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Feb 15, 2020 · Mattie Shaw was Prince's mother, a jazz singer, a social worker and a community figure. She had a strong personality, a troubled marriage and a deep bond with her son, who wrote about her in his unfinished memoir.
- Martin Kielty
Mattie Shaw was an actress and singer, born in 1933 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was the mother of Prince and his sister Tyka, and died in 2002.
- November 11, 1933
- February 15, 2002
Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis on June 7, 1958, the son of jazz singer Mattie Della (née Shaw) and pianist and songwriter John Lewis Nelson. All four of his grandparents were from Louisiana.
- Tyka Nelson. — Born in 1960, two years after Prince, Tyka is the artist’s only full sibling: She too is the daughter of John L. Nelson and Mattie Della Shaw, who divorced in 1966 and are both deceased.
- Sharon L. Nelson. — Born in 1940, Sharon (pictured above) is Prince’s half-sister. She’s the oldest of John L. Nelson’s five children from his first marriage to Vivian Nelson.
- ?Norrine P. Nelson. — Prince’s half-sister Norrine (pictured above) is the second-oldest daughter of John L. and Vivian Nelson. She was born in 1942. — Norrine lives in Minneapolis.
- Lorna Nelson. — Born in 1943, Prince’s half-sister Lorna was the third and youngest daughter of Prince’s father John L. Nelson and his first wife, Vivian.
Oct 26, 2019 · His mother, Mattie Della Shaw, was a beautiful, fun-loving party girl with a stubborn, irrational streak – and a sneaky flair, as Prince wrote:
Sep 2, 2019 · His mother, Mattie Della Shaw Baker, was a jazz singer; his father, John Lewis Nelson, who went by Prince Rogers, was a musician and a songwriter. “I thought I would never be able to play like...
Apr 21, 2016 · comment. Share. IN THE BEGINNING. Prince Rogers Nelson was born June 7, 1958, at Mount Sinai. Hospital in Minneapolis to Mattie Shaw and John Nelson. They had. been in a jazz ensemble called...
