Get ready for a deep dive into the Purple One. Among the questions suggested by Rashad Shabazz’s “Prince’s Minneapolis” are: ...

The group was no longer allowed to use the NPG name or play sets of Prince's music.

From 1990 to 2013, Prince’s backing band was the New Power Generation, a sprawling and oft-changing ensemble. NPG rejoined Prince in 2015 for the final studio album of his lifetime, Hit n Run Phase ...

In this symphonic exploration of the music of Prince, geographer and sociologist Shabazz (Spacializing Blackness) reveals how the history, ecology, and culture of Minneapolis incubated a unique ...