PRINCE

Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Mount Sinai Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prince's birth date is June 7th, 1958. His African American father's name is John L. Nelson. His mother is white and her name is Mattie Shaw. Prince came from a musical family. Mr. Nelson played jazz piano and had a trio. Mattie sang. Not every thing in his family was musical though, he came from a broken home. Since it was broken, at one point in time Prince was adopted by the Anderson's. He became friends with their son, Andre Anderson. Prince and Andre formed a band when Prince was in Jr. High School named Grand Central. Later, Grand Central evolved into Champagne when he was in High School. In 1977, he recorded his first album entitled Minneapolis Genius. In 1978, on the album For You Prince played 26 instruments by himself. He had no band. 1999 was his breakthrough album with over 3 million copies in 1982. In the mid 1980's, there had to be Parental Advisory stickers on his record covers due to such sexuality. Prince has many accomplishments: 6 films, 4 songs reach #1 on the charts in the United States, and in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Prince has done so much in his life. He started as a poor boy from Minnesota and now he is living in the high life. He has shown me that if you want something bad enough you can get there. Nothing will stop you. He went from bars and clubs to stadiums and football halftime shows. Yes, Prince is only 5ft 2inches ,but he didn't let that stand in his way. He is a little guy ,but he made his big dreams come true!!!