Prince of ...

I recently found out that Prince died. Never having heard of him before that, this made no psychological impact on me. In fact, I really didn't care.
Anyhow,
Classmates:
It's rainin' outside 'cause Prince died. (they use a lot of slang)
This topic reigned for about 3 minutes, then my Science teacher said:
Science Teacher:
He's dead, you don't have to worry about him. Getting back to the lesson...