What Did Prince Change His Name To

It has been exactly three years since the sudden passing of renowned musician Prince.

Beneath, we explain what Prince'southward symbol ways, who owns his music and why he changed his name.

Prince suddenly passed away on April 21, 2016 — Prince suddenly passed away on Apr 21, 2016 Credit: Getty - Correspondent

What does Prince'southward symbol mean?

In a statement at the time, he wrote: "It's all about thinking in new ways, tuning in 2 a new free-quency."

Prince's infamous "Love Symbol" was unpronounceable.

Why did he change his name?

In 1993, Prince appear that he would no longer become by the name Prince, merely rather by a "Love Symbol" which was a mash-upwards of the gender symbols for homo and woman, reported BBC.

The change of proper name was a rebellion confronting his record label a the time, Warner Brothers.

He commencement signed with the company back in 1977 when he was nonetheless a teenager, and produced some of his most famous titles, including Purple Rain and Sign O the Times, while being signed to them.

The visitor owns the name Prince and all related music marketed under Prince. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros."

Prince angrily disagreed and began performing with the word "SLAVE" written on his cheek.

Prince's infamous 'Love Symbol' — Prince's infamous 'Beloved Symbol' Credit: AFP - Getty

Who owns his music?

Prince was well-known for having tight-knit control over his work.

Since his passing, Prince's music was signed off to exist distributed by Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony.

His guitar was custom-made to look like his 'Love Symbol' — His guitar was custom-made to look like his 'Beloved Symbol' Credit: AP:Associated Printing

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When did Prince dice?

The musician was 57 when he died.

He was plant alone and unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park home on April 21, 2016.

According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Purple Rain star lay expressionless for up to six hours earlier he was found past his drummer Kirk Johnson and his personal assistant Meron Berkure.

They placed a call to emergency services at 9.43am on the morning of 21 April 2016.

The newspaper reported at the fourth dimension that a paramedic who responded to the emergency phone call confirmed to those at the scene that Prince was probable to have passed away during the night.