Prince
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I cannot believe there isn't a Prince thread yet!
A short bio:
Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician. He performs simply as Prince, but has also been known by various other names, among them an unpronounceable symbol, leading fans and critics to dub him The Artist Formerly Known As Prince or simply The Artist.
Prince is a prolific artist, having released several hundred songs both under his own name and with other artists. He has won six Grammy Awards and an Academy Award, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2004, he was named as the top male pop artist of the past 25 years by ARC Rock on the Net, and Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Prince #28 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
From his early material, rooted in R&B, soul and funk, Prince has expanded his musical palette throughout his career, absorbing many other genres including pop, rock, jazz, new wave, psychedelia and hip hop. Some of his primary influences include Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, James Brown and Carlos Santana. The distinctive characteristics of his early-to-mid 1980s work, such as sparse and industrial-sounding drum machine arrangements and the use of synthesizer riffs to serve the role traditionally occupied by horn riffs in earlier R&B, funk and soul music, were called the "Minneapolis sound" and have proved very influential.
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What about some pictures then? 
All source: google
What about some pictures then?All source: google
yay! thanks bunches! all those are so awesome.
Prince is da man and no one can tell me otherwise. Today he's seen as somewhat of a joke. Ignorant people dont know real genius.
Ah, well ... he IS a genius indeed, but he's really not innocent that people are seeing him as a joke nowadays. Unfortunately he did behave rather odd since the late 90ies with all his name changings and stuff. Of course I know that was because of his record company deals, nevertheless it doesn't help to appear normal.
Yeah, Prince is a really great and talented musician!
By the way, anyone knows whether he was in some conflict with Michael Jackson and why?
Beautiful thread!
I think you can call them friendly rivals. They had conflicts and good times. Prince was once dissing MJ in a song, but several times defending him in the media. I really think most of the conflict comes from being rivals, everyone wanted to be best. Especially Prince had a bit of a chip in his shoulder about it sometimes. I know they both wrote songs for each other, but each refused to sing it. XDBy the way, anyone knows whether he was in some conflict with Michael Jackson and why?
I saw Prince live in 2010 (most amazing concert ever) and he played Shake Your Body by The Jacksons. It was awesome.
Rest Peacefully.
Easily one of the most talented artists of all time 
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