Prince fined bassist for mistakes and 'cheated' him out of millions, memoir reveals

For Mark Brown, the head games began with a cold call from Prince in 1981. And they ended, six years later, with the bassist -- rechristened BrownMark, by Prince -- confident that the rock star had derailed him out of millions in songwriting royalties. As related in BrownMark's new memoir, "My Life in the Purple...