Never said anything, that this is hurting, never a sign of struggle. Join Facebook to connect with Prince Protege and others you may know. “I only know what everyone knows about his pain - I read about it,” she said. View the profiles of people named Prince Protege. Hill appeared on NBC’s singing competition “The Voice” in 2013, and was featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary “20 Feet From Stardom.” According to the Times, she came under Prince’s tutelage after naming him as her dream collaborator in an interview.īut for all the time the two artists spent together - she described their relationship as “very intense,” and said Prince had previously told her he loved her and would always be there for her - Hill said she never knew how much pain he was in following his hip surgery. “I couldn’t believe anything that painful could happen.”Īlso Read: Prince Died of Opioid Overdose, Tests Show “That was definitely the worst day of my life,” Hill told the Times. A year after the passing of her mentor and friend, Prince, Taja Sevelle is doing what she enjoys more than anything else giving. The pop singer rose to prominence in the. He would be discovered dead in his home in Minnesota six days later on April 21 due to an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl. Prince Protege: 'He Would Have Wanted Us All to Move Forward'. Vanity, the lead singer of Vanity 6 and Prince protégé, whose real name was Denise Katrina Matthews, has died. The plane’s emergency landing was initially attributed to flu-like symptoms, but Prince’s health emergency was eventually revealed to be related to an accidental overdose. “We knew it was only a matter of time we had to get down,” Hill said.Īlso Read: Man Who Found Prince's Body Describes 'Sadness and Chaos' of Death Scene Hill broke her silence about the incident in an interview with The New York Times Tuesday, describing the way the “Purple Rain” singer’s “eyes fixed” during their conversation on the plane, immediately indicating that something was wrong.

In fact, she was the first to alert the crew of the singer’s health condition. When Prince’s flight was rerouted due to a medical emergency the week before his death, the legendary singer’s protege Judith Hill was one of the only other people on board.

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