Heartbroken Celebrities React To Prince's Sudden Death
The music world has lost a true legend.
Sources confirmed that legendary singer Prince suddenly passed away at age 57 on April 21.
Prince's fans are shocked and devastated after TMZ confirmed the iconic singer was found dead inside his Minnesota home. The singer, who passed away from an unknown illness, had reportedly been battling an illness for weeks and was even hospitalized last week.
Prince will forever be known as one of the most influential artists in the industry. The seven-time winning Grammy artist, who played every instrument on all of his albums, paved the way for artists to fuse styles of rock, R&B, soul and funk. His eclectic stage presence always pushed new boundaries and championed gender fluidity.
From Justin Timberlake to Chaka Khan, the music world is mourning the singer's death and honoring his legend. He was a true creative genius and will definitely be missed.
RIP, Prince.
Frank Ocean also wrote a touching tribute to the late singer on his Tumblr account.
"I'm not even gonna say rest in peace because it's bigger than death. I never met the man (I was too nervous the one time I saw him) and I never saw him play live, regrettably. I only know the legends I've heard from folks and what I've heard and seen from his deep catalog of propellant, fearless, virtuosic work.
My assessment is that he learned early on how little value to assign to someone else's opinion of you an infectious sentiment that seemed soaked into his clothes, his hair, his walk, his guitar and his primal scream. He wrote my favorite song of all time, "When You Were Mine." It's a simple song with a simple melody that makes you wish you thought of it first, even though you never would have a flirtatious brand of genius that feels approachable.
He was a straight black man who played his first televised set in bikini bottoms and knee high heeled boots, epic. He made me feel more comfortable with how I identify sexually simply by his display of freedom from and irreverence for obviously archaic ideas like gender conformity etc. He moved me to be more daring and intuitive with my own work by his demonstration his denial of the prevailing model His fight for his intellectual property "SLAVE" written across the forehead, name changed to a symbol An all out rebellion against exploitation.
A vanguard and genius by every metric I know of who affected many in a way that will outrun oblivion for a long while. I'm proud to be a Prince fan(stan) for life."