For a significant chunk of his career, Prince was involved in a battle between himself and his record label, Warner Bros. — the label that released many of his hits, including "Purple Rain" — as he fought for "ownership of and control over his music," per Billboard. "He wanted to put out an album whenever the urge struck him, and it could be a three-song album or a 70-song album," Gary Stiffelman, the artist's former attorney, told the outlet.
Prince went as far as changing his name to an "unpronounceable glyph" in protest, and the war ended in 1996. Perhaps, Prince was giving Pink a lesson from what he learned from his own legal battle during their 1998 encounter.
And while Pink isn't the only celebrity Prince seriously shaded, she had no hard feelings toward the legend. In an interview with Extra shortly after Prince's death, Pink admitted that she was rough around the edges when she was 19."When I was 19, I just thought that, you know, straight off the streets of Philadelphia ... if you gave me a toothbrush, I'd turn it into a shank."
With maturity, however, comes understanding. "I love Prince," Pink said. "That was the biggest part of the story was that I would have loved to have collaborated with him." She added, "The point is that he was and will be forever amazing."
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