PRINCE's sister has paid tribute to the pop superstar for helping her kick her addiction to crack cocaine.

Mother-of-two TYKA NELSON, 43, fears she wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for her brother's help and generosity.

Nelson claims the PURPLE RAIN hitmaker helped her financially and recently enrolled her in a drug rehabilitation programme once he realised how much trouble she was in.

She says, "I relapsed once, but I've been clean for three months now. It's the longest I've been sober and drug-free in years."

16/09/2003 09:20

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I don't usually post a lot on this site but I do believe it's the best place to find out information on Prince. I thought this was an interesting article that I'd never seen before.

classyK

I think the Cindy in Starfish And Coffee is Tyka.

this was posted here a looooong time ago....not very new.

I thought the same thing, Handclaps, same story as what I heard before. Nice to hear, though, that Prince is helping his little sis out.

I missed that story...I never knew tyka had a drug problem

She is also very strange.

big bro 2 the rescue... thank tha lawd.

2freaky4church1 said:

as crackheads tend to be

is the "sister" song true?

rockstarqt1234 said:

no babe, it's fiction.

That's great that he helped her .

JOEYCOCO said:

Seems like I read somewhere that an older step sisiter of Prince's claimed the song was "loosely" based on her. I'm not certain though. Did anybody else hear this?

rockstarqt1234 said:

2 b accurate, it should be called "half-sister"
and there is some truth 2 the story
but it ain't about his lil sis, Tyka
she's a sweety -- i pray she stays clean