Kevin Mazur/WireImage for NPG Records 2013Janelle Monae is receiving the Trailblazer Award tonight at the Billboard Women in Music gala in New York City, and she’ll never forget the joy of performing with another trailblazer, Prince.
Janelle and Prince were very close, working together in the studio, and on stage. He’s featured on the song “Giving Them What They Love” on her 2013 album, The Electric Lady. Prince remixed the track “Q.U.E.E.N.” on the album, and he worked with Monae on her latest album, Dirty Computer, before he passed away in 2016.
Janelle says one of the highlights of her career was opening one of Prince’s concerts, and
