Talentless Junkie Paints City Purple

I keep hearing everybody describe Prince, or the “Musician formerly known as Alive” as a musical genius. He wasn’t a genius. He was a reclusive millionaire with a deadly drug habit. And he totally ruined the soundtrack to Batman. As everyone mourns this musical midget’s death and lights up their city landmarks in purple, think about how much he spent on drugs. Pretty sure that drug budget coulda kept a homeless shelter running for a century.

From the Dailymail here:

Prince’s former drug dealer has revealed the full extent of the late-star’s secret drug addiction – telling how the superstar was hooked on powerful opiates for over 25 years.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Online, the performer’s long-time dealer – who asked to be named only as Doctor D – revealed the singer would spend up to $40,000 a time on six-month supplies of Dilaudid pills and Fentanyl patches – both highly addictive opioid pain killers.
Prince, who was found dead on Thursday at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was secretly cremated in an intimate ceremony at a nondescript funeral home in Minneapolis shortly after an autopsy was completed on Friday, Radar reports.
Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson and another family member reportedly spent a few minutes saying goodbye at the First Memorial Waterston Chapel before the musician was cremated.
His death came just days after sources claimed he overdosed on the opiate Percocet.
Doctor D said the musician, who he described as ‘majorly addicted’, regularly bought drugs from him between 1984 and 2008.
The dealer, often to the stars, said Prince suffered crippling stage fright and could not get on stage and perform without the drugs – but had a phobia of doctors so could not obtain a prescription legally.

And WWE wrestler Chyna died on the same day, also likely from drugs and depression, yet there is no hero worship for her.