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Prince Removes His Music From Most Streaming Services

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Without any explanation, Prince has removed his catalog from music streaming services such as Spotify and Rdio.

On his Spotify artist page, it reads: "Prince's publisher has asked all streaming services to remove his catalog. We have cooperated with the request, and hope to bring his music back as soon as possible."

His music was only briefly available on Apple Music, which debuted Tuesday.

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Prince has been a long time enemy of music streaming and music on the Internet in general. Last November, Prince removed all of his music from YouTube and deleted his Facebook and Twitter accounts. He's since returned to social media.

Prince's music is, however, still available on Google Play and Tidal.

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