Prince’s estate respond to Morris Day’s claim that he cannot use The Time band name

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Prince‘s estate has responded after the singer Morris Day claimed that he has been prohibited from using the band name The Time by the estate.Day, who regularly collaborated with Prince and still fronts The Time, issued a statement yesterday (March 3) which accused the late musician’s estate of blocking him from using the name Morris Day & the Time “in any capacity”.“I’ve given 40 years of my life building up a name and legacy that Prince and I came up with,” Day wrote in a statement on Instagram. “A name that while he was alive, he had no problem with me using.

I literally put my blood, sweat and tears into bringing value to that name. In fact, he booked me on several tours, and many jam-packed nights at Paisley Park, under the name Morris Day & The Time.

Not once ever saying to me that I couldn’t use that name configuration.“However, now that Prince is no longer with us, suddenly, the people who control his multi-million dollar estate want to rewrite history by taking my name away from me, thus impacting how I feed my family.“So, as of now, per the Prince Estate, [I] can no longer use Morris Day & The Time in any capacity.”A post shared by Morris Day (@themorrisday)Prince’s estate subsequently issued a denial, saying that it was “surprised and disappointed” in Day’s “not entirely accurate” account.“Given Prince’s longstanding history with Morris Day and what the Estate thought were amicable discussions, The Prince Estate was surprised and disappointed to see his recent post,” their statement reads (via Pitchfork). “The Estate is open to working proactively with Morris to resolve this matter.