Tuesday April 26th, 2016 7h30 AM, The Netherlands.

Will we find the answer to the April snow?

Mintchip said:

CharlieGriffin said:

I know how you feel. I was driving and turned on the radio when I heard an old Prince song being played. I thought, "Oh, cool. They're going old school today and playing some REAL music." Then another one of Prince's old hits was played, and I thought, "Oh, jeez. Something must be wrong because when a musician's music is highlighted, something terrible has happened." Next thing I heard Donnie Simpson say, "We're celebrating the memory of Prince." OH NOOOOO! I had to pull over. I was sobbing so much. I got myself together so I could get home and turn on the TV news to find out what happened. I also tried to log on here, but the site had been shut down temporarily.

Like you, Adore was one of my favorites, too. I remember hearing it while I was in the grocery store and almost grabbed the stock boy to slow jam, and I'm an old broad.

I think about him constantly. I will miss him terribly. It feels like I've lost a member of my family. All my friends called me to console me. They knew he was "my baby" but also MY MAN.

Just know that Prince is at peace..That Man Loved God and was never ashamed to talk about his Faith in private or public..I admire Artists that are fearless when it comes to their beliefs or protecting what's theirs (including some form of Privacy)..We know who Prince was as a Gifted ICON..I marvel at the way he thought and the way he treated people. When we close our Eyes on this World Family & Friends will NOT talk about our House, Cars, the job we had or how much money we had....People will remember how YOU treated them....That's why we better learn to Love ourselves, Love others, have a forgiving Heart and treat people right cuz we can't take ANYTHING that is Man-Made to the other side....

Chancellor said:

Just know that Prince is at peace..That Man Loved God and was never ashamed to talk about his Faith in private or public..I admire Artists that are fearless when it comes to their beliefs or protecting what's theirs (including some form of Privacy)..We know who Prince was as a Gifted ICON..I marvel at the way he thought and the way he treated people. When we close our Eyes on this World Family & Friends will NOT talk about our House, Cars, the job we had or how much money we had....People will remember how YOU treated them....That's why we better learn to Love ourselves, Love others, have a forgiving Heart and treat people right cuz we can't take ANYTHING that is Man-Made to the other side....

Identity said:

its snowing right now in london

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5 Things to Know About Prince's Sister, Tyka Nelson

04/26

Following her brother's death,Tyka Nelson told Prince fans, "I know he loved you too."

The Purple One was found unresponsive in an elevator at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota on Thursday, April 21. Prince, whose birth name was Prince Rogers Nelson, was divorced twice and had one child, who died one week after birth. The late music icon is survived by Nelson, 55.

Here are five things to know about Nelson and her relationship with her brother:

1. Tyka is the most likely candidate to inherit Prince's estate


Tyka is Prince's only full biological sibling. The 7-time Grammy winner was preceded in death by both of his parents John L. Nelson and Mattie Shaw, who divorced in 1966 when Tyka was 6 and Prince was 8. With their parents deceased, Tyka is Prince's closest living relative.

Before Tyka and Prince's father married their mother, John Nelson had three daughters and two sons from a previous relationship. Shaw later remarried and had two sons, Omarr Baker and Alfred Jackson. According to statute 524.2-103 of Minnesota probate code, half-siblings Baker, Jackson, Norrine Nelson, John R. Nelson and Sharon L.

Nelson are the eligible beneficiaries to Prince's estate if the singer did not have a will. Half-sister Lorna L. Nelson died in 2006 at the age of 63, and half-brother Duane Nelson, who once worked as head of security at Paisley Park, died in 2011 at age 52.

2. She is married and has six children


Tyka and husband Maurice Phillips were seen on the grounds of Paisley Park on Saturday when family and friends gathered to say their farewells to Prince during a small private ceremony, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Tyka is a mother of six to daughters Danielle Phillips, Crystal Phillips, Chelsea Phillips, and sons Rachard Phillips, Sir Montece Laeil and President LenNard Laeil Nelson, who accompanied his mother at First Memorial Waterston chapel in Minnesota on Monday to carry the late singer's ashes.

3. Like her brother, Tyka is also a musician

Like Prince and her jazz musician parents, Tyka has a love for music. According to a 2008 interview with City Pages, she began writing songs when she was 10 and "hasn't collaborated" with her brother Prince since they were young.

