Mayte Garcia is honoring Prince in a robust, multi-layered tribute a decade after his passing – sharing an emotional social media message, hosting the Glam Slam Profit to present back, and marking the moment as Los Angeles officially declares “Prince Day” in celebration of his lasting legacy.
The artist, writer, philanthropist, and former wife and collaborator of Prince will lead the Live 4 Love Charities Glam Slam Profit tonight on the W Hollywood. The sold-out event will honor the beloved singer while helping to maintain his longtime mission of helping others going strong a decade after his passing.
Mayte Garcia Shares The Message That Prince ‘Lives On In Each Of Us’
Garcia took to Instagram early on Tuesday morning to share a message to fans of her late husband with an emotional tribute to the life that touched many through music.
“Sometimes it feels not possible to say that number out loud. And yet here we’re hundreds of thousands around the globe still connected by the identical vibration, the identical spirit, the identical love that got here through him each time he touched a stage, a studio, or a soul,” she began her heartfelt tribute on Instagram. “I’ve said before, ‘Enter quietly into the realm of genius,’ because that’s what it felt prefer to be near him. A realm. A frequency. A force. His music wasn’t just sound, it was spirt.”
She went on to clarify that even today, so a few years later, his music “still speaks,” “still teaches,” and “still reaches for us.”
“This yr, greater than some other, I’m desirous about you the fans who grew up with him, learned from him, healed with him, and located pieces of yourselves through his words,” she continued. “Only a handful of us shall be on the Glam Slam Profit, but he never belonged to at least one room. He belonged to all of us. All over the place.”
‘He Never Wanted Us To Be Sad’
Garcia’s touching words continued to remind fans that Prince wouldn’t want anyone “to be sad.”
“He never wanted us to be sad. He believed in transformation, in returning home, in the concept love is the one thing that lasts,” she continued. “He once wrote, ‘My bed’s made up at night because in my dreams I roam.’ I’ve all the time felt that line wasn’t nearly him finding his way home, it was about how he still finds us. In dreams, in memories, in those moments when his music fills a room and it appears like he’s right there again.”
Garcia also shared a wish for today, the ten yr anniversary of Prince’s passing.
“So on this tenth yr, turn his music all the best way up. Sing your heart out. Be grateful that we lived in his lifetime, that we witnessed him first hand,” she wrote. “That’s something rare, something sacred, something all of us share.”
She requested that fans tag Live 4 Love Charities on social media in the event that they share their fond memories and stories of Prince so “we will see the moments and songs that also connect us all to him.”
Her final message is certainly one of strength and love.
“After we share him, he lives again,” she wrote. “And I keep desirous about the message he left us in Live 4 Love, that fierce reminder that even in chaos, even in pain, even when the world tries to harden you, the mission is similar: live for love. Without love, we don’t life. With love, we rise. That’s how we stock him forward. That’s how we honor him. That’s how we keep his light moving through the world.”
Fans Shared Stories And Feelings In The Comments Of Mayte Garcia’s Post
It didn’t take long for fans to share their fond memories and loving words within the comment section of Garcia’s post.
“I used to be at Paisley Park on 4/17. I felt his presence in each room. It was quite an emotional experience,” one viewer wrote.
“He’s the one artist who when attending his shows would cause me to inexplicably break out in tears. The groove was his own, a funk so hard that nobody will EVER duplicate it. It will reach deep down and pull emotions out of me that needed to be let loose. You’ve summed it up and made me realize that was an expression of his vibration, and it was a present he gave to all of us to have our own personal experience with,” one other fan shared.
Many others shared similar experiences and thoughts.
“Prince is and was pure magic. Love him endlessly and so grateful I had him on this lifetime. We’re lucky,” one person shared. One other added, “My life wouldn’t be the identical without him. He made my life colourful and crammed with love. How lucky I’m to get to know him and his music. I miss you, Prince.”
Tonight’s Glam Slam Profit Honoring Prince’s Legacy Is Sold Out
Tonight, the Glam Slam Profit will have fun Prince’s enduring cultural and humanitarian legacy while raising money for the charity Prince began with Garcia in 1996. The event, hosted by Garcia and George Lopez, will feature live performances, special guests, and more.
Ahead of the event, Garcia sat down with The Blast to share more concerning the tribute and Live 4 Love Charities, which was founded in honor of Garcia and Prince’s son Amiir.
“We began this foundation in 1996, and it was privately funded since it was his money and he would go on tour after which he’d be like, ‘let’s donate.’ And he donated numerous money to people who no one knows about,” Garcia told The Blast exclusively. “He left me on [the foundation] when he passed and we just reignited it.”
The City Of Los Angeles Will Proclaim April 21 As ‘Prince Day’
Your complete day today, April 21, shall be dedicated to the glory of the beloved performer. Before the charity event this evening, the City of Los Angeles will proclaim April 21 as “Prince Day” and plenty of city monuments, resembling the Hollywood Sign, will glow purple in his honor.
“I feel it’s long overdue,” Garcia told The Blast. “His music was loved by all, so it’s nice, especially on the anniversary of his passing. That day has been really hard for numerous us.”
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