Prince was known in life as an artist fiercely protective of his intellectual property, but how much others may profit from his legacy, including a large body of unreleased songs, hinges on how astute he was in arranging for control of his music after death. Prince, 57, who died on Thursday at his home and studio compound in Minnesota, is one of relatively few recording artists, even of his stature, believed to have possessed ownership of
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff says Prince last seen night before death

  22-04-2016 22:36
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the death of superstar musician Prince (all times local):
  
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• Prince in private: lascivious, relentless, exacting, remote

  22-04-2016 21:01
  
  People who worked closely with the pop superstar paint a picture of a hard taskmaster who protected himself assiduously from the public gazeAlan Edwards recalls the first time he did business with Prince in 1991 with amused clarity. “I got a call from Rogers & Cowan in America, the PR firm, asking if I would like to work with him,” says the veteran publicist, whose clients have included David Bowie, the Who and Michael Jackson.Related: Prince – a life in picturesContinue re
  
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• Why did Prince die? Autopsy performed on music legend

  22-04-2016 20:56
  By Piya Sinha-Roy and Jill Serjeant (Reuters) - An autopsy on U.S. music superstar Prince on Friday sought to determine why the innovative performer died, but authorities cautioned it could take weeks before the results are made public. The intensely private musician, whose hits included “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry,” was found dead at his home in suburban Minneapolis on Thursday at the age of 57, shocking millions of fans around the world and prompting glowing tribu
  
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• Prince's music inspired Barack Obama on a day of British engagements

  22-04-2016 20:56
  
  The US president said he listened to Purple Rain and Delirious “to get warmed up” at the US ambassador’s residence in London.
  
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• Cause of Prince's death may not be revealed for weeks amid overdose reports

  22-04-2016 20:46
  
  Sales of Prince’s music have soared after news broke of the pop star’s death, and fans have continued to leave floral tributes at his home.
  
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• Guitarist, singer Lonnie Mack dies at age 74 in Tennessee

  22-04-2016 20:42
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Guitarist and singer Lonnie Mack, whose instrumental recordings influenced guitar players including Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 74.
  
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• Prince: every album rated – and ranked

  22-04-2016 20:25
  
  The Purple One’s discography rarely dipped below sublime sex-funk. We rank all 37 LPs from his polymathic 80s masterwork Sign O’ The Times to 2003’s saxophone-heavy N.E.W.S.1 Sign O’ the Times 1987 ★★★★★Prince the polymath in full and frightening effect, across funk, rock and genres yet to be given names. A double album with scarcely a sub-phenomenal moment. Continue reading...
  
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• Prince's music inspired Barack Obama on day of London engagements

  22-04-2016 20:02
  
  Barack Obama listened to the Prince anthem Purple Rain before carrying out a series of official engagements in the UK, he has revealed.
  
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• Prince didn’t write about sex. He was sex

  22-04-2016 19:34
  
  The way the musician played with and utilised the feminine made him a seductive boundary breaker in whom funk, filth and faith came togetherPrince the style iconPrince the inspirationPrince didn’t write songs about sex. He was sex. Pure and simple. Except it was never pure and never simple unless you were actually Prince and would perhaps meet a girl masturbating with a magazine in a hotel lobby (Darling Nikki). Or a virgin on her way to get married who decides what she really needs to do
  
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• Why did Prince die? Autopsy performed on U.S. music legend

  22-04-2016 19:33
  By Piya Sinha-Roy and Jill Serjeant (Reuters) - An autopsy on U.S. music superstar Prince on Friday sought to determine why the innovative performer died, but authorities cautioned it could take weeks before the results are made public. The local Carver County Sheriff's Office is investigating the circumstances of his death, and Sheriff Jim Olson was due to hold a news conference at 3 p.m. (4 p.m. ET, 2000 GMT). The influential star, born Prince Rogers Nelson, was found unresponsive in an elevat
  
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• 5 ways Prince slammed high tech in music

  22-04-2016 19:09
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — His Royal Badness didn't think much of the Internet — or iPhones, for that matter. And his once iconoclastic attitude toward the modern music industry helped inspire other artists to resist technological innovators such as Spotify.
  
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• 37 Beauty Products Kim Kardashian Actually Uses

  22-04-2016 19:02
  
  Life is about keeping up with Kim and her flawless face...
  
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• MIA's Black Lives Matter faux pas shows she doesn't know her history

  22-04-2016 18:54
  
  Muslim and African American struggles have been aligned for years, yet MIA setting them up as binary opposites is a falsehood that’s been exploited before It would be an understatement to say rapper MIA is no stranger to controversy. But her strikingly transparent candidness is part of her global appeal. Perhaps a little too transparent sometimes, as is the case with her latest PR snafu in the Evening Standard, when a reporter asked her for her thoughts on Beyoncé’s black powe
  
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• Tom Odell Reveals His Biggest Fear (& It's Pretty Adorable) Ahead Of MTV Crashes Coventry

  22-04-2016 18:32
  
  We caught up with Tom Odell ahead of his performance at MTV Crashes Coventry...
  
