Beguiled by the Arabian-flavoured "Thieves In The Temple" on Prince's 1990 Graffiti Bridge album, her mother encouraged Mayte to deliver a video tape of her dancing to Prince. At Prince's request, over the next few months, Mayte sent more videos [an excerpt is included at the end of the Gett Off home video, 1991]. One of these was her early performance on the talent show That's Incredible , a kittenish Mayte (aged eight) performed a coin trick on her belly [as seen in the 3 Chains O' Gold home video, 1994]. Mayte later repeated this stunt when Prince and The NPG appeared on Arsenio Hall's show in 1993.
Prince took Mayte's life experiences, added embellishments and transformed
them into a pop opera, the 1992 
album.
Just turned 18, Mayte came to Minneapolis in late 1991. Her first live
appearance with Prince was the January 11th 1992 Glam Slam concert in
Minneapolis when Prince previewed the Diamonds And Pearls show. Since
then, Mayte has been working closely with Prince/ and has become a member of his band, The New Power
Generation.
UPTOWN #21 includes an exclusive
interview with Mayte from mid-July 1995. She talks about her work with , her own album, Child Of The Sun, and
The Gold Experience as well as some future projects, including the
Kamasutra ballet.
Released by NPG Records/Edel in November - the debut album by Mayte called
Child Of The Sun:
"Children Of The Sun" / "In Your
Gracious Name" / "If Eye Love U 2Night" /
"The Rhythm Of Your Heart" / "Ain't No Place Like U" / "House Of Brick" /
"Love's No Fun" / "Baby Don't Care" / "However Much
U Want" / "Mo Better" / "If Eye Love U 2Night [Spanish Version]" / "The Most
Beautiful Boy In The World."
The first CD-single from Mayte's Child Of The Sun album was released
by NPG Records/Edel in October:
"If Eye Love U 2Night" [Radio Edit] / "If Eye Love U 2Night" [Album Version]
/ "If Eye Love U 2Night" [Spanish Version] / "Rhythm Of Your Heart." A
maxi-CD was released in November containing the following versions of the
song: 'Album version' 4.19, 'Lil' Cash Mix' 5.02, 'Displacement Mix' 6.05,
and 'Tweakin` Dub' 7.13.
