What Was Prince's Childhood Like?
Prince Rogers Nelson was born on June 7, 1958 to jazz singer Mattie Della Shaw and singer/ pianist John L. Nelson. Prince has a sister named Tika Evene born in 1960 and both of them had an interest in music. During high school Prince was in a band called Champagne with bassist Andre Cymone. When he was 19 he signed a contract with Warner Brothers to produce and record three albums. The early albums were good but in 1982 with his album 1999, Prince became famous.