Since it is a well known fact that Tevin is gay....who here thinks that the times he worked with Prince that he had his eye on him? I mean of course Prince wrote shhh for him, could there have been something? And if not, do you think Prince had any influence on his sexuality? Just wondering....

CleopatraJones said:

Now there's an interesting thought.

CleopatraJones said:

Wasn't Tevin like, 12 when he did Graffiti Bridge? What exactly are you trying to say? That Prince worked with a child who later turned out to be homosexual, so that makes Prince also a homosexual?

Boy, there's a lot of queer threads on this board, but this is one of the funniest!!

It's no surprise that Tevin turned out gay, shit, he was a FLAMY kid!

But, if he was aware of his sexuality when he worked with Prince he may have been attracted to him, if he was his type. If I was Tevin and working with Prince I'd be gay for him too, shit, the man is FINE as hell and he's not even that short to kids, he'd be just the right size to tounge Tevin, hell, I bet Tevin spent many nights (as I would have) dreaming about Prince and the things he would do to his fine sexy ass.









i'm just sayin.....

Round And Round could be Prince's take on spincter manipulation.

MetroArea said:

Wasnt Tevin like between the ages of 18 and 20 when he made the "I'm ready" album? I was 12 when purple rain came out, and when I saw prince I knew I "liked" him.....
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squirrelgrease said:

Halls of desire is pretty obvious then aswell

klhk2booty said:

Iam so glad prince was so eager to work with tevin. I heard he wanted to write a whole album for him, but quincey jones said no.

Of course they had sex together.

There was always rumors about Tevin being homosexual but he always denied it from day one...but in 1999, he was arrested for not only drug possession, but also for offering to perform a sexual favor on a male undercover police officer. He then came out of the closet and revealed that he had a long-time romantic relationship with the singer Rashaan Patterson (yep, he's gay, too.)

oh soo tevin is a fruit basket huh?? i always figured that boy was fruity.
well if that what floats his boat i aint mad at him. i dont think that p had anything to do with t's sexuality tevin probably knew along that he was gay way before he met prince. no one can influence ur choice to be a homosexual.[Edited 5/31/05 10:18am]
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OnionJuice said:

What! different topic-- I had no clue on that gossip -- so did Tevin out Rashaan Patterson? or was he always open? -- I had no idea about him. mm mm mm!

CleopatraJones said:

Of course, that's how Prince makes people gay. The same way hanging around Gilbert and Brooks made Prince tall.

If Prince influenced Tevin it was just to be who he was and not be afraid.

I do have to mention that the song CAN WE TALK is incredible. I love it.



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npgmaverick said:

But then...

* Didn't Prince give props to Tevin during the beautiful experience show by saying "Tevin, you're so sexy"?

* If Tevin was 12 around GB, and they continued working after had become 18, just like he met Mayte when she was a child, to start "working" with her after she had become 18...

What does this mean? - That Prince is smarter than Michael?

Come on now. Tevin was doing it with al b sure not Prince.

SweetKreme said:

I don't recall Rashaan ever being open about his homosexuality, so yeah I guess Tevin did out him.
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Man Tevin really fell off the wagon!

He was working with all the right people (Prince, Babyface, Quincy Jones)
and having some big hits, then boom! he's gone and then
on top of it getting arrested.

I wish things would come back together for him
he had a nice voice

npgmaverick said:

If you would take the time and read my statement correctly, you would notice that I never said Prince has made anyone gay. I just posed the question of do you think its possible that Tevin may have had an "crush" on Prince. And since Prince often toyed around with the idea of his own "sexuality" do you think that might have played some "role" in Tevins life choices .....anyways just a question.

CleopatraJones said:

did Prince have any effect on your sexuality? most folks i know = gay or straight, knew what their sexual preferences were as kids. i'm not one to co-sign Tevin being influenced-the industry has enough choices for you to move any direction; seems like Tevin had picked one. Prince always struck me as such a poon hound, can't really see him gettin' jiggy with a dude. like everybody else here - just an opinion.

CleopatraJones said:

what do you mean he wrote Shhh for him? Was that supposed to appear on a Tevin CD?
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doctamario said:

As a matter of fact Tevin was the first one to sing "shhh" on his "Im ready" cd. Prince then later released it himself on his "gold" cd.

spookiegyrl said:

Yes, as a matter of fact I think he did.....

spookiegyrl said:

I agree with that statement. I think Prince's toying around with his sexuality in the public was more in line with his non-racial/non-gendered stance when he came out. To free himself from societal restrictions that impact your categorization in the society at large and in the music biz. That whole sexuality thing was nothing but fodder to catch attention while the music kept us here. Prince has never struck me as gay, just seemed like he was toying with people and challenging the ultra macho restrictions that most black men are limited to.
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DorothyParkerWasCool said:

yes! yes! yes!

Agreed 100%

So I guess when Tevin was doing all of these love songs, he probably had another guy in mind. Kinda makes me not even wanna listen to "Can We Talk" anymore now - knowing that he's gay makes it sound like he tryna hook up with a guy.

squirrelgrease said:

LMFAO!!!

CleopatraJones said:

Prince is straight. Get over it!

BTW, Prince (straight, gay, or bisexual) is not careless like R.Kelly!!!
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