Prince ad for “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” video. Back in December 1993, TAFKAP had ads placed in US, British, Dutch and Spanish publications reading: “Eligible bachelor seeks the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.” ...

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.

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 ...