Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson dies at 64: report

Princesister Taika Nelson died at 64.

Nelson’s son President Nelsonshared the news of his mother’s death with Minnesota Star Tribune on Tuesday, November 5, but did not provide details. (Us weekly has reached out to Prince’s estate for comment.)

“She had her own opinion. She’s in a better place,” her half-sister said. Sharon Nelsonthe publication said.

Nelson, who was two years younger than her famous brother, died early Monday morning, the newspaper reported.

Like Prince and her parents, jazz singer Mattie Della Shaw Baker and musician John L. NelsonNelson was an accomplished musician who recorded and released four studio albums between 1988 and 2011.

According to Star TribuneNelson was scheduled to retire from music in June, with his final show scheduled to take place in Minneapolis. However, Nelson fell ill and did not survive.

“I’m getting older. I wasn’t really a singer. I am a writer. I just know how to sing. I like to sing,” she told the publication before the concert.

The prince was found dead in an elevator at his Paisley Park complex in Chanhassen, Minnesota on April 21, 2016. He was 57 years old. His cause of death was ruled an accidental overdose of the opioid fentanyl.

The star’s sister spoke about this. Star Tribune in June, she last spoke to him four days before his death.

“He continued to avoid questions. I kept getting angry,” Nelson said. “I felt, ‘Talk to me for two seconds.’ He would change the subject, make a joke, and then we would both laugh. He asked me if I could find more information about our family. Prince wanted me to find (half-sister) Sharon’s number. I didn’t ask myself this question. It was something like, “Send this photo to this person.” FINE. For what?”

Nelson also said she didn’t realize how popular her brother was until after he died.

“I didn’t know Prince was so big,” she recalls of a trip to London to promote a 2017 Prince exhibition. “They lined up to tell me stories. Women have told me, “I’m going to kill myself, and then I turned on this song (by Prince) or heard it on the radio, and I didn’t want to die.” This is so wonderful. So now you’re going to make me cry.

Nelson and Prince also had five half-siblings: Sharon, Norrin And John (died 2021) Nelson, Alfred Jackson (died 2019) and Omarr Baker.