D L Hugley. Macy Gray. Chris Rock . Bobby Brown. Natalie Cole. Michael Jackson(RIP). Will I Am. Sinbad. Chaka Kahn. George Clinton. Chris Tucker. I saw them all at 3121 Las Vegas. And i saw Eddie Murphey at Empire Ball Room. I guess that would make them fans????

Slash, Duff Mckagan, and Steven Adler have said they used to jam to Prince songs while waiting for Axl Rose to show up for rehearsal, and that Rocket Queen came up due to those jams.

Questlove and D`Angelo are big fams too.

La Roux, Beverly Knight. Footballer Rio Ferdinand.

In Portugal musicians: Pedro Abrunhosa ( recorded on Paisley Park with The HornHeadz and Ricky Peterson, and was produced by Tom Tucker), Rui Veloso and Paulo Gonzo ( who has said that Purple Rain is the perfect song) are big fans.

aliveandfree said:

Who isn't a Prince fan? Seriously, he is an awesome musician in every sense of the word and different! Only his true fans know what he's all about, to others he's a mystery...

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WISE WORDS aliveandfree!

Penguin said:

I know mick jagger and elton john but who else?

I met Lori Petti once, she was wearing a Prince shirt!

Michael Hutchence was a HUGE fan as well!

rgsince81 said:

D L Hugley. Macy Gray. Chris Rock . Bobby Brown. Natalie Cole. Michael Jackson(RIP). Will I Am. Sinbad. Chaka Kahn. George Clinton. Chris Tucker. I saw them all at 3121 Las Vegas. And i saw Eddie Murphey at Empire Ball Room. I guess that would make them fans????

It could mean they are fans yes, but it could also mean that they just got free tickets from somewhere, and fancied a night out.

This list could be extensive... but here are artist and celebs I'm pretty sure, due to past interviews and the like, are fans ranging from peers respect to complete fanboys.

Timbaland

Pharrell

Lenny Kravitz

Janelle Monae

Alicia keys

Andre 3000

David Bowie

Adam Levine (Maroon 5)

Cee Lo

Patti Labelle

Kanye West

P Diddy Daddy (whatever the fuck his name is now)

Will I Am

Stevie Wonder

Robin Thicke

Jada Pinkett Smith

Eddie Murphy

Anthony Anderson

Katt Williams

Jamie Foxx (well used too.. not sure now)

Tracey Morgan

trent reznor

nosajd said:

I know Steven Tyler from Aerosmith is a huge fan. I remember reading an interview w/ him several years ago where he said he was trying to come down from his high from being @ a Prince concert & apparently he was twirling & dancing around imitating Prince for the jounalist.

Steven !!!

Aerosmith made sexy music! I love them!

Bono and some of the other members of U2 are pretty big Prince fans!

I'm guessing most of the artists, musicians and celebs appreciate Prince's work, not to mention skills as a player. I don't know if that qualifies being a Prince fan though. But I get the feeling that if anyone got the chance to jam with Prince they would get star struck no matter who they are.

Some of the people who have jammed with Prince:

- Stevie Wonder

- Me'shell Ndegeocello

- Alicia Keys

- Lenny Kravitz

- George Clinton

- Carlos Santana

- Maroon 5 (??) http://www.phoenixnewtime...nfluences/

Others who have spoken highly of Prince and/or have attended his gigs many times:

- Spike Lee

- Tim Burton

- Selma Hayek

- Chris Rock

- Jay Leno

- D'Angelo

- Maxwell

- Black Eyed Peas

- George Michael

- Bono

- Bjork

- Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)

- Slash

- Tom Jones

- Herbie Hancock

- Eric Clapton

- Matt Damon

- Penelope Cruz

- Ellen DeGeneres

- Oprah Winfrey

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A few 2 add 2 the list:

Babyface

Beth Midler

Julia Roberts

Steve Harvey

Rev. Al Sharpton

Halle Berry

Dhani Harrison

Laurence fishburne

Angela bassett

Apologies 4 names that have already been mentioned. I haven't read other peoples response yet

Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock , George Clinton, Outkast, D'angelo, Maxwell, Lenny Kravitz, Terence Trent D'arby, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Amp Fiddler, Tricky, Questlove, Chaka Khan Janell Monae, Meshell Ndegeocello, Madonna, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Pharell, Timberland, Timberlake, kanye West, Dream, Will I am, Alison Goldfrapp, Riahnna, Bono, Michael Hutchence, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Kylie Minogue, Janet jackson, Mcalmont, duran duran, Beverly Knight, Mica paris, basement Jazz, etc

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I don't know any musicians or celebretards who are Prince fans, but here is my list of people who i know like Prince.

