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Prince nixes mini me project

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Nov 16, 2012 Updated Nov 19, 2012

Prince is apparently not amused by an art project featuring a 1/6 scale model of the Purple One.

US artist Troy Gua launched the Le Petit Prince project last year, creating the model and dressing it in a variety of scaled-down stage costumes.

But now lawyers acting for Prince have issued a cease-and-desist order, which has disappointed Gua: "I will, of course, comply with their demands, whether I agree with them as matters of artistic freedom or not.I simply do not wish to fight with my hero, and it is terribly disheartening to think that he may hold ill will towards me and this project".

Source: NME external link

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Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958), known by his stage name Prince, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and actor. He has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. He established his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of the instruments on his recordings. In addition, he has been a...

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