In the winter of 1980, as Patrice Rushen prepared to release Posh, her third album for Elektra Records, she had upset the folks who loved her way back when. And Patrice didn’t seem to care.

Rushen 260 Jpg By Tia Williams · Updated October 29, 2020 If you were at all conscious in the early ’80s, you wanted Patrice Rushen’s disco-tastic waterfall of brilliantly beaded braids.

I remember my Uncle Jerry had her albums, and the covers used to puzzle me. How did Patrice Rushen sleep with all those beads and things in her hair? I wondered. Years later, I became a huge fan of… ...

Rushen grew up in 1960s South L.A. amidst an explosion of creativity. A jazz and classical piano prodigy who soaked up Black popular music in her neighborhood as a teenager, she appeared half a ...