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Biography
Prince at the age of eighteen started working on
Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, to Mattie Shaw, a jazz singer and
social worker, and John L. Nelson, a lyricist and
pianist. His father's stage name was "Prince
Rogers". His parents were both from AfricanAmerican families from Louisiana. They
separated during his youth, which lead him to move
back and forth.
high-quality demo tracks with Chris Moon. With
these demo tracks Prince eventually ended up signing
a recording contract with Warner Brothers Records
and was the youngest producer associated with the
label. Prince made his debut on the record label with
his 1978 album, For You. It wasn't a strong
successful album, however it was fair for a beginning
artist and ranked 163 on the U.S. Pop Charts.
Prince had a troubled relationship with his step- Prince's next releases would tend to do much better