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• 8 Women Doing Awesome Jobs Around The World

  22-04-2016 18:30
  
  Whiskey Tango Foxtrot got all excited...
  
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• Authorities conduct autopsy on music legend Prince

  22-04-2016 17:57
  By Piya Sinha-Roy and Jill Serjeant (Reuters) - Authorities in Minnesota were conducting an autopsy on Friday on U.S. music superstar Prince as distraught fans mourned the influential and genre-busting performer who was found dead in his home a day earlier at the age of 57. Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, was found unresponsive on Thursday morning in an elevator at the Paisley Park Studios complex where he lived in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen, according to the Carver County Sheriff's
  
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• New band of the week: Starchild & The New Romantic (No 100)

  22-04-2016 17:38
  
  Listening to this Prince acolyte from New York and his sumptuously sad synth-soul music, it’s as though he recorded his EP knowing full well what was going to happen …
  Hometown: Harlem. The lineup: Bryndon Cook (vocals, music).Continue reading...
  
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• MTV News | ICYMI Mariah Is Dough Sexy, Little Mix's Hair Video & Harry Styles' Admirer

  22-04-2016 17:31
  
  Check out the news you might've missed in the world of celeb...
  
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• 'Captain America' team pay tribute to Prince

  22-04-2016 17:13
  The 57-year old singer songwriter, known for hits like "Kiss" and "Purple Rain", died at his Paisley Park Studios compound on Thursday in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen. "It's tough, it's heartbreaking, he really was a special guy, someone else told me recently that ... between him and David Bowie ... they really were able to kind of redefine what it is to be a man ... what it is to be an artist," the film's star Chris Evans said.
  
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• Idris Elba and Richard Madden Talk 'Bastille Day' Rooftop Action Scene, Car Chases & More

  22-04-2016 17:05
  
  'Bastille Day' is released in cinemas April 22nd.
  
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• Autopsy to be conducted on body of U.S. music legend Prince

  22-04-2016 16:27
  By Piya Sinha-Roy and Jill Serjeant (Reuters) - Authorities in Minnesota were due to conduct an autopsy on Friday on the body of U.S. music superstar Prince, a day after the influential and genre-busting performer was found dead in his home at the age of 57. Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, was found unresponsive on Thursday morning in an elevator at the Paisley Park Studios complex where he lived in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen, according to the Carver County Sheriff's Office. "As par
  
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• 18 Musicians You Didn't Know Had Famous Family Members

  22-04-2016 16:24
  
  Okay, you may know some of these...
  
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• Prince the businessman: a trailblazer who bent the music industry to his will

  22-04-2016 16:00
  
  The musician’s resolve to make music on his own terms saw a career peppered with commercial disputes – many of which now seem remarkably prescientSuzanne Moore: Prince didn’t write about sex. He was sex
  Lanre Bakare: a musical legacy like no otherAs with his art, Prince’s presence within the music industry was a mix of solid genius and commendable folly.The Minneapolis artist signed to Warner Bros Records aged 17 and subsequently wrote, produced and played every instrumen
  
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• 21 Times Gigi Hadid Gave Us Serious #HairGoals

  22-04-2016 15:44
  
  California girl waves, be ours…
  
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• Prince and sports: Music in blood, basketball in his heart

  22-04-2016 15:28
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince had music in his blood. Basketball was in his heart.
  
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• Malcolm Middleton's playlist: Avicii, Ellie Goulding and more

  22-04-2016 15:28
  
  The Scottish singer-songwriter has pursued pop on his forthcoming album, Summer of ‘13. Here’s a selection of tracks that informed his new directionA classic 90s pop song that I always return to. Her second album was pretty diverse and dark, I think this should’ve been the start of her career as a performer, not the end. She did continue writing for other folk, mind you.Continue reading...
  
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• Lily Allen Faces Backlash After Appearing To Call Out Rita Ora’s Tribute To Prince

  22-04-2016 15:17
  
  Awkward.
  
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• Will We Ever Hear The Music In Prince's Vault?

