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.

^^really??

how cool...

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....

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.

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

squirrelgrease said:

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.

Is there a link to this fantasy?

HonestMan13 said:

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.

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.

dance4me3121 said:

Remember not all of us are familiar with every bit of 'old news'. Any links to Michael B's statements??

HonestMan13 said:

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.