During her music career, Tyka released six albums with the most recent one in 2008, a gospel album titled A Brand New Me.
She also plays 4 different instruments: piano, guitar, bass and clarinet.

4. She bounced back from prostitution and crack addiction

Tyka battled an addiction to crack cocaine and prostituted herself to support her children, according to the September 23, 2003, issue of The National Enquirer. "I was a single mother and my boys were babies. I sold my body for food, money and pampers. I pawned the car Prince had given me and sold the kids' TV for drugs," she said in the "exclusive interview."

In the early 2000s, Prince entered Tyka into a rehab program, and in 2008 reignited her music career after getting sober.

5. Her sibling relationship was not always good

In her interview with City Pages, Tyka described her childhood in Minnesota. "I was the overweight kid who didn't have a boyfriend. I listened to other people say, 'You're ugly, you're fat, you're stupid,' and I believed it," she said. "My brother, he just thought I was crazy."

The siblings had a strained relationship early in Prince's career. "I love my brother. But I'm not a yo-yo. He can't just keep spinning me in and out of his life," she shared with The National Enquirerin 2003.


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You know what I feel for Tyka. Imagine your brother being a global superstar but you have to do unthinkable things to feed your kids. Truly sad. I wish her and her family peace and I hope that her brother did not die with them being on bad terms.

nursev said:

You know what I feel for Tyka. Imagine your brother being a global superstar but you have to do unthinkable things to feed your kids. Truly sad. I wish her and her family peace and I hope that her brother did not die with them being on bad terms.

I read somewhere recently that they were on speaking terms and had patched things up a few years back. I'm sure it's a very painful time for her.

guys, it got me this morning.

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i was listening to sirius, and taja seville came on, which made me very happy and i sang my ass off. then those sneaky opening notes... i knew it was "sometimes it snows in april". my brain said shut it off, but my body wouldn't move. i had goosebumps all over.

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it got me y'all. all the way through. tears on the way to work and literally punching my thigh and shaking my head no at certain verses. goddamn it's so haunting and apt. i made it through to the last ethereal whisper, and then

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BAM

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darling nikki. i honestly laughed my ass off.

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i love you, prince.

Empress said:

nursev said:

You know what I feel for Tyka. Imagine your brother being a global superstar but you have to do unthinkable things to feed your kids. Truly sad. I wish her and her family peace and I hope that her brother did not die with them being on bad terms.

I read somewhere recently that they were on speaking terms and had patched things up a few years back. I'm sure it's a very painful time for her.

Im glad to hear that and I know it has to be difficult for her to be thrust into the spotlight, trying to do right by her brother and to have people calling her everything but a child of God. I really hope Prince had a will and that she will have the proper people around her to guide her decisions.

sandraparke said:

I am putting off the inevitable, i have been working every day since Thursday, it has been sooo hard to be in "work mode" with this on my mind as i cant talk to anyone there about this, they just dont get it, When i am off on Wednesday that is when i am going to lock the door turn off the phone and take out all my albums and concert DVDs and books and just listen and remember this man who has been with me for almost 30 years.... i have to turn off the radio in the car when they play his songs, i just cant.....

Hope you all are doing ok..

i am off on Wed also, i brought the biggest box of kleenex 2 work from Costco and it has been hard 4 me also and i think that i will join u in shutting the world off and just have a private Prince and me day

anyone else want 2 join in?

anotherfan said:

The Last Performance...

Like others my heart is broken. I still can't believe it. Every morning I wake up asking myself if it is true. Did that happen? It's hard for me to even say what happened and to use that word to describe.

It ls just devistating. I love his music. more than that he was a part of my life in terms of impacting it. He changed my life. I feel lost and just so very sad. I'm glad to have this place to come to for others to understand. Every day several times a day I cry (mostly hold it in) as I am around folks.

My heart is broken, gosh how do you go on after this?

At some point I'll really know he is in a better place and focus on the amazing music he left us. Now it is just so incrediably sad.

reading this made me cry again all of ur words are exactly how i am feeling yet i feel so alone and i even caught someone at work roll their eyes when i told them what was wrong so now i will keep it 2 myself and just avoid people until i can find something that will bring me back to myself

only time i feel so damn lost!

