Skies everywhere have been turning purple. People running everywhere to remember the genius of prince and his artistry, including the president of the United States. I love prince because he put out great music and he was a great performer. I didnt know him well. He came to perform at the white house last year and was extraordinary. And creative and original. And full of energy. And so, its a remarkable loss and im staying at winfield. The u. S. Ambassadors residence. It so happens our ambassador has a turntable and so this morning we played purple rain and delirious just to get warmed up before we left the house for important bilateral meetings like this. Our ambassador has a turntable. And by the way, i mean, these pictures coming in from all the memorials, the flowers, the candles enveloping his home, paisley park. Just west of minneapolis. And this billboard cover, a tribute to a man who topped charts and rocked souls. There were allnight parties in brooklyn, outside of spike lees home and minneapolis where prince played to stoonding room only crowds and the people that admired prince, feeling his loss today and some too distraught. Watch what happened with stevie wonder. The heart break is to see this man whos so talented be taken away from us but i know that the almighty god has far greater things for him to did. Is there any song you want to sing a little of or play a little of . I dont want to put you on the spot if youre not up for it. Yeah. I think i would probably break down. Okay. If i do a song right now. But, you know, he was incredible. And im just glad that i was able to say to him, i love you the last time i saw him. Hmm. I can tell you that a little later on he did play and you will hear it later on. Right now, what every prince fan wants the know is what happened . How did we lose such a musical legend at age 57 . An autopsy is under way and two hours from now we could learn more about what happened when the local Sheriffs Department is holding a News Conference. Stay tuned for that. Lets begin with Stephanie Elam outside of paisley park with more on the investigation and the stream of fans, i see the purple balloons, stephanie. Set the scene for us. Reporter thats right, brooke. Its just its awe inspiring to see the people coming out here. Im here since the middle of the night. You can see how people are coming out here. Theyve been coming since the sun has come up. Continuing their procession here to pay respects. So many people showing up wearing purple. So many people bringing their children in purple. You see people bringing flowers, theres notes and even art work that people out here because this was really prince was a native son. Hes from minnesota. He never left. He always counted this as his home. And thats one of the things that people believe thats why he stayed here was the very fact that he could be himself. People would see him out and around in town. He would ask for some privacy and they gave it to him. He would go and take care of errands like anybody else and kind of crazy talking about a superstar known throughout the world for his music. Music that is influenced so many artists. Justin timberlake with a statement just related to that, that prince is a part of each one of his songs. Brooke, you would listen to a song and like that sounds like prince. Influenced by prince. Oh yeah. Reporter you would hear that message. Definitely. So the loss being felt here may be a little harder just because they were so proud that this iconic artist continued to call minnesota home. Hmm, hmm. Yeah. Talking about this for two hours yesterday, singing every word to every song we played for folks all around the world. Stephanie elam, thank you so much. You know, the power of prince, his energy, you feel it everywhere, even on broadway. The casts couldnt contain themselves after the final shows last night. Singer and oscar award winner Jennifer Hudson leading the crowd in purple rain. All i wanted to see purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain yeah purple rain purple rain only want to see you in that purple rain oh no lets go lets go crazy lets get nuts lets go hmm. Princes imagine industry touched so many even in the galaxies far, far away. Lets show you this purple nebula. Nasa took a photo and tweeted it in princes honor. Joining me now former access hollywood host and fusion executive director. So nice to talk to you. I hate the circumstances. Were all feeling it. You wrote a beautiful piece talking about the princes startling contradictory image. Slithered into the american consciousness. Talk to me about that. And how, you know, you write about his blackness and his sexuality. Well, he was really sexy from his head down to his toes. And i think it was part of us core part of the self expression. But it wasnt aggressive. It was flirty. It was seductive. It was respectful of women and thats part of what made him such an icon. Shawn, you went to what . One of his parties. Tell me about that. You know, i was fine, brooke, right before i started this interview but seeing all those tributes now i know. Good bumps. But yeah. Gives me goose bumps and brings just everything back. Yeah. I think maybe i went to maybe 25 concerts. Prince is doing a string of concerts here in l. A. A few years ago and i think i went like every single night. There was one night i didnt go and i was in hi hometown of detroit and i got a call from him, his assistant that said, prince want you to introduce him on stage tonight. Im like, oh great. One night im not there. I said im no sorry but im away. You know, gosh. I mean, i cant i cant tell you, brooke, about the community of people that prince brought together. This is one thing that i hadnt had a chance to say yet in the interviews im doing. Ive been reaching out to my friends who were personal friends of princes, also, and we feel