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The music world is still grieving the untimely death of Prince. One of the ramifications of his passing, besides a pending battle over his estate, is plenty of interesting stories coming to light—including word that the Purple One wanted to mentor Chris Brown. 

The reveal comes in a recently published “lost” interview by Rolling Stone. Prince told the Rock mag he wanted to reach out to Brown and noted that the enigmatic R&B crooner putting hands on Rihanna wasn’t “unforgivable” as the interviewer said.

“Unforgivable?” Prince told Rolling Stone. “Goodness. That’s when we go check the master, Christ. … Have you ever instantly forgiven somebody?” I shake my head. “It’s the best feeling in the world, and it totally dismantles that person’s whole stance.”

Prince also spoke about his musical rival Michael Jackson, and whether or not he might have been able to stop the King of Pop’s untimely demise, too.

“I don’t want to talk about it,” said Prince. “I’m too close to it.”

He added, “He is just one of many who have gone through that door – Amy Winehouse and folks. We’re all connected, right, we’re all brothers and sisters, and the minute we lock that in, we wouldn’t let anybody in our family fall. That’s why I called Chris Brown. All of us need to be able to reach out and just fix stuff. There’s nothing that’s unforgivable.”

Chris Brown, take heed.

Read the full interview right here.

Photo: press handout