MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It was quite apropos for cultural connoisseur and MSNBC personality Touré to partner with South Florida’s signature musical event “Jazz in the Garden.” The co-host of “The Cycle” recently released the enthralling book, I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon.
And even though the savant musician formerly known as “His Royal Badness” was not in attendance, many of his musical contemporaries were. MSNBC joined an already star-studded line-up producing a potpourri of jazz, R&B and hip hop sounds, such as Grammy Award winners LL Cool J, Jamie Foxx and Anthony Hamilton, bass guitar legend Stanley Clarke, the beloved Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, R&B artist Trey Songz, original Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland, R&B funk group Mint Condition, six octave vocal songstress Rachelle Farrell and 2014 Grammy nominee jazz artist Boney James.
Touré and MSNBC hosted a unique fan experience for Jazz in the Garden festival attendees, which included network hosts Ed Schultz of “The Ed Show,” and Joy Reid of “The Reid Report. Festival attendees were able to meet show hosts, receive giveaways and participate in the “Growing Hope” experience.
Touré, MSNBC, host, “The Cycle,” is the author of five books, including I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon and Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now. He is also the host of the Fuse show The Hiphop Shop and On the Record and is a professor at NYU’s Clive Davis School of Recorded Music.
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