Prince

the little guy from Minneapolis once known as Prince: a true giant in the landscape of the eighties, and not just the eighties: one of the greats of all time.
Despite some barely bearable superstar quirks, he can't help but be called a genius.
Take everything that existed before in black music: starting from the fiery spark of the great Jimi's guitar, the rhythmic-sexual charge of James Brown, the black pepper of Little Richard, the refinement of Otis Redding, the joy of life of Stevie Wonder, the genius of Ray Charles, the blues soul of the delta fathers, the Motown world, and I apologize for the rest that I've forgotten; put it all in a blender, distill it in a retort, and out will come a tiny jar just a little taller than an electric guitar: read the label: it says PRINCE.