My dad

My ex girlfriend

My windowcleaner

Two of my ex work collegues

My next door neighbour

My dog

Wow, its a ot of celebies that really like like Princey That's great! Never knew there were so many

I think that is why Prince always gave so many exclusive invitation only celeb jam sessions at his LA mansion all the time that the fans here criticized him for. Because he knew he had a big celebrity following and he gave many to accommodate them. At one point it was the in expecting thing for Prince to have a private party jam session at his mansion after a award show. I'm glad I was able to attend an afterparty he gave after The BET Awards. The year he per4rmed in 2006. The 3121 years.

Freddie Mercury was a big fan. He used to show his band members videotapes from prince shows.

And Queen guitarist Brian May raved about one of the O2-shows he attended on his private blog.

Penguin said:

Anyone know if david bowie is?

Bowie mentioned Prince in 1987 as "the best of the current crop" in black music (Rolling Stone issue 498 - April 23, 1987).

Yikes, what has he done for you lately, Mr. Bowie!

That's all I know...

Not sure if anybody remembers Dan Reed Network, a great american band from the late 80's/early 90's who mixed all different genres like Hard Rock, Funk, Rap, Pop, AOR, Power Ballads, they were/are big Prince fans especially the lead singer Dan Reed, their first self titled album has massive Prince influences, i recommend all Prince fans to check it out, lots of parts shoot out at you thats just like Prince, Get To You is an amazing funktastic song with a killer synth rith and of course Ritual

Also Darren Hayes former lead singer of Savage Garden(don't let that put you off his last two solo albums are classics) is a big Prince fan having covered live "I Wish U Heaven", its on his special edition of Spin and his last double album "This Delicate Thing We've Made" has two songs that sound just like Prince " Bombs Up In My Face" and "Me, Myself And I"

Darren has an amazing voice and can sing in falsetto just like Prince, check out "Sing to Me".

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StonedImmaculate said:

Terrence Trent D'Arby (I forget his new name)

Sananda Maitreya

I'm using the term *celebrity* losely here but Lenny Henry is a HUGE fan.

Also Stephen Merchant was spotted at a few O2 gigs.

Bird twitcher Bill Odie has been a fan since the very early days and saw Prince's first gig in the UK in about 1979 I think. Can't imagine him being a fan LOL

TweetyV6 said:

StonedImmaculate said:

Terrence Trent D'Arby (I forget his new name)

Sananda Maitreya

I just call him Sand Maytry or Sad Matrix. I know, it's not funny but it's easier.

Robyn

Bilal

Missy Elliot(She wanted to work with him back in 2000)

Aaliyah

Janet Jackson

Mariah Carey

Stephanie Mills

Mel'isa Morgan

Mother's Finest(They were in a jam session back in the early 90s in Paisley Park)

Stevie Nicks

blackbob said:

.would be easier to list who doesnt like him...

Noel Gallagher doesnt.

MrGravyLumps said:

TweetyV6 said:

Sananda Maitreya

I just call him Sand Maytry or Sad Matrix. I know, it's not funny but it's easier.

I just call him twatty bollocks.

MrGravyLumps said:

Some of the people who have jammed with Prince:

- Me'shell Ndegeocello

I remember her being interviewed after she performed. One of the first questions was who she admired. By coincidence, the interviewer received earlier that day a fresh promo-copy of the just-released Emancipation-album. Me'shell hadn't heard it yet and couldn't wait another minute to eagerly checking it on a portable cd-player. The interview stopped there

Jack Nicholson, Lawrence Fishburne, Wesly Snipes, Little Richard, Will Smith, Spike Lee, Charles Fleischer, Starr Jones, Living Color, Daymond John, The Roots, Dave Chappelle, Nas, Ludacris, Kat Williams, Cyndi Lauper, Lionel Ritchie, Bernie Mack, Maxwell, Stevie Nicks, Ice Cube, Steven Speilberg, Danny Glover, Vivica Fox, Jamie Foxx, The Wayans, Arsenio Hall, Todd Bridges, Ray Parker Jr., Cornell West, Tavis Smiley, Tom Joyner, Monique, Patti Labelle, Nona Hendrix, Kid Creole, Dick Gregory, Michael Baisden, Muhammed Ali, the Jonas Brothers, Justin Timberlake, Oprah Winfrey, Sting, Mario Van Peebles, Marilyn Manson, Q Tip, Jay Z, Beyonce, Dougie Fresh, Chuck D, Terrence Howard, Taylor Dayne, Boy George, Chris Rock, Anita Baker, Witney Houston, Quincy Jones, Jim Brown, Lisa Bonet, Eddie Griffin, Savion Glover, Miles Davis, and Michael Jackson who although is gone on into some if you kill me I'll be more powerful than ever Obi Wan Kenobi ish still loves him like hes his 5th brother to this split second

Barry Gibb