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Thread started 04/16/10 6:34pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

Peas Star Will.I.Am Brought Prince And Jackson Together

BLACK EYED PEAS star will.i.am has revealed he achieved the near-impossible - he brought pop superstar rivals MICHAEL JACKSON and PRINCE together backstage at a show in Las Vegas.

Details of the 2008 summit meeting have remained top secret - until now.

In the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone, the I Gotta Feeling hitmaker admits he arranged for his pals to meet up in the hope they could finally put a misunderstanding at a 1983 James Brown concert behind them.

The singer/songwriter explains Prince was performing in Sin City and asked will.i.am to join him onstage. The Black Eyed Peas star jumped at the chance and asked if he could bring his friend Michael.

will.i.am recalls, "I told Quincy (Jones), and he was like, 'I can't believe you got Mike to go there'.

"Prince and Michael Jackson? Come on, dude. That's connecting worlds."







I think they recorded a song together. I was there in Vegas when both was there
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eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #1 posted 04/16/10 6:38pm

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^^really??

how cool...
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Reply #2 posted 04/16/10 7:18pm

jimino1

ahh the ol' bass in my face' experience....although Prince & MJ did hook up years later after the '83 JB gig.....in around 86 or thereabouts they played table tennis together and discussed prince dueting on Bad- I think they had another meeting at some too if I recall correctly (can't remember when/where though)....at the 3121 vegas show Prince strode up to Will.i.am and MJ and he played his bass right in front of a (probably) bewildered MJ... spurning the 'he played his bass in my face' comment from MJ to Will.i.am....classic prince, taunting and 'cockwaving' in front of another 'star'

I wonder if they met after that show? Seems possible...I don't think there was any real 'hate' between MJ & Prince at all...if anything a rivalry maybe - but not hate....
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Reply #3 posted 04/16/10 7:37pm

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I wish people would simply accept that Prince while having 'respect' for Michael Jackson and his accomplishments still never took him seriously (in a competitive sense).

"singing on the telly
making more bucks than sense
so called king
gives birth 2 so called prince"


Prince always seemed to exude the consistent stance of "let Michael be Michael over there and let me be me over here".

Most industry rivalries stem from the media trying to drum up business.
Considering Prince's anti-media stance up until 1988 i doubt this stuff really registered to him.

Just my opinion.
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Reply #4 posted 04/16/10 7:46pm

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I don't know what to say. I guess Will.I.Am is truly the maker of dreams.
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Reply #5 posted 04/16/10 7:49pm

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squirrelgrease said:

I don't know what to say. I guess Will.I.Am is truly the maker of dreams.


Reading this again I think he was having a 'dream'. Too many orgers were in Vegas for the 3121 shows and not a single one ever mentioned anything about Michael Jackson being in town. As we all know Michael was hardly discreet when showing up anywhere.
When eye go 2 a Prince concert or related event it's all heart up in the house but when eye log onto this site and the miasma of bitchiness is completely overwhelming!
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Reply #6 posted 04/16/10 8:21pm

ernestsewell

Is there a link to this fantasy?
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Reply #7 posted 04/16/10 8:28pm

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HonestMan13 said:

squirrelgrease said:

I don't know what to say. I guess Will.I.Am is truly the maker of dreams.


Reading this again I think he was having a 'dream'. Too many orgers were in Vegas for the 3121 shows and not a single one ever mentioned anything about Michael Jackson being in town. As we all know Michael was hardly discreet when showing up anywhere.


The story went that Michael was in disguise during this bass-in-yo-face experience. I can't remember where I heard the story now, but I believe it was Will.i.am telling it.
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Reply #8 posted 04/16/10 8:39pm

dance4me3121

Old news but I love this story. Lets not forget what Michael B said shortly after MJ'S passing that MJ use to go to paisley park and play basketball with Prince. He also said that MJ would mail Prince tapes of Sly.
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Reply #9 posted 04/16/10 8:47pm

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dance4me3121 said:

Old news but I love this story. Lets not forget what Michael B said shortly after MJ'S passing that MJ use to go to paisley park and play basketball with Prince. He also said that MJ would mail Prince tapes of Sly.

eek eek eek

Remember not all of us are familiar with every bit of 'old news'. lol Any links to Michael B's statements??
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Reply #10 posted 04/16/10 9:09pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

HonestMan13 said:

squirrelgrease said:

I don't know what to say. I guess Will.I.Am is truly the maker of dreams.


Reading this again I think he was having a 'dream'. Too many orgers were in Vegas for the 3121 shows and not a single one ever mentioned anything about Michael Jackson being in town. As we all know Michael was hardly discreet when showing up anywhere.



I was in Vegas the day after MJ was there and the staff told me he was there with Will I Am. So it is true and why would Will I Am make that story up? He was working with MJ at the time on new material. I do remember that.
eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #11 posted 04/16/10 9:39pm

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lock MJ. There's a sticky in the music:non-Prince for MJ.
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