PRINCE
SLAVE TRADE

In the mid-1990s reports emerged that Prince had fallen into dispute with his record company. Having signed what was ostensibly a new 100 million dollar contract just a couple of years before, Prince was now demanding control of his masters and the freedom to release what he wanted when he wanted.  After a bitter war of words, during which the star scrawled Slave across his cheek whenever he appeared in public and routinely dissed his label, the parties finally settled and Prince henceforth was free to take full control of his music and the way it was sold to consumers.