These images of 11-year-old Prince show the star who died in 2016 supporting striking teachers in his hometown of Minneapolis.
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Half-century-old archival footage of singer Prince, aged just 11, has resurfaced in the US, showing the future American music genius supporting striking teachers in his hometown Minneapolis.
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The scene takes place in 1970, in front of a public school picket in this city in the north of the United States. A journalist from a local television channel asks students for their opinion on the strike.
One of them is none other than the one who will become a planetary legend, Prince Rogers Nelson. The journalist asks him if most of the children are in favor of the strike and Prince answers first “Yup”before developing:
“I think they (teachers) should get a bit more money because they work, they do overtime for us and all that”he replies with a smile.
To make sure he was indeed the pop legend, the local channel, a CBS antenna, compared the boy with photos of young Prince, consulted a friend of his at the time and even a music historian.
Verdict is indeed the “Kid of Minneapolis”, one of the greatest musicians of the 1980s and 1990s, with hits like Cream Where Kiss.
The musician died in 2016 at the age of 57 from an overdose at his residence in Paisley Park, not far from Minneapolis.