I translated this from a french magazine article from around 1992 (a lot of this is common knowledge among us but hopefully it might be interesting for some):

1. His real name is Prince Rogers Nelson.

2. His name is from his father's band, The Prince Rogers Trio.

3. He is born on June 7th 1958

4. He was born in Minneapolis Minnesota

5. He is a Gemini

6. His height is 5'4"

7. He weighs 115 lb

8. He has brown eyes (dugh...! )

9. He has black hair

10. He is the son of Mattie and John Nelson

11. His mother is from Baton Rouge in Louisianna. She has very fair skin and when she was yougn, she would dye her hair blond or red.

12. His mother is an ex-singer and musician, at the time of article she was a social worker.

13. His father is half italian, half black

14. His father was a plaster worker for a long time, but he was also a musician. He was somewhat popular as a pianist in a jazz band in the 1950's. He ofter accompanied Prince during his tours.

15. As a child, Prince was looking to be loved, recognized and appreciated by everyone around him.

16. He learned by himlself how to play the guitar, keyboards, drums and bass.

17. He only has one sister names Tyka. He has a half brother named Omar, and 2 brothers from another marriage. From the other marriage with his father, he got 4 half brothers and siters. Duane Nelson is also part of Prince's entourage, Duane is a son of Prince's father that he had before meeting Mattie (Prince's mother).

18. His sister Tyka is a mother of 2 boys named Sir and President.

19. His mother nicknamed Prince Skipper because he was so small and cute, and Prince hated his name.

20. Prince was 7 when his parents divorced. His mother remarried some time after with a man called Howard Baker.

21. His stepfather would sometimes lock him up for weeks inside his bedroom where there was only a bed and a piano, this is where he learned to play piano.

22. He was 7 when he started playing Piano. At 13, his father gave him his first electric guitar and at fifteen, Prince founded his first group, Grand Central, with Andre Cymone. Later on, they changed the name to Champagne.

23. He was 13 when he ran away from home (from his mother's place) because he didn't get along with his stepfather.

24. Despite his height, Prince as a good basketball player.

25. He got his diploma from Lincoln Junior High School of Minneapolis at 17 years old.

26. He is single (at the time of article)

27. Among his girlfriends, the most notable are the singer Vanity, Sheila E., Appolonia Kotero, Sheena Easton, Kim Basinger, Ingrid Chavez, the actrice Troy Beyer and dancer Mayte Garcia.

28. He has no kids.

29. He live in a recluse in a purple house worth $3,2 million at Paisley Park, close to Minneapolis. He also owns a house woth $7 million in Beverly Hills in California, and an appartment on Foch Avenue in Paris.

30. His house in Beverly Hills in the old residence of boxing champion Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay).

31. He owes 2 limousines (which one is purple), a 1966 Thunderbird, a BMW, a gold Cadillac and a Datsun sport.

32. He still owns the Honda motorcycle from Purple Rain

33. He enjoys swimming, playing basketball and watch baseball games. He works out for 1 hour a day.

34. His ex cook, Carmen Bonilda quit her job because all Prince wanted to eat was macaroni and cheese and canned cake frosting.

35. In his spare time, he likes listening to music, taking drives on his motorcycle, reading (specialy the Bible), going out with girls and having friends over to his house.

36. He like taking photos. He has been practicing photography since 1985. He purchased $20,000 worth of photography equipment. He would one day like to publish his best photos.

37. He is very shy, almost to the point of paranoïa.

38. He mastered over 20 instruments.

39. He has been a member of the bands Grand Central, Champagne, The Time, Prince and the Revolution and Prince and the New Power Generation.

40. His first two songs on disc were For You and I wanna be your lover.

41. He beleives in God and is very religious

42. He owns an impressive collection of musical instruments from different countries.

43. His worse experience was in 1981 when he was booed at the Los Angelos Coliseum, when he was opening for the Rolling Stones.

44. He hires a special waste collection agency to prevent fans from going through his garbage.

45. He has paid $75,000 to have 250 pines planted around his house in Minneapolis.

46. He is owner of the nightclub Glam Slam in Minneapolis

47. He keeps a copy of all of his original recordings in a locked room inside his house. He keeps hundreds of unrealeased songs and 400 trophies. The floor is covered with rose petals.

48. His favorite clothing designer is Gianni Versace. For the last 6 years, he has used the services of designer Helen Horatia who designs most of his onstage costumes.

49. A hardcore fan of PRince from Ontario, Gord Erikson, paid $13,500 in an auction to get the Black Album CD, recorded in 1987 which Prince decided not re release just before the scheduled release date.

50. The two first songs that Prince learned to play on piano when he was yougn was the theme songs from Batman and The Man from UNCLE.

51. Most of the time, he wears 4" heels to be taller.

52. His favorite films are musical comedies and old Marilyn Monroe films.

53. He would have liked to play in the film Batman, but he had to settle making the soundtrack. It is with the profit from Batdance that he was able to build the immense recoding studio Paisley Park.

