Prince

Birth Name:

Prince Rogers Nelson

Birth Place:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Ethnicity:

African American

According to a 1983 Rolling Stone Magazine article, the pop singer’s father was of African American ethnicity and his mother was of Italian American Ancestry. However his ethnicity is under much debate. Another website states that his mother Mattie Shaw, is of African American, Native American and White heritage, while his father, John Nelson, is of Black and Italian ancestry.

The two pics below show Prince’s mother.

His mother

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/klick2u/mother.jpg

Source:

http://www.cheathouse.com/essay/essay_view.php?p_essay_id=120268

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1. Johnny Depp
2. Alicia Keys
3. Peter Ustinov
4. Leila Arcieri
5. Traci Bingham
6. Kid Sister
7. Tina Turner
8. Tupac Shakur
9. Claudia Jordan
10. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
11. Georgianna Robertson
12. John F. Kennedy, Jr.
13. Draya Michelle
14. John Mayberry Jr.
15. Salli Richardson