  22-04-2016 14:52
  
  Prince released 39 studio albums during his 40-year career but it is the wealth of hidden material which has left some unanswered questions. When he fell out with Warner Brothers Records and changed his name in the early 90s he fulfilled his contractual obligations by releasing lacklustre music which failed to light up the charts. Prince found it "abhorrent" that he would "use that type of intellectual creativity and pour everything into it and give to people only to have somebody else own it at
  
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• Minneapolis celebrates its 'favorite son' Prince with all-night dance party

  22-04-2016 14:43
  
  The mood at First Avenue, the club made famous by Purple Rain, was electric as the artist’s hometown mourned his death the only way they knew howFrom Paisley Park to First Avenue, Minneapolis was a city deep in mourning on Thursday for its hometown hero Prince, as the surprise news of the music icon’s death inside his Paisley Park home slowly set in.
  Outside First Avenue, a historic downtown Minneapolis club where much of the film Purple Rain was famously filmed, thousands of fans co
  
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• New Music Out This Week: Meghan Trainor, Katy B, Ariana Grande & More!

  22-04-2016 14:20
  
  All the best new music out this week...
  
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• Sei A’s favourite tracks

  22-04-2016 14:00
  
  The Glaswegian DJ, producer and Seinan Music co-founder empties the contents of his psychic record box Continue reading...
  
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• Minneapolis block party for Prince goes all night

  22-04-2016 13:59
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of people poured into the streets in downtown Minneapolis and stayed through the night to pay tribute to Prince, a musician many considered a once-in-a-generation artist.
  
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• Prince's Hit and Run tour remembered: pop-up gigs from a peerless performer

  22-04-2016 13:49
  
  When Prince went on the road in the UK in 2014, he played random venues without warning, charging £70, £10 or sometimes nothing at all. The unpredictability was almost as dazzling as the showsFebruary 2014, and a queue of punters outside Camden’s Electric Ballroom have been shivering under purple umbrellas for several hours, their increasingly soggy morale held up only by the odd strawberry milkshake being handed out. Occasionally, they allow themselves to wonder: “Is thi
  
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• Wiz Khalifa And Curren$y Team Up For 'Change'

  22-04-2016 13:28
  
  Wiz Khalifa has been on a roll lately, with a string of releases this week alone including his feature on The Game’s ‘Two Blunts’ and ‘You’ with Juicy J and Liam Payne (of One Direction).
  
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• Erykah Badu Remixes Wintertime's 'Thru It All'

  22-04-2016 13:13
  
  Rather than singing and channeling sweet vocals which we all absolutely love, the songstress has opted for something a little bit different.
  
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• TWU Meets MoStack

  22-04-2016 13:07
  
  I wanna be above popstar and above rockstar and to be that you’ve got to be universal and cater to everyone. The reason why I haven't fully transferred into a proper popstar is because of the streets.
  
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• North West Proves She's A Mini Kim Kardashian In The Making With Cute Snapchat Filter

  22-04-2016 12:55
  
  Ah they grow up so fast.
  
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• Purple tributes to Prince – in pictures

  22-04-2016 12:18
  
  Prince’s signature colour is used around the world in memory of the enigmatic artist, from buildings to magazine covers Continue reading...
  
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• Prince fans dance grief away at all-night Minneapolis party

  22-04-2016 12:05
  Prince's funky tunes filling the room, up to a thousand of the pop star's fans danced the night away at the Minneapolis club where "Purple Rain" was filmed, celebrating the late singer hours after his death on Thursday.
  
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• Prince Once Kicked Kim Kardashian Off Stage And It Was Iconic

  22-04-2016 12:03
  
  Further proof of his legendary status.
  
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• Keemon! The Most Mint Spoilers From Geordie Shore Series 12 Episode 7

  22-04-2016 11:56
  
  Aaron gets himself another tattoo which may have caused an absolute RADGIE fight... it can only be brand new Geordie Shore.
  
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• Kylie Jenner And Blac Chyna Pose For Selfie Together, Are Essentially Now BFFs

  22-04-2016 11:53
  
  Is this real life?
  
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• Prince remembered by fans across America – video

  22-04-2016 11:47
  
  After the death of Prince aged 57 on Thursday, fans in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and the artist’s home city of Minneapolis pay tribute in streets and music venues. Landmarks around the US are lit with purple to commemorate himPrince: autopsy to be held after death of singer at Paisley ParkContinue reading...
  
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• F**k It Friday: Ingrid Nilsen

  22-04-2016 11:29
  
  Celebrating the awesome power of those two little words: "F**K IT"
  
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• Prince albums become top sellers

  22-04-2016 10:30
  
  The Purple Rain singer’s hits have rocketed to the top of the charts.
  
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• Remember That Time Kesha Broke Into Prince's House?

  22-04-2016 10:28
  
  Yep, there were purple walls.
  
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• MTV Pays Tribute To The Life And Legacy Of Prince In This Very Special Podcast

  22-04-2016 10:23
  
  Thanks for the music.
  
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