Forget sex symbol, Prince was sex. Though the singer reportedly ... his heavy dose of eyeliner, a signature purple jacket and heels for 1984's Purple Rain took him from pop star to icon.

Prince superfans probably already know this, but it's been a pretty big year for Prince. In fact, it's probably a good time to explore his legacy even if you're not the biggest fan. Here's ...

We’ve featured a number of Prince-inspired concept ... artist’s very own Pantone hue, Love Symbol #2. To complete the style, there is an opaque purple outsole and a white midsole below.

He certainly didn't make his name as a sensitive singer or songwriter. But in one devastatingly instance, he turned to music ...

Purple Rain climaxes with a seven-minute ... at a Minneapolis music shop called Knut-Koupee Enterprises. Prince’s famous “symbol”—a combination of the Roman symbols for Mars and Venus ...

“It was a movement, a story and a symbol of all emotion and unity ... to support legislation that would name “Purple Rain,” recorded by Prince and the Revolution, as a state song of Minnesota.