Even after his contract was over and he resumed using his name, he was still routinely referred to as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince" and "TAFKAP." Prince remained outspoken until the end ...

For 14 years, The Artist Formerly Known As "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince" — who was born with the name Prince Rogers Nelson — was merely known by his first name: Prince. Starting with ...

But there was more to the story than that. By 1993, Prince had become frustrated with his record label, Warner Bros. Just a year earlier, the singer had broadcast via press release that his ...

People had no choice but to refer to him as TAFKAP, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, and members of the music press were sent a 3.5″ floppy disk with a font file containing a single ...

When Prince revealed his 1993 name change, it was more than just unpronounceable—it nearly spelled disaster for the artist’s partnership with Warner Bros. Biographer Ronin Ro reveals all.

Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 7, 1958. In addition to being a musical pioneer, he dabbled in filmmaking, most successfully with 1984's Purple Rain. While most ...

For as much criticism as Prince got over changing his name to a symbol and going by The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (aka TAFKAP), it’s important to remember two things.

The media was having a great time with it — with “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince” and the [typographical] abbreviation comes out. But really, it’s just another crazy thing.

Remember when Prince shocked everyone in the 90s and changed his name to a symbol?In the media, he was called “the artist formerly known as Prince,” but that was because that was the only way ...

Prince famously changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol and went by the moniker, "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince," in order to get out of his Warner Bros. recording contract.

But in 2000, an announcement was made that brought joy to everyone sick of having to write or say “the Artist Formerly Known as Prince” or TAFKAP or “The Artist.” ...

That checks out, because hey, it’s not like Prince suddenly ditched his guitar when he became TAFKAP — something for which we should all be eternally grateful. Availability and pricing. The Ka-Bar ...