But that was all before he won a Grammy in 1987 for his album Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D’Arby. Even Darby couldn’t begrudge her son’s success in secular music.

When Sananda Maitreya references his previous life as Terence Trent D'Arby, he looks uncomfortable. He even says "he", not "I", as though he is talking about a different person. "You know ...

Credit: REGLAIN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images By the middle of 1988, Sananda Maitreya - then known as Terence Trent D’Arby - had the musical world at his feet. Released the previous year ...

Back then, he was Terence Trent D’Arby, a former American serviceman who wound up in London, recording an ecstatic combination of new wave and R&B. He won over lots of critics and reached #1 ...