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Four years after his death, superfan Maya Rudolph remembers Prince: 'He was a perfect musician'

How has Maya Rudolph been amusing herself in quarantine?

The other night she tuned into one of Questlove's DJ sets on Instagram, where the Roots drummer was spinning live cuts by Prince as part of a tribute to the one-of-a-kind performer who died four years ago this week at age 57, from an accidental fentanyl overdose.

"Hearing him use the Revolution almost as a drum machine, like he was programming each member of the band to play things, then mixing it on the fly - it's the most fascinating thing," said Rudolph, a lifelong fan of the Purple One.

Now it's her turn to keep Prince's faithful entertained: On Tuesday night the actor and comedian, 47, was to host "Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince," a CBS special featuring performances by admirers

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