The passing of Prince is still a shocker, I'm still in denial. I saw the announcements on Facebook while I was in class, but many of the sources were claiming of a death in his house, and not confirming who it was. What made it semi-official was when I was in the MavRadio studio getting ready for my show for class, and one of the students who is always around MavRadio quickly ran into the room and told me the Prince is really dead. I asked him for proof, still not believing it, and he told me that his publicist confirmed it about 20 minutes ago and I was crushed.

It was extremely hard to do the radio show and the people who are constantly walking in and out were talking to me about it and it just sucked. I was starting to get emotional and caught myself tearing up but I realized that I was a thug and I couldn't be showing emotions in public. I got through the show and made my errands and finally got home. But during that time, I was reading so many articles and finding out interesting information about Prince that I would of never known.

Being that I'm 21 going on 22 in July, I feel so old. My Prince knowledge isn't as high since my mom didn't listen to him heavily when I was growing up. I did know that he was one hell of a guitarist and I fell in love with 1999 when I randomly bought it in Best Buy during my freshman or sophomore year in college. My favorite song on the album is "Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)" and when I first bought the album, I wore that record out in the car!

It is always crushing to find more about the artists and fall in love with their when they pass on but it makes you appreciate their artistry even more. I fell in love with Amy Winehouse the same way. I was amazed by how much he has his hands in everything when it comes to his projects. He plays every instrument on every song and every record. When he is performing live, there was never any backup, his mic is always on and he took pride in that all of performances are live.

The fact that so many artists in the past few days were showing love just shows how important Prince is and how much he mattered in the world of music. So many shades of purple across the sky is just beautiful. It's funny how we see all those shades and in Nebraska and other states it was constantly raining. Maybe God was calling him home. Rest in purple Prince Rogers Nelson. The queen of shade, Lord, he invented shade! The prince of music, the prince of artistry, the prince of everything! I wonder how heaven is with Prince and Michael Jackson?