I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon

ISBN: 1476705496

Author: Tour

Condition: New

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:PRINCEDrawing on new research and enlivened by Tourés unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with Princes band members, former girlfriends, musicologists, and even Bible scholars to deconstruct the artists life and work.Princes 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.