Prince Estate Is Worth Over $300 Million

Prince's crown jewels may be up for grabs.

Just a day after his death, lawyers are beginning to unravel the fate of Prince's royal family fortune, a gold mine he accumulated after nearly four decades in show business. The Purple One left behind a vast music empire estimated to be worth upwards of $300 million, according to published reports.

The value of the singer's net worth may even grow exponentially due to a lucrative deal he recently struck with Tidal, the Jay Z-owned streaming music service, that removed almost all of his music from other music streaming music websites.

The details of that deal were not made public.

It was also unclear Friday if the soft-spoken virtuoso had left behind a will. Authorities found the singer, 57, unresponsive and pronounced him dead Thursday at his sprawling Paisley Park estate near Minneapolis.

According to Minnesota law, in the absence of a will, grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters, or more distant relatives stand to inherit the vast fortune in that order.

Both of Prince's parents have been dead for more than a decade and he has one sister, Tyka Nelson. He also has multiple half-siblings, two of whom have reportedly died.

The artist was also married and divorced at least twice and had one child — a son — who died one week after being born due to a genetic cranial disorder.

Another possibility is that the legendary singer may have left his money to Jehovah's Witness congregation. He was a devoted follower of the church and would occasionally surprise potential converts by distributing religious materials in Minnesota neighborhoods.

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