Minneapolis musician Tyka Nelson, Prince’s only full sibling, died Monday.
Minneapolis musician Tyka Nelson, Prince’s only full sibling, died Monday at North Memorial Health in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, her son President Nelson confirmed to The Associated Press. She was 64.
A cause of death was not immediately available, and President Nelson said he doesn’t expect to know « for a couple of days. »
In a Facebook post Monday, Prince’s cousin, Charles « Chazz » Smith said his family is « very saddened » by the news.
Born to jazz musician John L. Nelson and Mattie Della Shaw in 1960, two years after Prince, Nelson was a singer-songwriter, releasing four albums across her career, starting with 1988’s « Royal Blue. » That album produced her biggest hits, « Marc Anthony’s Tune », which spent 11 weeks on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at No. 33, and « L.O.
