Inside Prince's MASSIVE Paisley Park — The $156 Million Kingdom He Left Without a Will

Prince called it Paisley Park. In the suburb of Chanhassen, southwest of Minneapolis, the white studio complex he opened in 1987 for about $10 million covers around 65,000 square feet, with recording studios, a sound stage, a vault in the basement and an atrium with a painted sky. He lived there, he worked there, and he died there, and he left no will. In this video, we go inside Paisley Park and follow the money behind it. From the basement on Russell Avenue in north Minneapolis where a teenage Prince rehearsed, to his first Warner Bros. deal at 19, First Avenue and Purple Rain. From the purple house on Lake Riley to the palace in the cornfield, the fight with Warner over his master recordings, the symbol and the word on his face, and the comeback: the Musicology tour, the Super Bowl in the rain and 21 nights in London. Then the estate: no will, a vault drilled open, dozens of false claims, 67 gold bars, and a six-year fight in which his administrators valued his estate at $82.3 million while the IRS said $163.2 million, before a settlement at $156.4 million. Today, Paisley Park is a museum, the estate is split between his family's company and Primary Wave, and Purple Rain is heading to Broadway. Chapters: 0:00 Inside Paisley Park 1:28 The Boy in the Basement 3:00 Purple 4:52 The Palace in the Cornfield 6:39 Inside Paisley Park 7:46 Slave 9:39 The Comeback 10:57 Behind the Gates 12:38 April 2016 13:44 No Will 15:38 The 80 Million Dollar Question 16:55 The Museum 18:27 The Map of Paisley Park 19:22 The Kingdom Without a Will Figures come from court records, public reporting and company press releases. Some historical figures are reported figures and vary between sources. Sources: Minnesota Judicial Branch — In re the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson, Carver County, case 10-PR-16-46 (inventory and filings) Carver County Historical Society — Paisley Park history Minnesota Public Radio / The Current — Prince's childhood homes, a timeline (September 2016) The Current — Prince bought the Purple Rain house and much more Minnesota property (July 2016) MPR News — Prince and Carver County property taxes (March 2010) CBS Minnesota — Prince avoids foreclosure on Chanhassen land (April 2011) Warner Music — Prince and Warner Bros. Records unveil new partnership, press release (April 2014) CNN Money — The year's top-grossing concert tours (December 2004) Pollstar — The purple promoter, 21 nights at the O2 (October 2007) Variety — Prince did not leave a will, sister tells court (April 2016) NPR — No criminal charges to be brought in Prince's death (April 2018) Fox 9 — Inventory of Prince's estate lists cash, property and gold bars (2017) Business Valuation Resources — Prince estate and IRS valuation dispute (2020) Associated Press — Final valuation of Prince's estate pegged at $156.4 million (January 2022) Associated Press — Prince's estate is finally settled after a six-year battle (August 2022) Billboard — Prince estate court battle ends after six years (August 2022) The Current — Graceland to cede Paisley Park management to Prince estate (August 2019) Shubert Organization — Purple Rain stage adaptation coming to Broadway, press release (July 2026) #Prince #PaisleyPark #CelebrityHomes