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I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon
by Touré

    Publication Date: Mar 19, 2013
    List Price: $19.99
    Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
    Classification: Nonfiction
    ISBN13: 9781476705491
    Imprint: Atria Books
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
    Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

    Hardcover Description:

    Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture: Prince.

    Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture:

    PRINCE

    Drawing 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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