• uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Prince didn't wantto change his name. The name his mother named him was Prince, but his label trademarked the musical act "Prince" and forbid him from performing or recording under that name. When he changed labels in 2000, he was able to use his name again.

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      i shouldn't have tried to comment on something I only know by oblique jokes after the fact

      • uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        I get it. When he did it, it seemed to me like some kind of egotistical, avant garde stunt. Later I learned that it was a protest against capital explotation, and I changed my view.