Hundreds gather in south Minneapolis to celebrate Prince

Published 10:01 am Monday, May 2, 2016

MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds of people gathered in south Minneapolis to celebrate the life and music of Prince.

The Sabathani Community Center hosted the block party Saturday. It kicked off the second weekend in a row of tributes to Prince, who was found dead April 21 in his recording complex in suburban Minneapolis.

The Star Tribune reports singers, dancers and speakers took the stage to honor Prince. The site once housed Bryant Junior High, where Prince went to middle school.

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Earlier in the week, the community center offered free daily showings of Prince’s 1984 hit movie, “Purple Rain.”

A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that investigators are looking into whether Prince died from a drug overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death.