On 2016-04-24 01:22:50 +0000, Dave Smith said:

> On 2016-04-23 8:15 PM, Je�us wrote:
>
>>
>> So he just *had* to choose a name such as 'symbol' and/or 'Artist
>> Formerly Known as Prince', did he?
>
> I think it was because his record company managed to get the rights to
> the name Prince and they would not release a bunch of his music, so he
> made up the new name in order to be able to get it released.

As he mentions upstream, every one who doesn't know that will
eventually "figure that out" without being told.