this loss because we would always, you know, come to his house. He would gather all of us. You know, he would throw a party. We would all be there. We knew we would see each other the next time at princes place. Or we would see each other at his house at a concert. Or at dinner. Something like that. And that sense of community that we had, the nuclear is now its now gone. And thats really, really tough. To really grasp and realize its no longer going to be. I love how hearing that, he brought the people together, i was talking to a friend of a friend, as well, saying after shows in a hotel room and get this phone call from someone saying, show up in the lobby at the time. Driven to this place and then a huge party this hes bringing all these people together and also, dodai, you bring up the fact that he was a gemini and how that he epitomized this duality. Explain. Yes. I think he was full of contradictions. He could play at the piano very softly but also just shred on guitar. And he would have lyrics about, you know, am i a man or woman, straight or gay . Inhabiting that the dual nature of his zodiak sign. And how you say, you know, no black man would wear no straight black man to wear makeup let alone have women, you know, falling at his feet. He looked gorgeous. He was so sexy. Shaun, i was talking to Latoya Jackson yesterday on tv saying to me how it all sort of brought back the death of her brother, and youre saying that when Michael Jackson died it crushed prince. Right . Right, right. I was working at that time, i was working for my old show access hollywood and when michael died, you know, i reached out to prince as a reporter and as a friend. And i remember his assistant was saying, you know, this is hes not hes not really sure how he feels because this was a death that really impacted him and also made him aware of his own mortality. He saw that all of the accolades that we were giving that people, the world was giving Michael Jackson and i think it even made him if i could speak for him, i think it even made him more aware of how people revered him an how they looked at him. Do you think that changed him at all . Pardon me . Do you think it changed him at all . You know, he did not personally speak with me about those kinds of feelings, prince would really keep inside. But he i remember him telling us stories about Michael Jackson and how, you know, they had this i dont know if you would call it a friendship but it was definitely a Mutual Respect that those two had for each other. And, you know, he was when you talk about what things change prince, the fact that he changed so many of us, is what i really focus on. He was always i dont know, brooke. If you heard me talk about this before but he was always pushing us. I mean, the people in his circle who he would allow in his inner circle and i mean, there have been times when it was just me, prince and one other person and we would have these long, very long intimate conversations and he was always pushing us to do better. To be better. To level up. As i like to call it. And to use our platform to help other people, like what are you doing to change the world . He didnt want to have the quickest way to lose princes attention was to just, like, talk about the weather. Just something light or just, you know, something with no substance. He wanted to have really deep conversations with the people that he was around. He wanted to talk about changing the world and he wanted you to bring it because he brought it. Professionalism. Discipline. Were talking to someone later who started his vault who i know will tell me tales of just how exceptional he was and how he was so involved in just every aspect of his life, business, everything. Thank you both. Thank you so much. And again, as we continue to hear these incredible anecdotes,s a getting more on the investigation into princes death. That News Conference coming up in a bit. Of course, well take it live for you. Next, though, sex and music. Princes love life was epic, complicated. Hear which type of women he was attracted to and a tragic loss of his son. Plus, i just mentioned the secret songs inside the vault, prince reportedly with hundreds of unreleased songs. Well talk live to the sound engineer who started the vault. Well watch them fall stand in the way and love and we will smoke them all with their intellect and the savoie fair no one in the whole universe will ever compare i am yours now and you are mine you both have a perfect driving record. Perfect. No tickets. 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Youre watching cnn on this friday afternoon. Im brooke baldwin. Thank you for being with me. Its not clear where the quote came from but friends and fans of prince reviving it today. Prince, quote, the only guy to steal your girl and her wardrobe. The super stars life was full of love and love lost. Randi kaye has more. Nobody quit reporter she was the drummer and then fiancee. Sheila e said, somewhere in the middle of a european tour, prince mouthed to her during a song, marry me and the answer was yes. The two reportedly met at one of his concerts in 1978. I was walking backstage to introduce myself and he was in the mirror and he shook hi hand and goes, i know who you are. He says, im following your career. Reporter she later signed a contract with the Production Company and prince oversaw her first album the glamorous life. Without love it aint much another of princes loves was his protege denise matthews. Former model began dating prince after meeting him at the American Music awards in the 1980s. Jet magazine claimed prince was the only man she ever truly loved. Prince called her vanity and built vanity 6 around her encouraging her to be sexy and record songs as nasty girl. After several years together, she and prince split. When she died earlier this year, he dedicated