Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks

A fascinating authoritative biography of one of the most commercial controversial and influential musicians of all time. In his three decades-long of recording Prince has had nearly thirty albums hit the Billboard Top 100. He is the only artist since the Beatles to have a number one song movie and single at the same time. Princes trajectory―from a teenage unknown in Minneapolis to an idol and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer―has won him millions of adoring fans.. Prince is the first book to give full treatment to this 30-year career of epic proportions. Acclaimed music journalist Ronin Ro traces Princes rise from anonymity in the late 70s to his catapult to stardom in the 80s to his reemergence in the 21st century as both an artistic icon and a starmaker. Ro chronicles the music showing how Prince and his albums helped define and inspire a generation. Along the way Prince confronted labels fostered other young talents and took ownership of his music making a profound mark on the entertainment industry and pop culture.. In this authoritative biography Ro digs deep to reveal the man behind some of the most important music of our time.