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Prince‘s estate has responded after the singer Morris Day claimed that he has been prohibited from using the band name The Time by the estate.Day, who regularly collaborated with Prince and still fronts The Time, issued a statement yesterday (March 3) which accused the late musician’s estate of blocking him from using the name Morris Day & the Time “in any capacity”.“I’ve given 40 years of my life building up a name and legacy that Prince and I came up with,” Day wrote in a statement on Instagram. “A name that while he was alive, he had no problem with me using.

TMZ.The outlet was the first to report that Electra filed for the name change on Dec. 29, 2023, because she wanted a fresh start in the new year. Electra told The The Yo Show in 2014 how Prince came up with her iconic moniker.“I auditioned for an all-girl group that he was putting together and he ended up signing me to his label Paisley Park,” she said.

voted to rename a 7-mile stretch of state highway 5 the Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway. The highway runs through the Minneapolis suburbs of Chanhassen and Eden Prairie, near the headquarters of the legendary musician’s record company Paisley Park Records, which since his death has been reestablished as a museum and a memorial.“Prince was a true genius, a visionary artist who pushed the boundaries of music and cultures in ways that will never be forgotten.

A seven-mile stretch of the Minnesota State Highway 5 is being renamed for Prince Rogers Nelson, the rocker behind such hits as “Purple Rain,” “When Doves Cry” and “Raspberry Beret,” among many other songs.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Donatella Versace participated in a wide-ranging talk about her late brother Gianni, Prince, supermodels and her support of the queer community on Monday morning at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Following a tour of the center’s Hollywood campus, Versace said she was most excited talking to the young people in the audience at the Renberg Theatre at The Village at Ed Gould Plaza. The tour and talk, moderated by center CMO Phillip Picardi, coincided with the launch of a new Versace Foundation and Council of Fashion Designers (CFDA) scholarship program for LGBTQ fashion students.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMorris Day, frontman of Prince-spawned funk group the Time for more than 40 years, has laid into his late benefactor’s estate, which he claims have told him he can no longer work under the name Morris Day & the Time.“I’ve given 40 years of my life building up a name and legacy that Prince and I came up with,” he wrote in a social media post. “A name that while he was alive, he had no problem with me using.

Alicia Keys has spoken about how she persuaded Prince to let her cover his 1982 single ‘How Come You Don’t Call Me’ for her debut album.The singer, who marked 20 years of her first record ‘Songs In A Minor‘ on Saturday (June 5), told the story of how she got permission from Prince, who was famously reticent about samples and people covering his music.Speaking to Ebro Darden of Apple Music Hits on, Keys recalled: “He takes me to Paisley Park. And this place is like a dream.

Prince's Paisley Park alongside Sounds of Blackness and Ann Nesby at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards Sunday night.

Prince fans are being invited into Paisley Park next month to mark the fifth anniversary of the legendary singer’s death.The iconic artist died on April 21, 2016 of an accidental fentanyl overdose at his home estate in Minnesota.To mark the five year anniversary next month, fans of the Purple One will be allowed into the atrium of the star’s home – now a museum – to pay their respects.A statement read: “On the fifth anniversary of the passing of the incomparable Prince, Paisley Park, his home

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorApril 21 will mark the fifth anniversary of Prince’s death — and on that day, Paisley Park, his home, studio and “creative sanctuary,” will invite fans to pay tribute to the late artist in its atrium free of charge. Advance reservations are required.“On the fifth anniversary of the passing of the incomparable Prince, Paisley Park, his home and creative sanctuary, is opening its doors for fans to pay tribute and celebrate his life,” the announcement reads.

Prince has been installed at Paisley Park – you can see some images of it below.The statue, which is a copy of the Prince’s iconic ‘Love Symbol’, stands over 3 metres high and almost 2 metres wide and is located at the late musician’s studio and estate.Prince debuted the ‘Love Symbol’ – which combined traditional male and female symbols – in 1992 with an album of the same name.

Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to get through this thing called life. And it's hard to believe that it's been four years now since we've been expected to do it without Prince.