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> They are the ones who get to decide Once upon a time, the late musician Prince decided to change his name. Turns out that no, you don't always "get to decide

> They are the ones who get to decide Once upon a time, the late musician Prince decided to change his name. Turns out that no, you don't always "get to decide" and even fans don't follow your every whim: Most ignored his choice and without much "humbleness and deference" started referring to him as TAFKAP—"The Artist Formerly Known As Prince."

jen729w 8y ago
Well, that and he changed his name to a glyph which didn’t actually appear on anyone’s system. It was practically impossible to call him by his ‘real’ name even if you had wanted to.
- pssflops 8y ago
  Prince had mailed out floppy disks to news organizations to accommodate that change. [0] The Prince font substituted his symbol for what would otherwise be a capital P. In addition, the font was also made available for download on CompuServe. [0] http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/04/princes-legendary-floppy-disk-symbol-font.html http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/04/princes-legendary-floppy-...
musage 8y ago
He just changed the name to fuck with Warner Bros, and then changed it back when that was done. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) > In 1993, while in a contractual dispute with Warner Bros., he changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol (Hollow circle above downward arrow crossed with a curlicued horn-shaped symbol and then a short bar), also known as the "Love Symbol", and began releasing new albums at a faster rate to remove himself from contractual obligations. He released five records between 1994 and 1996 before signing with Arista Records in 1998. In 2000, he began referring to himself as "Prince" again. He released 16 albums after that Also interesting: > In 2015, he conceived and launched YesWeCode, paying for many hackathons outright and performing at some of them.
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jen729w 8y ago

Well, that and he changed his name to a glyph which didn’t actually appear on anyone’s system. It was practically impossible to call him by his ‘real’ name even if you had wanted to.

pssflops 8y ago
Prince had mailed out floppy disks to news organizations to accommodate that change. [0] The Prince font substituted his symbol for what would otherwise be a capital P. In addition, the font was also made available for download on CompuServe. [0] http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/04/princes-legendary-floppy-disk-symbol-font.html http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/04/princes-legendary-floppy-...

musage 8y ago

He just changed the name to fuck with Warner Bros, and then changed it back when that was done. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) > In 1993, while in a contractual dispute with Warner Bros., he changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol (Hollow circle above downward arrow crossed with a curlicued horn-shaped symbol and then a short bar), also known as the "Love Symbol", and began releasing new albums at a faster rate to remove himself from contractual obligations. He released five records between 1994 and 1996 before signing with Arista Records in 1998. In 2000, he began referring to himself as "Prince" again. He released 16 albums after that Also interesting: > In 2015, he conceived and launched YesWeCode, paying for many hackathons outright and performing at some of them.

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