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Prince's Minneapolis Christine D. White In the storied history ofWhen nineteen year old Prince took the stage to perform "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on American Bandstand, those who watched couldn't reconcile how Prince's funky disco pop sounds had hailed from a place like Minneapolis. But the Minneapolis Sound, Prince's signature pop musical fusion of funk, R & B, rock, punk, and new wave, did not emerge from a vacuum. The place and space of Minneapolis shaped the musical ecosystem that made Prince famous. And in