These 12 powerful tweets explain just why Prince meant so much to so many people

By Charles Pulliam-Moore | April 21, 2016 | 7:49pm

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Today, Prince Rogers Nelson, better know simply by his first name, died in his Minnesota home. As word of Prince’s death spread, fans and fellow musicians alike took to the internet to express their sadness and disbelief of the 57-year-old’s untimely death.

In addition to his impressive singing abilities, Prince is known to have been able to play the guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, drums, and synthesizers. And not only did Prince purportedly play all 27 instruments that made up his first studio album, he’d also been self-producing his work since the age of 21. He was notoriously defensive about when, where, and how his music was shared online. At the time of his death, the only way to legally stream his music was though Tidal.