Prince held a press conference at Harlem's Apollo Theater to announce "Welcome 2 America," beginning in December 2010.

Lupe Fiasco has been battling his record label, Atlantic, which just so happens to be owned by Warner Bros., over the constant delaying of his third album, Lasers, for the last couple of years now.

It’s a common occurrence in music for an album to be recorded and never see the light of day.

jungle boogie (jungle –oft attrib to Hindi jangal + boogie – prob alter of bogle – goblin, object of fear) a 1974 hit by Kool & the Gang, frequently sampled by hip-hop artists, perhaps the funkiest piece of music ever recorded.

On the extended version of his 1988 single “I Wish U Heaven,” Prince sang “Take this beat / I don’t mind / Got plenty others / and they’re so fine!”

Prince & Beyoncé’s opening performance at the 2004 Grammy Awards may as well have been the opening and closing performance.