Prince: Stories from the Purple Underground

Mobeen Azhar is a BBC journalist, regular reporter for NPR's This World, and Prince fanatic. His documentary short Hunting For Prince's Vault was a worldwide hit, airing on BBC News 24, BBC World Service and NPR. While filming it he visited Paisley Park and interviewed many of Prince's associates, some of them speaking about Prince for the first time. Mobeen has reported for BBC's The One Show, Assignment, 5Live Investigates, as well as appearing on The Huffington Post Live. He has won an Amnesty International award and has been nominated for a One World Media Award and a BAFTA award. He has attended 53 Prince concerts and even appeared on stage with the man himself.

Prince: Stories from the Purple Underground is the ultimate pictorial tribute to this truly unique artist, his seductive performances and his incredible musical career. Beginning with an introductory essay, Mobeen Azhar tells the basic story of Prince's birth, evolution, career and death. But what differentiates this book is what follows: many personal, first-hand anecdotes from those who grew up with, knew and worked alongside Prince are recounted alongside a carefully curated series of photographs, many of which are rare and have never been published before. A plethora of iconic shots from all stages of Prince's varied career are included, and the book pays homage to the originality, the glamour, and above all the sexiness that Prince embodied.