Tom Petty's family issued a cease-and-desist notice to the Trump campaign after the president played 'I Won't Back Down' at his rally in Tulsa, Okla.

The Walkmen frontman gathers his children and a few haystacks for a special Father's Day edition of Tiny Desk. This may be the most adorable thing you see all day.

A custom guitar played by Prince at the height of his stardom in the 1980s and 1990s has sold for a staggering $563,500 at auction.

'Black Parade,' a call to action and a salve for a wounded nation, is the latest example of Beyonce using her pop domination to put Black pride front and center.

In a new song and video, Anderson .Paak and video director Dave Meyers take a hushed look at the lives amidst the movement.

In the run-up to Juneteenth, the staff and listeners of Purple Current assembled a playlist of Prince's greatest protest songs - the music that amplifies Prince's Blackness and speaks directly to it.

In honor of Juneteenth, what freedom songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Dr. Keith Mayes, a professor in the department of African American and African studies at the University of Minnesota, talks with Jill Riley about the history of Juneteenth, as well as the necessity for more extensive Black history to be present in the curriculum taught in K-12 classrooms. 'We need these parallel, separate histories,' Dr. Mayes says, 'but if we really told the true story of the United States, we wouldn't even need them.'

If you have a music video you want to be featured, send it my way at fridayfive [at] mpr.org! Ashley DuBose – “Love Tingz” The latest track from former Voice contestant Ashley Dubose is a summer-ready jam with percussion made for dancing. The video for “Love Tingz” features tender romance and dance sequences in tandem…

The Current celebrates Pride weekend, June 26 to 28. Check out a schedule of special programming, and to help us craft a great playlist for the celebration, tell us what Pride Anthems you'd like to hear.