Prince
Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, September 2007
PRINCE JUST stood the music industry on its ear again. You can tell because they're saying he's gone barmy, just like they did when he went to war with Warner, changed his name to a squiggle and wrote "SLAVE" on his cheek.
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