54. At the end of 1992, he scored the biggest contract in recording history by signing $108 millions with Warner Bros, taking the throne away from Micheal Jackson and Madonna. He will receive $60 million for 6 albums during the next 6 years. On top of that, Warner Bros. will put $48 million towards Paisley Park that Prince owns and will create a new mark that will be called Love. Prince is now Vice-president responsible of the artists and the repertoire at WB.

55. In the Fall of 1991, Prince participated at the Arsenio Hall Show, where he played a few songs but without saying a work to the host or even getting close to him in front of the cameras. Only a couple of weeks ago, he did the same thing again, he sang without saying goodnight or thank you.

56. He never goes anywhere without his bodyguards; the most famous one being Chick.

57. During his stay tha the Hotel Mayfair in London, he requested that his bath tub be filled with whipiped cream and imported honey so that he could relax in it after his concerts.

58. The films of which he participate are Purple Rain, Under the Cherry Moon and Graffiti Bridge.

59. His albums are For You (1977), Prince, Dirty Mind, Controversy, 1999, Purple RAin, ATWIAD, Parade, SOTT, Lovesexy, BAtman: Motion Picture soundtrack, Graffiti Bridge, Diamonds and Pears, and Symbol.

60. On March 8, the TV program Entertainment Tonight reported that Prince just gave and interview with a journalist from Rolling Stone magazine and that it was put in a locked capsule and was not to be opened before 200 years from now.

Voog said:

Interesting list, but I don't think he dated Apollonia. In fact, during the filming of Purple Rain, she was engaged to someone else. From what I understand, their first kisses were in the film.

Fun list, but you should spell check it before you post it.

>>>>>can anyone List the 60 Lies About Prince?

wtf?!



puhleeeze! cuz i'm damn near 5'4 and i knooo he HAS to b shorter than me!



the hell was she on!



lmao! hahah u got screwed!



mmm sounds tasty!

I didn't know Prince had a sister!!!



What she look like?

OMG i wanna know what it says and only people 200 years down the road will know.

Yeah....when wearing 2 inch heels!

Voog said:

Spookymuffin said:

This picture doesn't show much, i know, but its all i could find. I saw a more recent picture not too long a ago, the pictures from her "red sky, yellow moon" or something album, but i cant find those now

Tyka also had an an article written about her in People magazine back in '87 sometime -- had more realistic (not posed) pictures of her and her boys. Rolling Stone also a blurb about her (with a small pic) back in '84 or '85.

She's a real sweety, and yes I know this for a fact!!

what message do you think Prince has for the folks of 2204?.....It Aint Over! .....1! 2! and then someone pulls the plug ...and says yes it is! goin on my nerves.....as Prince voice slows and fads away in his Camille Voice.....
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CNNBREAKINGNEWS said:

I think it reveals that he is gay or something. Maybe in the interview he slipped up and told the interviwer to hold back on it.
Well..... why else wouldn't he want the message opened for 200 years. In 200 years i doubt people will care about P. Hell i'd be suprised if this world was still around in 200 years

the time capsule contains info about the name change.

true

MashedPotatoKid said:

ok i take back what i said people.
Anyway will people 200 years down the road really care? The people who care are the fans now so they better break open that damn capsule and spill the bull NOW

MashedPotatoKid said:

The name change happened after that interview, do you think Prince was already planning on changing his name in 1992, which is I beleive the year that the interview in question was done?

I wonder if there is indeed a time capsule–I don't see why anyone would just make this up for no reason. I have no idea what Prince could have revealed in an interview that would only be pulic in 2192... Maybe he gave directions to some unrealeased material so that he can release new music and be recognized even in the future. Maybe he reveals that he has preserved a sample of his genes so that he can be cloned and there can be an identical little Prince child born artificially in the future

Voog said:

OMG you are probably right about the music. Damn him, he's planning on releasing it when im dust in the ground

DAMN YOU PRINCE.

false.

hokey.

...matter of fact, there's still a lotta half-truths and '80s misnomers in this list.

His dad is straight up Negro. Not half anything. We are all mixed with something. Both his dad's parents were afro-american.=TRUTH!

Thumparello said:

Yes I had my doubs about that one too. I do remember Prince himself in a long ago interview mentioning something about having some italian blood from a Grandfather, I can't remember if it was on his mother's side or his Father's... I think there might be some truth in this point.

Prince has Recently said in an interview that he is mixed with Native American Indian. I don't remember the program. Maybe Tavis Smiley.

Zelaira said:

Well, he sure didn't get that 'good' Indian hair. :facetious:

Voog said:

His Dad was from the south not his Mom.

Voog said:

He has taste.

Zelaira said:

here we go again....


ok...i'mma end this right now.....


Eve was an african woman...so we all black...

ok...next

46. He is owner of the nightclub Glam Slam in Minneapolis

that was owned by Gibert Davison

Getcha info right before makin yaself look like a mis informed circus clown

Rhondab said:

TheRealFiness said:

eeeeeasy there, she said she got it from an article....


i think that would be an interesting thing 2 see...

Rhondab said:

Absolutely, Prince's mom is just a yella-bone from Louisiana. I was raised in Beaumont, Tx which is located near the Texas-Louisana border and people with Prince's complexion and features are very common. There use to be a saying about women like Prince's mom down here in the good ole South.

"That woman is light, bright almost white!!!"