Unheard Prince music to be released on Friday to mark anniversary of the star's death

It has been announced that brand new Prince music will be released this coming Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the music legend’s death.

Prince tragically passed away at the age of 57 on the 21st of April last year, and now his estate have granted permission for music from his top secret fault to be released to the public.

‘Deliverance’, which is out now, is the lead track on the mini album, with the singer co-writing and co-producing the tracks with Ian Boxill before his sad death.

A statement from Prince’s team read: “The songs were written and recorded when Prince was an independent artist, protesting what he saw as an unjust music industry.”

Boxill, who has worked with the likes of Janet Jackson and 2Pac, has opened up about the decision to release the music, explaining: “I believe ‘Deliverance’ is a timely release with everything going on in the world today, and in light of the one-year anniversary of his passing.

“I hope when people hear Prince singing these songs it will bring comfort to many.

“Prince once told me that he would go to bed every night thinking of ways to bypass major labels and get his music directly to the public.

“When considering how to release this important work, we decided to go independent because that’s what Prince would have wanted.”

Prince passed away following an accidental overdose at his Paisley Park estate on April 21st last year.

The new EP, titled ‘Deliverance’, will be released this Friday, 21st April, and features never-before-heard tracks ‘Man Opera’, ‘I Am’, ‘Touch Me’, ‘Sunrise Sunset’, ‘No One Else’ and an extended version of ‘I Am’.

Read more:

[ 700 people have claimed that Prince is their half-sibling since his death ]

[ Prince was not prescribed the drugs that he overdosed on ]

[ Peter Stringfellow: ‘Prince wasn’t as wild as everyone believes’ ]