Prince

Prince is the only recording artist since the Beatles to have a number-one song, movie, and single at the same time. In his three-decade-long career, he has had nearly thirty albums hit the Billboard Top 100. 

His trajectory - from a teenage unknown in late 1970s Minneapolis, to Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, to his turn as starmaker - has established him as one of the most important musicians alive. This book gives proper treatment to a thirty-year career of epic proportions.

Ronin Ro, the celebrated music journalist and author of Have Gun Will Travel, tells the story of how Prince achieved his own brand of mega-success by bucking industry trends and refusing to play by anyone's rules but his own. Ro examines his innovative sound, and how his prodigious talents as a singer, guitarist, producer, and entertainer helped define a musical era. Along the way, Prince confronted recording labels and their executives, fostered other young talents, and took ownership of his music, making a profound mark on the entertainment scene.