Ryan Cameron meets Prince
By Rodney Ho | Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 05:42 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This is from my colleague Sonia Murray and will be in Peach Buzz Thursday:

Last week, Ludacris gave a shout-out to V-103 afternoon host Ryan Cameron in his Grammy acceptance speech, and that alone would make for a great "thank you" from a former intern. But for an encore, the Atlanta rapper-actor invited the V-103 announcer to dinner with Prince during the NBA’s All-Star weekend in Las Vegas. "It was absolutely the highlight of my career,” said Cameron, who returned to the airwaves Tuesday afternoon. "I’ve been trying to explain to people, it was like being a computer geek and not only getting to meet Bill Gates, but sit down and break bread with him."

Actually, the meal included corn chowder, a field green salad and sea bass. And not only were Cameron, Ludacris and Prince there, in a private area of The Rio Hotel (where Prince performs each week), but the dinner party also featured reclusive Dave Chappelle, part-time Atlantan Toni Braxton, actress Gabrielle Union and actor Hill Harper. The highlights? "With Prince, it was just his voice. How it resonated. It’s so low and just carries, it almost sounded like he had a microphone on. But of course, he didn’t.

“Everybody has been asking: Were both of them weird?" Cameron continued. "And they were totally the opposite. They were just as normal and as engaging as any person you would be having a conversation at dinner with for two and a half hours. I mean we talked about family, ‘Happy Feet’"I got the feeling that if Prince didn’t have to go do a show, we would all still be talking."


I love it when men get all excited meeting Prince. LOL

Cool story! Ryan Cameron is 1 lucky guy!

sexxydancer said:

Yeah... but too bad I wasn't there. LOL

shaedove99 said:

I heard Prince Charles of England was 'Honored' to meet Prince, He's a BAD man!

Thanks for posting! Sounds like they had a wonderful time.

Thanks for sharing. I LOVE hearing stories like this!

cool story!and I have 2 agree...I heard Prince talk and I was like "is he 2 close 2 the microphone or something?" or "Is he yelling?" but thats just how his voice is

uptown26 said:

You're welcome... I saw it and was like "awwww... Prince touches everybody."

shaedove99 said:

he needs 2 touch Gabrielle Union...lol,j/k but shes pretty...he should holla

Nice story!

It's not surprising that Prince's voice is noteworthy.

On a personal note, I need a panty check pretty much any time I hear his voice...

but on a general note, Prince has been a performer for how long now, and as a performer you want your voice to reach the back of the room. I imagine that affects his speaking voice also.

mmmmmPrince's Voice.....

Nice story

Nothinbutjoy said:

Yeah... it can do that to you. LOL
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