KingSausage said:

Nothing will ever be the same

No. It never will. There's a part of me that is gone now. And so many others.

I wonder: was there going to be a Guitar and Microphone tour?

When he showed off the new piano and guitar I was thinking maybe that would be next?

In a bedroom, alone in the dark, at the age of 15... house party, I was the shy kid....

A song comes on that was just damn creepy, playing on the phonograph....

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you..."

Then the sky was all purple, and I looked out, and kids were dancing everywhere...

And the cover said 1999, and the singer was Prince...

and I thought... this is so different from 'Dirty Mind'

And a friend asked a girl to dance with me...

and she said... He's cute, but too weird for me...

and who would have known, he would teach me for the next 33 years it was okay for me to be me.

Thank you for showing us to be brave, Prince.

It sounds weak to say I may have not been the person I am now...

Happy, fulfilled, beautiful and blessed...

Confident to be me,

and I wonder who taught you to be brave...

I like to imagine I would have found myself without your music there by my side...

But like so many here, how can I even speculate?

You definately made me happy...

Hell, most of the time, just telling people I still listen to everything you release took courage...

We all had to brave just by association, lol

Thanks for all of the wonderful happy memories,

I think this will sum it up,

and will be my last goodbye to you.

It's time to step forward into this brave new world, with only memories.

This gave me a hearty laugh last night.

starkitty said:

guys, it got me this morning.

.

.

i was listening to sirius, and taja seville came on, which made me very happy and i sang my ass off. then those sneaky opening notes... i knew it was "sometimes it snows in april". my brain said shut it off, but my body wouldn't move. i had goosebumps all over.

.

.

it got me y'all. all the way through. tears on the way to work and literally punching my thigh and shaking my head no at certain verses. goddamn it's so haunting and apt. i made it through to the last ethereal whisper, and then

.

.

BAM

.

.

darling nikki. i honestly laughed my ass off.

.

.

i love you, prince.

i was listening at this time 2...Sometimes It Snows In April...haven't been able 2 listen 2 that one yet...I reached to turn it off...and then decided 2 give it a shot...and I'm glad I did. I miss him...but his voice will always bring comfort...hang in there purple friends...xoxo

i just want to thank Ben... this sitehas been invaluble to me because no one knows the connection we have to him like this community...there is not a person that i know personally who can understand what he meant to me..except those on this site...im sure thats the case for many of you.... we all feel gutted by this...today is my first day off since this happened ...so im watching the quintessential P show.. Montreux Jazz 2009 ... those 2 sets if ever to be released would spark a whole new level of adoration and reverence for him... i think its right up there with his very best captured performances... possessed by the spirit of his very genius is how i would describe it ...watching this i know he will be forever with me through these precious viewings... i hope the world someday gets to see this magic

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Yes thank you so much Ben! We need a place to mourn. I look forward to the celebration in hopes that it will bring some sort of closure. Reading and writing here has made such a diffenece, a connection to those who understand.

His music is so amazing. I look forward to appreciating it again without the mourning. Thanks for letting me know that it can come back in stages. One song hits you then another is great. That helps to know.

Today i feel heavy. It's still true. Tears flow. moving in slow motion. Doesn't feel good. His concerts were so much to look forward to. Don't want to be Debbie Downer as others begin to heal, but I feel depressed, no matter how wierd that sounds.

Have my little purple ribbon tied to my cars antena, carring his symbol sign from a concert in my pocket. I think the pain will always be, but as time goes on we will be able to carry it a bit easier, I hope.

[Edited 4/26/16 8:45am]

I absolutely agree with everyone's sentiments here, and that's why we've always been a Fam, no matter our personal differences. Prince brought us together, and now we are here to support one another. Over the weekend, when I was out and wearing one of my old Prince shirts, I got a few "nice shirt's" or "he was great," but mostly I got weird looks or chuckles. Seriously people?? Here at the org we all share in our love for Prince, and in our devastated grief.

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The weirdest thing for me right now is that I decided to look at my org profile a few minutes ago because I was curious how long I've been a member here. I joined this site on April 21, 14 years ago. I don't even know what to think about that.

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Still crying off and on, still talking about Prince non-stop with my family. My kids have been great--they were huge fans too.

