This from Roger Friedman, who while a gossip is known to be pretty reliable...

http://www.showbiz411.com...lle-apollo

Prince: So Hip He Needs Two New Ones

Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Music / By Roger Friedman

prince 263x300 Prince: So Hip He Needs Two New OnesPrince was on the prowl again last night, making an unscheduled appearance at the Apollo Theater’s 75th anniversary celebration to toast Patti Labelle.

But the real buzz on Prince is that his much reported hip problems of the past have now turned into need for a double hip replacement.

Unfortunately, thanks to his practice as a Jehovah’s Witness, Prince still refuses surgery. JW’s don’t believe in blood transfusions.

“He’s in a lot of pain,” said a source who was backstage with him last night at the Apollo. “He’s popping pain killers and hoping it will all go away.”

But it won’t. Back in 2005 reports surfaced that Prince needed one hip replaced. He declined. Then again in 2007 and 2008 came more reports that he’d finally agreed to “secret surgery.”

Now the diminutive R&B star is walking with a diamond studded stick to keep him upright. It’s the same stick I saw him with two nights ago at a post-Tony Awards bash. I’m sure he’d rather have a Raspberry beret or a little red Corvette, but for now Prince is stuck with the stick.

The question is: if it gets worse, will he go to a wheelchair?

Prince canalways start to stock his own blood. He can come here and go to 1 of the most reknowned joint hospital which specialize in swift recovery and upmost privacy.

billymeade said:

yeah, but back in the D&P days, the end of the cane didn't used to have a rubber tip on it.

Anxiety said:

If dude breaks out with those precut tennis balls on the tips I'm thru!

ALL JEHOVAHS WITNESSES ARE NOT VEGETARIANS... AND BEFORE HALF OF YOU GO ACTING AS IF YOU KNOW EVERY DAMN THING ABOUT THE RELIGION POST/PRINCE BEING INVOLVED WITH THE ORGANIZATION,ASK A WITNESS WHO IS/WAS A WITNESS AND STOP BEING SO DISRESPECTFUL OF WHAT ONE CHOOSES.

every religion may have something which might be foreign to you it is what it is.


and I also don't care about one claims to know a person who is a witness
and post theories post facts!
[Edited 6/9/09 22:39pm]

utopia7 said:

Whoa!!!

No need to go off.

I hear ya, basically people should do their homework I guess.

Now can we keep the post on topic? Thanks.

luv4u said:

It is on topic HIP is allegedly tied to religion. given it always goes back to heresy .... it would be nice if moderators as your self stepped in immediately when things get WAY out of control. I am always chill aside from Caps I wasn't cursing just stressing the POINT which needed to be made.

Respectfully Utopia7

See http://www.drfunkenberry.com/

utopia7 said:

I don't see the thread going way out of control nor is anyone reporting such.

luv4u said:

sorry let me clarify...Threads in other areas

See http://www.drfunkenberry.com/

Note he was wearing those little white trainers (US: sneekers?!) on the outdoor Leno performance, and have seen them a few years back on another show.

Reckon this is to do with it?

Maybe if he wore 'sensible' shoes like this more often, especially during live shows, he could get away with a good few years of live work before his body finally tells him to give it up?

As Tower Of Power would say, "What Is Hip? (Replacement)", anyway? C'mon Prince, don't do a Bob Marley on us.[i]

Note he was wearing those little white trainers (US: sneekers?!) on the outdoor Leno performance, and have seen them a few years back on another show.

Reckon this is to do with it?

Maybe if he wore 'sensible' shoes like this more often, especially during live shows, he could get away with a good few years of live work before his body finally tells him to give it up?

As Tower Of Power would say, "What Is Hip? (Replacement)", anyway? C'mon Prince, don't do a Bob Marley on us.[i]

There's ways around the blood transfusion thing, thereby allowing JW cult members to have surgery and NOT have a blood transfusion during surgery. Usually they donate their own blood ahead of time. And there are other ways around it. It's amazing to me that the same Bible Prince proclaims to read and study w/ friends says "Life is in the blood", so why NOT get blood to live? Aren't we all from the same source anyway, ultimately?

As far as his pain, it ain't a band member. It won't just go away where he can forget about it. It won't go away. Ever. Neither will his pill habit.

JustErin said:

Religion can bring out the moron in people faster than anything.

truefunksoldier said:

You may not respect him but I have high regards & respect for Dr Martin Luther King jr, just one may who's faith in the invisible man in the sky followed some rule and did something to make a very big lasting difference for people all over the world because what he took affect in other countries outside of America as well like Ghana, parts of Latin America South Africa

You may not respect him but I have high regards & respect for Dr Martin Luther King jr, just one may who's faith in the invisible man in the sky followed some rule and did something to make a very big lasting difference for people all over the world because what he took affect in other countries outside of America as well like Ghana, parts of Latin America South Africa

Implying that only religious folk are good??