She is 60 years young and has released six albums throughout her career. I’d look up and there’s my supervisor.”‘Īs far as we know, up until Prince’s last days, Tyka Nelson was still trying to nurture her singing career, without the help of her big brother, who clearly loved her very much. “I was writing lyrics while I was supposed to be working.
“Inside of me, it was like my soul and what I had to do to feed my family was always split,” Tyka says. Never married, she won’t reveal her sons’ father’s name, saying only that he left when she was pregnant with their second son and, unlike Uncle Prince, who always remembers the boys’ birthdays, rarely calls. While working as a bank teller, she became pregnant by a former classmate. Returning to Minneapolis, Tyka spent a year in college studying art and psychology. “It was the same year Prince got his record deal,” she says. ‘After graduating from Minneapolis’ North High, Tyka packed some songs and headed for California. Here is what People Magazine reported in a 1998 interview with Tyka: Tyka’s pain of watching her brother succeed also probably stings a little bit harder than normal because she was trying to get her career poppin’ at the same time Prince was, but she didn’t achieve the same success. In fact, Tyka admitted having very low self-esteem as a child, and that Prince would try to talk to her about it sometimes, to no avail though. Tyka’s prior predicament could have been due to something that she could have been lacking long before Prince was ever a superstar.
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But was it Prince’s fault that his sister, Tyka, had trouble living in his shadow and ultimately became addicted to crack cocaine? NO, not at all. It’s typically sparked by watching their sibling(s) reach heights that they will never reach, and living in their siblings shadow is sometimes too much for them to bear. “It’s the longest I’ve been sober and drug-free in years.” (L and R pics) Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson (inset photo) PrinceĪll too often we hear about siblings of superstars, who are in really jacked up positions in their lives, while their celebrity sibling is simultaneously soaring in their careers. “I relapsed once, but I’ve been clean for three months now,” she said. In April, Prince entered her into an expensive rehab program.
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“I pawned the car Prince had given me and sold the kids’ TV for drugs,” she told The ENQUIRER. Tyka said her lowest point came three years ago, when she was living in a crack house. “I sold my body for food, money and pampers.” “I was a single mother and my boys were babies,” Tyka recalled. While Prince was building a musical empire and earning millions, Tyka was often homeless, working as a prostitute. Prince and his sister spent their early years together in northern Minneapolis before Tyka’s life spun out of control. He can’t just keep spinning me in and out of his life. “I love my brother,” she told the ENQUIRER in an exclusive interview.
Tyka Nelson says the rock star has helped her financially at times, and he recently enrolled her in the drug rehap program that’s kept her clean and sober for months.īut at other times, Prince has turned his back on her, Tyka said… (L) Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson (R) Prince E.- ‘Prince’s younger sister is a recovering crack addict who sold her body to support two sons while her brother lived in luxury.
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