a song to her on tour. Madonna also had a relationship of sorts with prince. The two dated briefly back in 1985. Prince later helped produce her 1989 album like a prayer which he was also featured on. They sang a duet for the track love song. Years later, the friendship soured. Though just last fall madonna attended one of princes famous late night jam sess at paisley park in minnesota. After her own concert, she grabbed a vip seat as prince took the stage for his own 2 00 a. M. Show. Prince met the stunning Carmen Elektra at 18 around 1990. They dated for a while and prince produced a rap album for her. It was prince who decided she should change her name to carmen. She recalled how it happened to oprah. The name of the song was carmen on top. My names tara so i was confused. I loved the song. I loved it but he said, uhhuh. Youre not tara. Youre not tara. Youre carmen. Reporter princes first wife called him her first crush. I got married when i was 22. I cant pinpoint a time when it became romantic. I think it evolved. You know . Through the heavens. I dont know. Reporter as she tells it, they first met when he asked her backstage at a concert. She was 16. She eventually joined his band and the two started seriously dating. They married on valentines day in 1996. Prince was smitten so its no surprise she inspired many of his songs including the most beautiful girl in the world. Could you be the most beautiful girl in the world but the marriage wasnt meant to be. The couple lost two children, one son lived for only a week. The other was a miscarriage. She told reporters it was hard to move forward as a couple after that. They split in 1998 and divorced in 2000. Prince tried marriage again in 2001 marrying manualla. People reported they met working for a charitable foundation. He was 43. She was just 24. When they tied the knot, the magazine reported his new wife took his last name nelson which the singer never used. This marriage reportedly lasted five years. After which she filed for an amickible divorce. Randi kaye, cnn, new york. From prince the lover to the creator, he made a lot of music. Reportedly 39 albums during his life. But that is far from all of his works. Prince had what is known as the vault to stash secret music never released. With me now, the woman that started the vault, the sound engineer. Susan, thank you so much for taking the time today. Thank you for having me. So this was take me back. What, 83 . Just he had a lot of loose tapes lying around and you said, hang on a second, we need to put this somewhere . When i joined him in 83 it was before we built paisley park and there was a warehouse he rehearsed and he was amassing tapes pretty quickly and asked me to grab this title and that one and i realized i needed to be able to find them and i started to bring them together, getting them in one room and eventually we had to rent a stoirch facility, a document Storage Facility just near the rehearsal space so that we could have all the tapes in a safe place and we began cataloging them then. Thats when as we were doing the blueprints for paisley park, the idea came up of making a not only a tape Storage Space but one that could serve as just a protector of some of the things that belonged to his legacy. So take me inside paisley park and inside of this vault. How big is it . How many tapes . Cds . What have you. Okay. Im relying on memory. Its been a long time since ive been there. Early mid90s since i was there and may have changed but it was the size of a really large bank vault. Maybe a master bedroom in a home. The door is like a vault door. It was underground and it could serve as a storm shelter if there was a tornado warning. No kidding. Rows and rows oh yeah. Rows of steel shelves and packed with analog tapes in those days. When it was obvious analog was dead and working in digital, i suppose, i would hope someone from princes crew would have transferred those analog tapes to digital and taking up far less space but for all i know theyre still there. How many people do you think have the combination to get in the vault . Oh, i dont know. Im sorry. I cant answer this question for you. I assume whoever is managing paisley park. Certainly must be able to get in and out. I assume that whoever is his head engineer would also have full access because thats what you would need to do, run in and grab stuff. But now, i mean, for the past 15 years, i would also assume that he would be storing things in secure servers somewhere. Uhhuh. Talk about, you know, hearing about princes perfectionism, you know, really involved in every aspect of his work, his business, the instrumentation, everything. But you have a note, what, for Young Musicians he wasnt a perfectionist everywhere. Of course. Yes. A lot of musicians may feel that perfectionism is the Gold Standard and what you want to aim for and can hold you back because youll never get everything perfect. You have to call it done at some point and release your creations. He was prince was a perfectionist with the execution of his music. It was the timing and the pitch were perfect, perfect, per feck. He was in the time i worked for him not at all a perfectionist about the sound quality. Believe me, a lot of corners were cut. Susan rogers, i am so sorry you lost a friend and thank you so much. Im hanging on all these different stories and details. I think everyone is watching. Thank you so much. Thank you. Still ahead, we know with princes autopsy under way, well talk more about the investigation into his death and the events leading up to him being found unresponsive in an elevator at that paisley park studio. Our chief medical correspondent will join us on that. Also, performance politics . A revealing new audio tape obtained by cnn, what donald trump Senior Adviser is admitting behind closed doors about the quote unquote real persona