MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - When visitors come to the State Theater in Downtown Minneapolis over the next few weeks, they'll see an adaptation of the film and album that made Prince a household name, but there's a different kind of tribute to the musical genius behind Purple Rain just a few feet away.

A purple passion

Local perspective:

Rich Benson has been fascinated with Prince since he was a little boy.

For nearly four decades, he's been collecting all things related to the hometown hero from photographs to newspaper clippings.

Every item has a story and Benson knows them all by heart.

"I feel at home. I feel that these are my children and I feel that I've said it before that they're running free for the world to see," said Benson.

‘The music I grew up on’

The backstory:

Bens

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