Obama; Tribute to Prince With ’Purple Rain’ at White House Jazz Concert

Obama; Tribute to Prince With ’Purple Rain’ at White House Jazz Concert The emotional peak came, though, with the most impromptu performance: Herbie Hancock, who had invited artists from Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly (artists with whom he is also preparing his next album), led a Prince tribute. Rapsody shared a verse over “When Doves Cry,” Hancock mimicked one of the Purple One’s legendary guitar solos, and then the audience’s jaws dropped: Aretha Franklin walked out, all in sequins, to sing “Purple