Reports Indicate Singer Prince Left No Will

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Legendary singer/musician/songwriter Prince died on April 21, 2016. He was cremated this past weekend and a private ceremony was held at his Paisley Park recording studio and home in Minnesota to remember his storied life. Reports indicate Prince left no will. His estate is worth approximately $100,000,000. Paisley Park and its contents is worth an estimated $10,000,000.

As Prince was a songwriter, he left behind a fortune in music. Prince's sister, Tyka Nelson, who is also a singer, is his heir. Tyka is also a mother. My advice to Tyka is this, get a good lawyer and call all the shots yourself (be careful, Warner Bros and Sony Music, are known in legal circles for bribing lawyers and judges). Set up a trust regarding Prince's estate. Prince, like me, had legal fights with the record label Warner Bros, which is a greedy, evil, unscrupulous company. The only worse one in the entertainment industry is Sony Music.  Prince stated Warner Bros made him feel like a "slave" (he wrote it on his face) and it's the exact same way they have made me feel. 

Inside Prince's gorgeous Paisley Park studios

 

Do not sell off Prince's music catalog. He fought to keep as much ownership of it as possible. He wouldn't want certain music industry people owning it. There are some greedy psychopaths in the entertainment industry circling, as they know he has died and will seek to prey upon you and your family to rip his catalog from your hands. Do not let them do that. I know how evil they can be. Therefore, be careful and protect yourself.

Prince would not want other musicians, especially those he did not approve of, traipsing through his record studios and making music there. It would have devastated him in life. Do not let this happen to him in death. However, I don't think he would mind the public visiting it to take a look at where he made his hits. I think he would like that.

Prince's sister, singer Tyka

 

Prince was also very particular about who he licensed his music to for other works. He was not into music with violent themes and other negative messages. Do not authorize such singers or rappers to sample his work. He wasn't even a fan of the sampling to begin with, as he was a real songwriter/musician who could compose music from scratch, which is sadly no longer the norm in music. Don't allow movie producers to place his music in films of a twisted or negative nature.  

Prince left behind unreleased music. Make sure to properly secure the copyrights in America. The rest of the world immediately recognizes a copyright the moment it is authored in accordance with United Nations laws, via the Berne Convention (time stamps help to secure authorship dates, regarding who did what first in the vent a dispute arises). However, in America the law requires you pay the Copyright Office a fee, in violation of international law, to protect your copyrights on U.S. shores which grants you the right to sue in federal court, in the event they are infringed. If you choose to release Prince's unreleased songs, do it through your own record company.

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Prince
 

Minneapolis music legend, Prince, real name Prince Rogers Nelson, has died (April 21, 2016). He was 57. The singer was found unresponsive in an elevator at his sprawling Paisley Park home and recording studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Days prior to his death, Prince’s private plane was diverted to take him to a nearby hospital, as he had been struggling with the flu for several weeks. It is not normal to have the flu for several weeks, which was an indicator something else was wrong, rebooting it in his system. 

Prince's Paisley Park home and recording studio complex
 

TMZ is reporting Prince was treated for an opiate drug overdose this past Friday at a hospital in Illinois and had been seen going to the pharmacy (chemist) four times in the week. TMZ contacted the pharmacy, where an employee informed them Prince looked weak and frail. 

 

Inside Prince's Paisley Park studios

 

The biracial singer’s career spanned 40-years. Some mainstream stars fake it in the music industry, but Prince was legitimately talented. He was one of the true multi-instrumentalists, playing 20 instruments. Prince also sold over 100,000,000 records worldwide and is a seven time Grammy recipient. 

Prince and Vanity

 

Prince had many highs and lows in his personal life. In the 1980s Prince found love with beautiful Canadian singer/actress, Vanity, real name Denise Matthews. Prince saw her as his soulmate and mirror image, which is why he named her Vanity. The couple engaged in wild partying and massive drug use. They parted ways a few years later. Ironically, Vanity died this year at age 57 as well. 

Prince and Mayte
 

In the 1990s, Prince fell in love with and married dancer, Mayte Garcia. Their relationship was plagued by tragedy, as their son Boy Gregory died after living one week. The baby was born with Pfeiffer syndrome, which is a skull defect that also affects the fingers and toes, creating a webbed appearance. The bones in the skull fuse together too early and dominantly during pregnancy, creating severe disability that is sometimes incompatible with life. Garcia became pregnant again. However, it ended in a miscarriage. The sadness of losing both babies devastated the couple, who ended up divorcing. 

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The early years of Prince’s career were quite raunchy. However, like Vanity, Prince became a Christian in his latter years, realizing the negativity in the entertainment industry and how it impacts the public (Vanity became a minister). During an awards acceptance speech, Prince stated of the negativity in the industry, "I do not want to be apart of the problem." He made a conscious effort to set a better example for audiences, making cleaner music, dressing appropriately and promoting positive things.   

Prince's sister singer Tyka
 

Prince leaves behind several brothers and sisters. Prince’s sister, 55-year-old Tyka Nelson posted on Facebook, "That U 4 loving my brother! He LOVED playing his music and I KNOW he loved U 2." Prince and Vanity died without children for a legacy, but they will be remembered. May they rest in peace.