Prince

Prince is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer and performer whose career has spanned over three decades and produced scores of hit songs and albums. Prince got his start playing in the Minneapolis club scene and eventually moved on to writing, recording and producing his own records.

Prince disclosed in an interview with Tavis Smiley on April 27, 2009, that he suffered with epilepsy as a child. He also disclosed that he endured teasing from school mates and how he dealt with his struggles by being "as flashy" and "as noisy" as he could.People: Prince Talks about His Struggle with Epilepsy (April 28, 2009)

Prince has been entertaining the world for over 30 years. A career that has awarded him seven Grammy's, a Golden Globe, an Academy Award and a induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 2004.

Adding one more to the list of well deserved honors, Prince Rogers Nelson will recieve BET's Lifetime Achievement Award. The Awards will air on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 8pm/CT.

A literary agency claiming to have had a deal with Prince filed suit against the singer on April 21, 2009, accusing him of cheating the agency out of its 15% commission after he chose a different company to finish negotiations for his book 21 Nights.TMZ: Prince Accused of Royally Screwing Book People (April 22, 2009)

Prince signed a deal to distribute his new three-disc album set exclusively through Target. The three-disc set includes Prince's albums MPLSound and Lotusflow3r, as well as an album by his protege Bria Valente. The albums were released on March 29, 2009. The three-disc set is reportedly sold for $11.98.Reuters: Prince to release latest album at Target (March 2, 2009)

After a string of hits during the 1980s including Little Red Corvette, 1999 and Delirious, Prince ventured into acting with the 1984 movie Purple Rain. The soundtrack of the movie became Prince's biggest hit and won him an Academy Award for "Best Original Song Score." While Prince has gone through a number of name changes over the years from "Prince" to "The Unpronounceable Symbol" to "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince" and back to "Prince" due to a legal dispute with Warner Bros. Records, he has continued to write, record and perform.

Prince was quoted in the November 24, 2008, issue of the The New Yorker as saying "Gay marriage, whatever...neither of them is right" in response to an inquiry of his religious beliefs.The New Yorker: Soup With Prince (November 24, 2008) Prince also responded that "God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, Enough."The New Yorker: Soup With Prince (November 24, 2008) According to Perez Hilton, a source close to Prince has reported that the interview was misconstrued and Prince was misquoted.Perez Hilton: Prince Was Misquoted, The Singer's Camp Claims (November 17, 2008)