https://simplecast.com Star Stories with Toure` Star Stories with Touré is an animated series about the unpredictable and sometimes unbelievable backstage interactions with some of the most iconic men in music of the modern era. These animated stories are unforgettable recollections of the larger-than-life experiences with music journalist Toure`. “I spent over two decades working in music journalism, and it left me with a wealth of awesome stories about the time I spent hanging out with many intriguing stars. I played basketball with Prince. I played poker with Jay-Z. I went jewelry shopping with Kanye. I was briefly kidnapped and threatened with torture by Suge Knight. All these stories reveal something interesting, funny, or real about these stars. There is also a contrast between the life of a star and the life of a journalist. It is centered around true stories, which are definitely for adults, not kids.     Touré en-us Thu, 5 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 Thu, 16 May 2024 16:43:45 +0000 https://thegrio.com/starstories/ Star Stories with Toure` https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/28657963-daa0-477b-828b-557f3bc9539d/ec0e9aee-29b8-475a-bd4a-638fef5a4f5c/3000x3000/image.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://thegrio.com/starstories/ episodic Star Stories with Touré is an animated series about the unpredictable and sometimes unbelievable backstage interactions with some of the most iconic men in music of the modern era. These animated stories are unforgettable recollections of the larger-than-life experiences with music journalist Toure`. “I spent over two decades working in music journalism, and it left me with a wealth of awesome stories about the time I spent hanging out with many intriguing stars. I played basketball with Prince. I played poker with Jay-Z. I went jewelry shopping with Kanye. I was briefly kidnapped and threatened with torture by Suge Knight. All these stories reveal something interesting, funny, or real about these stars. There is also a contrast between the life of a star and the life of a journalist. It is centered around true stories, which are definitely for adults, not kids.     Touré theGrio true https://feeds.simplecast.com/TEFsFSaf theGrio krista@publisherdesk.com d6483ace-7edc-4d11-ba09-b091015c366a Let's Vote! theGrio Black Podcast Network is proud to announce that two of our original podcasts, Being Black: The '80s and theGrio Daily, have received nominations from The Lovie Awards for their outstanding work. Click here to vote for Touré and here to vote for Michael Harriot and spread the word! Let's show the world we value Black storytelling. 

]]> Thu, 5 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 krista@publisherdesk.com (theGrio) https://thegrio.com/starstories/ theGrio Black Podcast Network is proud to announce that two of our original podcasts, Being Black: The '80s and theGrio Daily, have received nominations from The Lovie Awards for their outstanding work. Click here to vote for Touré and here to vote for Michael Harriot and spread the word! Let's show the world we value Black storytelling. 

]]> Let's Vote! theGrio 00:01:32 theGrio Black Podcast Network is proud to announce that two of our original podcasts, Being Black: The '80s and theGrio Daily, have received nominations from The Lovie Awards for their outstanding work. Click here to vote for Touré and here to vote for Michael Harriot and spread the word! Let's show the world we value Black storytelling.  theGrio Black Podcast Network is proud to announce that two of our original podcasts, Being Black: The '80s and theGrio Daily, have received nominations from The Lovie Awards for their outstanding work. Click here to vote for Touré and here to vote for Michael Harriot and spread the word! Let's show the world we value Black storytelling.  false full 7 8fd4bf42-de29-4376-9111-b0500157f3db Jay-Z Almost Bankrupted Me Touré played poker with Jay-Z one night in a swanky Manhattan penthouse suite. Each hand was worth thousands of dollars. Why was Touré in the game? He’s not rich enough for a game like that. It could have bankrupted him. The answer: He’s insane. Also, he was willing to risk everything to glean the very interesting bit of psychological insight he could get from being head-to-head in a hand of poker with Jay-Z.

