Mayte Garcia
Mayte Garcia first joined Prince's harem entourage in 1990 as a dancer, later graduating to occasionally contributing vocals in Gratuitous Spanish. She then married Prince in 1996. They were due to become parents, but the baby died from a rare skull disease named Pfeiffer's syndrome a week after he was born. Predictably, the marriage disintegrated after this traumatic event and Prince and Mayte divorced in 2000. Mayte has since returned to dancing and choreography.
Prince produced and co-wrote one solo album for her in 1995 (possibly in his sleep; it's kind of what he does...), entitled Child of the Sun. Nobody really noticed its existence and it's since gone out of print. In fact, the most notable song it contained was a a gender-reversed version of the cheesiest, Tastes Like Diabetes-est song Prince ever wrote, "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World". Yeah, it's like that. And a cover of "Brick House" by The Commodores, which is at least not as corny.
The second disc of Prince's Emancipation was inspired by their marriage and her pregnancy. Yes, this means Mayte is partially responsible for Tastes Like Diabetes-fests like "Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife". We hope she enjoyed the gift, because we might have not.
- Cover Version: besides the aforementioned Prince cover, she covered "Brick House" by The Commodores (renamed to "House of Brick" for Prince knows what reason).
- The Muse: One of the less fruitful cases? Depends.
- Shiny Midnight Black: The picture shown here is a definite example.
- The Cover Changes the Gender