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“Prince was my babysitter.”

Yvette Thompson, 57, grew up having a special connection to the musician Prince: he was her babysitter from the time she was born until she was four or five years old. To mark the 10th anniversary of Prince’s death, Yvette recorded a @BrightnessinBlack conversation to remember the neighborhood boy who would later become a musical icon.

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