Beyoncé Writes Foreword to New Prince Book

This fall will see the release of Prince: A Private View, a new book collecting Afshin Shahidi’s photography of Prince. It has now been revealed that Beyoncé wrote the book’s foreword. In her introduction, she writes, “Truth be told, the word ‘icon’ only scratches the surface of what Prince was and what he remains to me.” Prince: A Private View is due out October 17 via St. Martin’s Press. Following Prince’s death, Beyoncé covered several of his songs in concert, including “Purple Rain” and “The Beautiful Ones.”

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