{
  "id": 100102,
  "title": "David Z, Longtime Prince Associate and Key Architect of ‘the Minneapolis Sound,’ Dies at 78",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/david-z-longtime-prince-associate-and-key-architect-of-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-03T19:53:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/david-z-dead-prince-minneapolis-sound-1236826721/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "David “Z” Rivkin, the Grammy-winning producer and musician who helmed Prince’s early demo tapes and engineered several of his albums, helped create Lipps Inc.’s 1980 smash “Funky Town,” and later worked with such artists like Fine Young Cannibals, the Jets and Jonny Lang, has died, his brother Bobby “Z” Rivkin (longtime drummer for Prince & […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}