Watch here:  https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368617/#sp=star%20stories

Credits:

The Takeover

Writer: JAY-Z & Kanye West

Label: Roc-A-Fella Records

Publisher: Roc The World 

The Story of OJ 

Writer: JAY-Z, No I.D., Nina Simone, Gene Redd Jr. & Jimmy Crosby

Label: Roc Nation

Publisher: Carter Boys Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Virgin Records, EMI Longitude Music, New World Music, Warner Music Group, EMI Music Publishing Group, Filmtrax, Eleven East Music, Bucky Music, Rolls Royce Music Company, BMG, Let The Story Begin Publishing, EMI Waterford Music, BMG Monarch, Warner/Chappell, Delightful Music, Round Hill Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Carbert Music & Stephanye Music

]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:22:44 +0000 krista@publisherdesk.com (theGrio) https://thegrio.com/starstories/ Touré played poker with Jay-Z one night in a swanky Manhattan penthouse suite. Each hand was worth thousands of dollars. Why was Touré in the game? He’s not rich enough for a game like that. It could have bankrupted him. The answer: He’s insane. Also, he was willing to risk everything to glean the very interesting bit of psychological insight he could get from being head-to-head in a hand of poker with Jay-Z.

Watch here:  https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368617/#sp=star%20stories

Credits:

The Takeover

Writer: JAY-Z & Kanye West

Label: Roc-A-Fella Records

Publisher: Roc The World 

The Story of OJ 

Writer: JAY-Z, No I.D., Nina Simone, Gene Redd Jr. & Jimmy Crosby

Label: Roc Nation

Publisher: Carter Boys Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Virgin Records, EMI Longitude Music, New World Music, Warner Music Group, EMI Music Publishing Group, Filmtrax, Eleven East Music, Bucky Music, Rolls Royce Music Company, BMG, Let The Story Begin Publishing, EMI Waterford Music, BMG Monarch, Warner/Chappell, Delightful Music, Round Hill Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Carbert Music & Stephanye Music

]]> Jay-Z Almost Bankrupted Me theGrio 00:13:46 Touré played poker with Jay-Z one night in a swanky Manhattan penthouse suite. Each hand was worth thousands of dollars. Why was Touré in the game? He’s not rich enough for a game like that. It could have bankrupted him. The answer: He’s insane. Also, he was willing to risk everything to glean the very interesting bit of psychological insight he could get from being head-to-head in a hand of poker with Jay-Z. Watch here:  https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368617/#sp=star%20stories Credits: The Takeover Writer: JAY-Z & Kanye West Label: Roc-A-Fella Records Publisher: Roc The World  The Story of OJ  Writer: JAY-Z, No I.D., Nina Simone, Gene Redd Jr. & Jimmy Crosby Label: Roc Nation Publisher: Carter Boys Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Virgin Records, EMI Longitude Music, New World Music, Warner Music Group, EMI Music Publishing Group, Filmtrax, Eleven East Music, Bucky Music, Rolls Royce Music Company, BMG, Let The Story Begin Publishing, EMI Waterford Music, BMG Monarch, Warner/Chappell, Delightful Music, Round Hill Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Carbert Music & Stephanye Music Touré played poker with Jay-Z one night in a swanky Manhattan penthouse suite. Each hand was worth thousands of dollars. Why was Touré in the game? He’s not rich enough for a game like that. It could have bankrupted him. The answer: He’s insane. Also, he was willing to risk everything to glean the very interesting bit of psychological insight he could get from being head-to-head in a hand of poker with Jay-Z. Watch here:  https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368617/#sp=star%20stories Credits: The Takeover Writer: JAY-Z & Kanye West Label: Roc-A-Fella Records Publisher: Roc The World  The Story of OJ  Writer: JAY-Z, No I.D., Nina Simone, Gene Redd Jr. & Jimmy Crosby Label: Roc Nation Publisher: Carter Boys Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Virgin Records, EMI Longitude Music, New World Music, Warner Music Group, EMI Music Publishing Group, Filmtrax, Eleven East Music, Bucky Music, Rolls Royce Music Company, BMG, Let The Story Begin Publishing, EMI Waterford Music, BMG Monarch, Warner/Chappell, Delightful Music, Round Hill Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Carbert Music & Stephanye Music toure, jay z, star stories, jay z dis track false full 1 84817391-3fac-473d-a717-b050012ee500 Snoop Was a Legit P-I-M-P Touré hung out with Snoop Dogg at his unassuming ranch house in southern California. As his children played nearby, Snoop seemed like a dedicated family man, and he was. He had constructed a whole youth football league for his sons and kids throughout the area. But not long before this chapter of his life, Snoop said, he had been a pimp. He talked about how he got into the life, controlled women, and went to a player’s ball, a virtual pimp convention. But what did his wife say while all this was happening, and why did she take him back when he was through? Snoop said because long ago, the biggest pimp in Long Beach was her own daddy…

Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368618/#sp=star%20stories 

 

]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:46:00 +0000 krista@publisherdesk.com (theGrio) https://thegrio.com/starstories/ Touré hung out with Snoop Dogg at his unassuming ranch house in southern California. As his children played nearby, Snoop seemed like a dedicated family man, and he was. He had constructed a whole youth football league for his sons and kids throughout the area. But not long before this chapter of his life, Snoop said, he had been a pimp. He talked about how he got into the life, controlled women, and went to a player’s ball, a virtual pimp convention. But what did his wife say while all this was happening, and why did she take him back when he was through? Snoop said because long ago, the biggest pimp in Long Beach was her own daddy…

Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368618/#sp=star%20stories 

 

]]> Snoop Was a Legit P-I-M-P theGrio 00:13:47 Touré hung out with Snoop Dogg at his unassuming ranch house in southern California. As his children played nearby, Snoop seemed like a dedicated family man, and he was. He had constructed a whole youth football league for his sons and kids throughout the area. But not long before this chapter of his life, Snoop said, he had been a pimp. He talked about how he got into the life, controlled women, and went to a player’s ball, a virtual pimp convention. But what did his wife say while all this was happening, and why did she take him back when he was through? Snoop said because long ago, the biggest pimp in Long Beach was her own daddy… Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368618/#sp=star%20stories    Touré hung out with Snoop Dogg at his unassuming ranch house in southern California. As his children played nearby, Snoop seemed like a dedicated family man, and he was. He had constructed a whole youth football league for his sons and kids throughout the area. But not long before this chapter of his life, Snoop said, he had been a pimp. He talked about how he got into the life, controlled women, and went to a player’s ball, a virtual pimp convention. But what did his wife say while all this was happening, and why did she take him back when he was through? Snoop said because long ago, the biggest pimp in Long Beach was her own daddy… Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368618/#sp=star%20stories    toure, snoop dogg, star stories, snoop false full 2 7b0772d4-4354-4290-8ea6-b0490169f27c The Reason Why Kanye West Hates Me Touré first met Kanye back when he was first becoming a superstar and Jesus Walks was on the radio. He had just bought an expensive neck chain with lots of colored diamonds and a pendant that was an image of Jesus Christ… with blonde hair and blue eyes. When Touré asks, ‘Why is it a white Jesus?’ Kanye goes into a tailspin that is only made worse hours later when they run into Jay-Z and get Jay’s opinion.

Watch here:  https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368616/#sp=star%20stories

Credits:

Jesus Walks

Writer: Ari Miri Ben, Curtis Leon Lundy, Che Smith, Kanye Omari West

Label: G.O.O.D. Music & Def Jam Recordings

Publisher: Please Gimme My Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music, Universal Music-MGB Songs, Universal Music Group, Solomon Ink, Mirimode Music, Curwan Music, BMI, UMPG / We Publish Music, AMRA, ASCAP, AdRev Publishing, Sony Music Entertainment, LatinAutor, CMRRA, UBEM & AMRA BR

]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:15:00 +0000 krista@publisherdesk.com (theGrio) https://thegrio.com/starstories/ Touré first met Kanye back when he was first becoming a superstar and Jesus Walks was on the radio. He had just bought an expensive neck chain with lots of colored diamonds and a pendant that was an image of Jesus Christ… with blonde hair and blue eyes. When Touré asks, ‘Why is it a white Jesus?’ Kanye goes into a tailspin that is only made worse hours later when they run into Jay-Z and get Jay’s opinion.