Love4OneAnother

lechman said:

Just so wrong. So wrong. This wasn't supposed to happen for many, many, many years. This world just got significantly worse. It's been robbed. I feel like it's all just a dream. A bad, bad, bad dream. I'm numb. Like a sucker punch to the gut. I'm winded.

exactly!

i was at work sitting at my desk grading some of my student quizzes, when the first text came in saying "Prince has died, can't believe it." As soon as I read it, didn't even have time to process what I had read, figured I had misread it, when my sister called me. I picked up and all I could say was "No, no, no,... don't say it. it's not true." She then told me the same and said she was sorry. my colleague, with whom I share my office, heard me and my tone and asked what was wrong and if I was okay. I started crying. I told her, and she said "Don't cry. It's okay." Pissed me off. 5 minutes later, a student dropped by for tutoring, but all i could think of was "Please don't let it be true. It cannot be true! They must be wrong!" In the patio, at my school, they play music during snack and lunch. AS I was meeting with my student, I heard them playing Prince. I knew... but I didn't want to believe! She left, I read on line more info... Started crying again. I had three more classes to go. My face was all red. Two more colleagues, who know how much I love Prince came by and said sorry. Went to class. One of my students said "Sorry about Prince." It all felt so surreal. I kept hopign that I would be done with classes and it had all been a big, huge mistake.

I feel so alone in my pain. My sister, she is 13 years younger than me, ... I had her singing to prince when she was 2-3--- couldn't even pronounce words correctly. She loves his music and respected his genius and art. But I truly LOVED this man. Other colleagues tells me: " I love Prince", but when we talk... I soon realize, that it's still not the same. Maybe I was infatuated and obsessed with him... but I feel I identify with you all here. So... I am NOT the only one who feels this way. But... I have no one to talk to about how I truly feel about his loss who can understand me. Friday night my sister and I stayed up til 4 am watching past videos. It makes me happy to watch him... til it hits me and I'm crying again. I've been crying on my way to work every day, as I listen to his music - yet listening to him also comforts me. At times I feel silly, because in truth I didn't "know" this man... but, how I LOVED this man! This morning I listened/watched his live performance of "Motherless child". I couldnt stop crying. Watched it 5 times. Then I watched the American Idol performance and George Lopez interview. --- He was just something else. He was true genius, pure sexiness, ... brilliant... a shining star... beautiful, ... beautiful soul and mind. I was always proud to say I was a Prince fan, ... and I always said it this way: "I love Prince, I LOOOOOOVE Prince." Some people thought I was weird for it (from the ages of 13-35), oh well, I didn't care... I felt sorry for them, because they were missing out on his music.

I just want to cry. When... when will my heart stop aching? I have not lost anyone close to me before, and Prince... I am really having a tough time with his passing.

A big hug to everyone Haven't posted here in ages, but I've been here always to check what Prince was up to and your discussions. This is the site I've been to the most in my life.

I'm still just heartbroken. Wasn't ready for this at all. He's one of the most important people to me. His influence changed me to better. I can't imagine a life without Prince. It feels like losing a friend. And I try to occupy my thoughts with other things, but I find myself coming back here and reading the news about him. I just want him back. The World is getting empty to me : ( this just came at such a bad time. I was waiting for the chance to see him live again. Actually the only thing in my bucketlist years ago was to see Prince live. I saw 2 shows in the 21 Nights and a show in Helsinki later on. They were all amazing. A Prince concert is one the best places to be on Earth if not the best. I won't go into all of the things why I love him, because you all know why. I just want to say; I love Prince and I'm so grateful that I found his music and all the experiences from there on.

Prince R.I.P.

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I had deleted my original account a few years back, but I've never stopped visiting the org. While waiting for the ability to post the last few days, I've read through everyone's messages and I'm so happy we all have a place to still discuss Prince, his music, his legacy and everything else he was involved with.

This is a huge loss for me, like so many of you, but I'm so glad we have such an incredible body of work to listen to for the rest of our lives.

[Edited 4/26/16 10:30am]

I am a former Michigander and we all know that Detroit was Prince's favorite place to play in his early years. Electrifying Mojo was one of his earliest radio promotors and he never forgot it.

I have seen Prince play all over since that time, but Detroit was always the funkiest!

motown1958 said: