Prince's connection to hip-hop over the years was strong. Following the singer's untimely death, XXL takes a look back at his most memorable hip-hop moments.
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"Prince was such a huge inspiration to my life from a child watching Purple Rain till the time I met him at Universal Music in 2006," Game wrote on Instagram.