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.

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.

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 ...

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.

The Artist Formerly Known as Prince is interviewed about his career and name change on The O-Zone. So what do you call him when there's an emergency ...

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 ...

For one thing, in 1993 he had changed his name to that unpronounceable symbol following a row with his record label. You had to say The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (soon abbreviated to TAFKAP ...

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.” ...