Watch here:  https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368616/#sp=star%20stories

Credits:

Jesus Walks

Writer: Ari Miri Ben, Curtis Leon Lundy, Che Smith, Kanye Omari West

Label: G.O.O.D. Music & Def Jam Recordings

Publisher: Please Gimme My Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music, Universal Music-MGB Songs, Universal Music Group, Solomon Ink, Mirimode Music, Curwan Music, BMI, UMPG / We Publish Music, AMRA, ASCAP, AdRev Publishing, Sony Music Entertainment, LatinAutor, CMRRA, UBEM & AMRA BR

]]> The Reason Why Kanye West Hates Me theGrio 00:17:52 Touré first met Kanye back when he was first becoming a superstar and Jesus Walks was on the radio. He had just bought an expensive neck chain with lots of colored diamonds and a pendant that was an image of Jesus Christ… with blonde hair and blue eyes. When Touré asks, ‘Why is it a white Jesus?’ Kanye goes into a tailspin that is only made worse hours later when they run into Jay-Z and get Jay’s opinion. Watch here:  https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368616/#sp=star%20stories Credits: Jesus Walks Writer: Ari Miri Ben, Curtis Leon Lundy, Che Smith, Kanye Omari West Label: G.O.O.D. Music & Def Jam Recordings Publisher: Please Gimme My Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music, Universal Music-MGB Songs, Universal Music Group, Solomon Ink, Mirimode Music, Curwan Music, BMI, UMPG / We Publish Music, AMRA, ASCAP, AdRev Publishing, Sony Music Entertainment, LatinAutor, CMRRA, UBEM & AMRA BR Touré first met Kanye back when he was first becoming a superstar and Jesus Walks was on the radio. He had just bought an expensive neck chain with lots of colored diamonds and a pendant that was an image of Jesus Christ… with blonde hair and blue eyes. When Touré asks, ‘Why is it a white Jesus?’ Kanye goes into a tailspin that is only made worse hours later when they run into Jay-Z and get Jay’s opinion. Watch here:  https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368616/#sp=star%20stories Credits: Jesus Walks Writer: Ari Miri Ben, Curtis Leon Lundy, Che Smith, Kanye Omari West Label: G.O.O.D. Music & Def Jam Recordings Publisher: Please Gimme My Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music, Universal Music-MGB Songs, Universal Music Group, Solomon Ink, Mirimode Music, Curwan Music, BMI, UMPG / We Publish Music, AMRA, ASCAP, AdRev Publishing, Sony Music Entertainment, LatinAutor, CMRRA, UBEM & AMRA BR kanye west, toure, star stories false full 3 db3fe981-188f-4581-abf7-b0490169f2f2 O.G. Rap Beef: Queens vs. The Bronx KRS-One is one of the legends of hip-hop, but before the fame, he was a teenage runaway who ended up in a homeless shelter. That became the source of his rap name and the place where he met his partner DJ Scott La Rock. Scott was a counselor at one of the shelters KRS stayed at. They talked about hip-hop, formed a duo that rewrote hip-hop history, and lifted KRS out of homelessness.

Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368615/#sp=star%20stories

Credits:

Criminal Minded

Writer: Scott La Rock, Lawrence “Krsone” Parker, Joe Thomas  

Label: Boogie Down Productions 

Publisher: Bun Bun Music

The Bridge - M.C. Shan

Writer: Shawn Molkee and Marlon Williams

Label: Bridge Records

Publisher: Pop Art Music

 

South Bronx - DJ Scott La Rock, Blastmaster K.R.S. One, D Nice

Writer: Lawrence “Krsone” Parker and Khadijah A Sterling Scott

Label: Bridge Records

Publisher: Bun Bun Music 

 

Kill That Noise - M.C. Shan

Writer: Shawn Molkee and Marlon Williams

Label: Bridge Records

Publisher: Cak Music Publishing Inc. and Songs Of Marl

 

The Bridge is Over 

Writer: Lawrence “Krsone” Parker and Sterling Scott Monroe

Label: Boogie Down Production 

Publisher: Boogie Down Production and Univeral Music Z Tunes LLC

]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:05:00 +0000 krista@publisherdesk.com (theGrio) https://thegrio.com/starstories/ KRS-One is one of the legends of hip-hop, but before the fame, he was a teenage runaway who ended up in a homeless shelter. That became the source of his rap name and the place where he met his partner DJ Scott La Rock. Scott was a counselor at one of the shelters KRS stayed at. They talked about hip-hop, formed a duo that rewrote hip-hop history, and lifted KRS out of homelessness.

Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368615/#sp=star%20stories

Credits:

Criminal Minded

Writer: Scott La Rock, Lawrence “Krsone” Parker, Joe Thomas  

Label: Boogie Down Productions 

Publisher: Bun Bun Music

The Bridge - M.C. Shan

Writer: Shawn Molkee and Marlon Williams

Label: Bridge Records

Publisher: Pop Art Music

 

South Bronx - DJ Scott La Rock, Blastmaster K.R.S. One, D Nice

Writer: Lawrence “Krsone” Parker and Khadijah A Sterling Scott

Label: Bridge Records

Publisher: Bun Bun Music 

 

Kill That Noise - M.C. Shan

Writer: Shawn Molkee and Marlon Williams

Label: Bridge Records

Publisher: Cak Music Publishing Inc. and Songs Of Marl

 

The Bridge is Over 

Writer: Lawrence “Krsone” Parker and Sterling Scott Monroe

Label: Boogie Down Production 

Publisher: Boogie Down Production and Univeral Music Z Tunes LLC

]]> O.G. Rap Beef: Queens vs. The Bronx theGrio 00:12:46 KRS-One is one of the legends of hip-hop, but before the fame, he was a teenage runaway who ended up in a homeless shelter. That became the source of his rap name and the place where he met his partner DJ Scott La Rock. Scott was a counselor at one of the shelters KRS stayed at. They talked about hip-hop, formed a duo that rewrote hip-hop history, and lifted KRS out of homelessness. Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368615/#sp=star%20stories Credits: Criminal Minded Writer: Scott La Rock, Lawrence “Krsone” Parker, Joe Thomas   Label: Boogie Down Productions  Publisher: Bun Bun Music The Bridge - M.C. Shan Writer: Shawn Molkee and Marlon Williams Label: Bridge Records Publisher: Pop Art Music   South Bronx - DJ Scott La Rock, Blastmaster K.R.S. One, D Nice Writer: Lawrence “Krsone” Parker and Khadijah A Sterling Scott Label: Bridge Records Publisher: Bun Bun Music    Kill That Noise - M.C. Shan Writer: Shawn Molkee and Marlon Williams Label: Bridge Records Publisher: Cak Music Publishing Inc. and Songs Of Marl   The Bridge is Over  Writer: Lawrence “Krsone” Parker and Sterling Scott Monroe Label: Boogie Down Production  Publisher: Boogie Down Production and Univeral Music Z Tunes LLC KRS-One is one of the legends of hip-hop, but before the fame, he was a teenage runaway who ended up in a homeless shelter. That became the source of his rap name and the place where he met his partner DJ Scott La Rock. Scott was a counselor at one of the shelters KRS stayed at. They talked about hip-hop, formed a duo that rewrote hip-hop history, and lifted KRS out of homelessness. Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368615/#sp=star%20stories Credits: Criminal Minded Writer: Scott La Rock, Lawrence “Krsone” Parker, Joe Thomas   Label: Boogie Down Productions  Publisher: Bun Bun Music The Bridge - M.C. Shan Writer: Shawn Molkee and Marlon Williams Label: Bridge Records Publisher: Pop Art Music   South Bronx - DJ Scott La Rock, Blastmaster K.R.S. One, D Nice Writer: Lawrence “Krsone” Parker and Khadijah A Sterling Scott Label: Bridge Records Publisher: Bun Bun Music    Kill That Noise - M.C. Shan Writer: Shawn Molkee and Marlon Williams Label: Bridge Records Publisher: Cak Music Publishing Inc. and Songs Of Marl   The Bridge is Over  Writer: Lawrence “Krsone” Parker and Sterling Scott Monroe Label: Boogie Down Production  Publisher: Boogie Down Production and Univeral Music Z Tunes LLC krs-one, toure, star stories false full 4 08844442-c30d-424c-b044-b0490169f297 Suge Knight Kidnapped Me! Touré goes to Death Row Records to interview Suge Knight at the height of his power. In the middle of the interview, Touré asks the wrong question, and Suge gets angry. Touré gets up to leave, but Suge won’t let him go. Suddenly there are gangbangers at the door threatening a beatdown, and Touré sits in his office for an hour in absolute terror as Suge slowly applies psychological torture.

Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368614/#sp=star%20stories 

]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:55:00 +0000 krista@publisherdesk.com (theGrio) https://thegrio.com/starstories/ Touré goes to Death Row Records to interview Suge Knight at the height of his power. In the middle of the interview, Touré asks the wrong question, and Suge gets angry. Touré gets up to leave, but Suge won’t let him go. Suddenly there are gangbangers at the door threatening a beatdown, and Touré sits in his office for an hour in absolute terror as Suge slowly applies psychological torture.

Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368614/#sp=star%20stories 

]]> Suge Knight Kidnapped Me! theGrio 00:16:34 Touré goes to Death Row Records to interview Suge Knight at the height of his power. In the middle of the interview, Touré asks the wrong question, and Suge gets angry. Touré gets up to leave, but Suge won’t let him go. Suddenly there are gangbangers at the door threatening a beatdown, and Touré sits in his office for an hour in absolute terror as Suge slowly applies psychological torture. Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368614/#sp=star%20stories  Touré goes to Death Row Records to interview Suge Knight at the height of his power. In the middle of the interview, Touré asks the wrong question, and Suge gets angry. Touré gets up to leave, but Suge won’t let him go. Suddenly there are gangbangers at the door threatening a beatdown, and Touré sits in his office for an hour in absolute terror as Suge slowly applies psychological torture. Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368614/#sp=star%20stories  death row records, suge knight, toure, suge knight sentence true full 5 c6e1740d-3b12-4246-a992-b0490169f254 Chappelle Was Right: Prince Got Game Touré played one-on-one basketball with Prince at Paisley Park, which was glorious. The purple man had game. He shot, moved, and dribbled like a ballplayer. Eventually one on one morphed into two on two with Touré and Prince on the same team. One problem. This was during Prince’s symbol era when his name wasn’t Prince, it was an unpronounceable symbol. So what do you do when you pass the ball to Prince, and he doesn’t see it coming, and it’s heading right for his nose? You’re not supposed to say “Prince,” but you don’t want your two-on-two to end with him getting a bloody nose, but they told you absolutely, positively never call him Prince but you don’t know anything else to call him so you yell out… Prince! Chaos ensues.

Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368613/#sp=star%20stories

]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:45:00 +0000 krista@publisherdesk.com (theGrio) https://thegrio.com/starstories/ Touré played one-on-one basketball with Prince at Paisley Park, which was glorious. The purple man had game. He shot, moved, and dribbled like a ballplayer. Eventually one on one morphed into two on two with Touré and Prince on the same team. One problem. This was during Prince’s symbol era when his name wasn’t Prince, it was an unpronounceable symbol. So what do you do when you pass the ball to Prince, and he doesn’t see it coming, and it’s heading right for his nose? You’re not supposed to say “Prince,” but you don’t want your two-on-two to end with him getting a bloody nose, but they told you absolutely, positively never call him Prince but you don’t know anything else to call him so you yell out… Prince! Chaos ensues.

Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368613/#sp=star%20stories

]]> Chappelle Was Right: Prince Got Game theGrio 00:13:38 Touré played one-on-one basketball with Prince at Paisley Park, which was glorious. The purple man had game. He shot, moved, and dribbled like a ballplayer. Eventually one on one morphed into two on two with Touré and Prince on the same team. One problem. This was during Prince’s symbol era when his name wasn’t Prince, it was an unpronounceable symbol. So what do you do when you pass the ball to Prince, and he doesn’t see it coming, and it’s heading right for his nose? You’re not supposed to say “Prince,” but you don’t want your two-on-two to end with him getting a bloody nose, but they told you absolutely, positively never call him Prince but you don’t know anything else to call him so you yell out… Prince! Chaos ensues. Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368613/#sp=star%20stories Touré played one-on-one basketball with Prince at Paisley Park, which was glorious. The purple man had game. He shot, moved, and dribbled like a ballplayer. Eventually one on one morphed into two on two with Touré and Prince on the same team. One problem. This was during Prince’s symbol era when his name wasn’t Prince, it was an unpronounceable symbol. So what do you do when you pass the ball to Prince, and he doesn’t see it coming, and it’s heading right for his nose? You’re not supposed to say “Prince,” but you don’t want your two-on-two to end with him getting a bloody nose, but they told you absolutely, positively never call him Prince but you don’t know anything else to call him so you yell out… Prince! Chaos ensues. Watch here: https://thegrio.com/starstories/1368613/#sp=star%20stories prince, toure false full 6 a34e0de3-e3c3-4242-8d06-b03e011e2fe7 Star Stories with Toure` Coming August 1st Star Stories with Toure` is an animated series about the unpredictable and sometimes unbelievable backstage interactions with some of the most iconic men in music today.

These animated stories are unforgettable recollections of the larger-than-life experiences with music journalist Toure` and Black celebrities.

“I spent over two decades working in music journalism, and it left me with a wealth of awesome stories about the time I spent hanging out with many intriguing stars. I played basketball with Prince. I played poker with Jay-Z. I went jewelry shopping with Kanye. I was briefly kidnapped and threatened with torture by Suge Knight. All these stories reveal something interesting, funny, or real about these stars. There is also a contrast between the life of a star and the life of a journalist. It is centered around true stories, which are definitely for adults, not kids."    Toure`

]]> Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:26:21 +0000 krista@publisherdesk.com (theGrio) https://thegrio.com/starstories/ Star Stories with Toure` is an animated series about the unpredictable and sometimes unbelievable backstage interactions with some of the most iconic men in music today.

These animated stories are unforgettable recollections of the larger-than-life experiences with music journalist Toure` and Black celebrities.

“I spent over two decades working in music journalism, and it left me with a wealth of awesome stories about the time I spent hanging out with many intriguing stars. I played basketball with Prince. I played poker with Jay-Z. I went jewelry shopping with Kanye. I was briefly kidnapped and threatened with torture by Suge Knight. All these stories reveal something interesting, funny, or real about these stars. There is also a contrast between the life of a star and the life of a journalist. It is centered around true stories, which are definitely for adults, not kids."    Toure`

]]> Star Stories with Toure` Coming August 1st theGrio 00:00:23 Star Stories with Toure` is an animated series about the unpredictable and sometimes unbelievable backstage interactions with some of the most iconic men in music today. These animated stories are unforgettable recollections of the larger-than-life experiences with music journalist Toure` and Black celebrities. “I spent over two decades working in music journalism, and it left me with a wealth of awesome stories about the time I spent hanging out with many intriguing stars. I played basketball with Prince. I played poker with Jay-Z. I went jewelry shopping with Kanye. I was briefly kidnapped and threatened with torture by Suge Knight. All these stories reveal something interesting, funny, or real about these stars. There is also a contrast between the life of a star and the life of a journalist. It is centered around true stories, which are definitely for adults, not kids."    Toure` Star Stories with Toure` is an animated series about the unpredictable and sometimes unbelievable backstage interactions with some of the most iconic men in music today. These animated stories are unforgettable recollections of the larger-than-life experiences with music journalist Toure` and Black celebrities. “I spent over two decades working in music journalism, and it left me with a wealth of awesome stories about the time I spent hanging out with many intriguing stars. I played basketball with Prince. I played poker with Jay-Z. I went jewelry shopping with Kanye. I was briefly kidnapped and threatened with torture by Suge Knight. All these stories reveal something interesting, funny, or real about these stars. There is also a contrast between the life of a star and the life of a journalist. It is centered around true stories, which are definitely for adults, not kids."    Toure` prince, suge knight, kanye west, krs-one, toure, snoop dogg, jay z, star stories false trailer