There are some moments in which I really hate Prince.

That's one of them.

He will never perform, he won't even give a sign of life to this family.

And I really wouldn't be surprised if he sued the little guy... -.-

Genesia said:

dJJ said:

The twins' mother is struggling with her medical bills. She came from Australia to see her daughters perform, got ill, and is faced with medical bills the family can't afford.

I don't think P can pay everybody their medical bills. Should he pay for this kid his father and not for the twins their mother?

I don't think it's good to pretend that a star is able to relieve the world from the pain and hardship that life offers.

This.

Absolutely. In addition, I appreciate that YouTube provides a means to get messages to people who otherwise may be uncontacable, but asking for something of that magnitude in public kinda puts a person on the spot.

If Prince does nothing then he's an arsehole in the eyes of joe public.. If he does then the floodgates open to similar requests. He can't do it all. Charity should always be a personal choice.

Not taking anything away from the boy. He's obviously going through a rough time.

PRNelson said:

Genesia said:

This.

Absolutely. In addition, I appreciate that YouTube provides a means to get messages to people who otherwise may be uncontacable, but asking for something of that magnitude in public kinda puts a person on the spot.

If Prince does nothing then he's an arsehole in the eyes of joe public.. If he does then the floodgates open to similar requests. He can't do it all. Charity should always be a personal choice.

Not taking anything away from the boy. He's obviously going through a rough time.

Exactly.

southmpls said:

i live down the street from the eagles club. ill go there tomorrow and donate a lil something on behalf of the Org and keep y'all posted

That's very kind.

PRNelson said:

Absolutely. In addition, I appreciate that YouTube provides a means to get messages to people who otherwise may be uncontacable, but asking for something of that magnitude in public kinda puts a person on the spot.

If Prince does nothing then he's an arsehole in the eyes of joe public.. If he does then the floodgates open to similar requests. He can't do it all. Charity should always be a personal choice.

Not taking anything away from the boy. He's obviously going through a rough time.

Good points.

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PRNelson said:

Genesia said:

This.

Absolutely. In addition, I appreciate that YouTube provides a means to get messages to people who otherwise may be uncontacable, but asking for something of that magnitude in public kinda puts a person on the spot.

If Prince does nothing then he's an arsehole in the eyes of joe public.. If he does then the floodgates open to similar requests. He can't do it all. Charity should always be a personal choice.

Not taking anything away from the boy. He's obviously going through a rough time.

Exactly right. This is obviously a sad situation, but if Prince performed a show for this guy, then he'd be getting dozens of equally heartbreaking requests before the show was even over.

If Prince is somehow able to send them a private note and maybe do something low-key, then perhaps something could be done.

squirrelgrease said:

A 13 year old boy who's dad is suffering from pancreatic cancer is trying to reach Prince.

Sam's dad Paul is a HUGE Prince fan, and also has stage 4 pancreatic cancer (terminal)... Sam's dream would be for Prince to play a concert for Paul...

so how and why did u find this??

the quietest way to deal with this i would think is for P to fly them out for a show all expenses comped and have them quietly pull the video from Youtube and not mention he did it.

that

the quietest way to deal with this i would think is for P to fly them out for a show all expenses comped and have them quietly pull the video from Youtube and not mention he did it.

that

I feel for them, but rich people can't possibly take up every cause presented to them

I hope Prince sees this and is able to do something for the boy's dad.

I give the kid all the respect in the world for doing this, and I'm choking up as I type this. The young man must really love his father do try this.

What has he got to lose by asking? If Prince can't come, he just can't come. But you can't get him there if you don't ask.

Is there one of you here that, if you were asked to do something for a dying man and you could do it, would refuse? Seriously?

It's not like the kid is trying to give Prince a starfish or a cassette of a song he butchered. He's trying to help his dad.

Way to go, Sam Gardner. Your father should be very proud of you.

I don't think he's gonna do it. Because if he does it for him, he's gonna have to do it for everybody else. He's gonna get tons of other request like this.

its sad to see this i was in his same position, my dad had terminal cancer and died when i was in 7th grade. my parents werent divorced and he wasnt that much in2 prince, although he did go see musicology with my mom. (his last concert) my heart goes out to him, and his dad.

TypoQueen said:

I hope Prince gets to see this video and does something special for Sam and his Dad.

didnt billy tell yall that the kid cares for no one but himself! i bet my life prince won't do nothing

TheKid94 said:

its sad to see this i was in his same position, my dad had terminal cancer and died when i was in 7th grade. my parents werent divorced and he wasnt that much in2 prince, although he did go see musicology with my mom. (his last concert) my heart goes out to him, and his dad.

You were in the 7th grade in or around the time Musicology came out?? Damn! How old are you now?

My family having been blighted by cancer in recent times so I'm not saying this flippantly, I really DO feel for the kid and his father but no, like it or not, things like this are particularly unfair on the artist.

If he wants to help out, fine, beautiful and brilliant. If he doesn't, he shouldn't be made guilty.

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alexnvrmnd777 said:

TheKid94 said:

its sad to see this i was in his same position, my dad had terminal cancer and died when i was in 7th grade. my parents werent divorced and he wasnt that much in2 prince, although he did go see musicology with my mom. (his last concert) my heart goes out to him, and his dad.

You were in the 7th grade in or around the time Musicology came out?? Damn! How old are you now?

my bad i should have worded this better, i was in 7th grade when he passed away, but i was in 5th grade when him and my mom saw musicology. my bad, and i just turned 17 this past may, finally saw prince for the 1st time at the forum, flew all the way from detroit and saw him for the last 3 nights with my mom and my gf and her mom. it was freakin amazing

Marrk said:

My family having been blighted by cancer in recent times so I'm not saying this flippantly, I really DO feel for the kid and his father but no, like it or not, things like this are particularly unfair on the artist.

agree. requests like this would drive me nuts, if i were prince. not because i wouldn't feel sympathetic and not because i wouldn't want to help people in need (prince routinely gives to charity, he's a very generous person), but because there would be no way i could live up to everyopne else's expectations of me and still have time to be me.

Marrk said:

My family having been blighted by cancer in recent times so I'm not saying this flippantly, I really DO feel for the kid and his father but no, like it or not, things like this are particularly unfair on the artist.

If he wants to help out, fine, beautiful and brilliant. If he doesn't, he shouldn't be made guilty.

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I hear you.

Both my parents died from cancer (my dad just in January this year).

Poor kid, not the thing to be dealing with ever really, in particular the age that he is.

I don't think Prince will play a show for this kids dad, but he might fly them out to a show or something, and if not, then we should respect that, because it don't necessarily mean that Prince said no.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

he called Prince short!

Little did he know. Blowing every chance on a private concert

TheDigitalGardener said:

Marrk said:

My family having been blighted by cancer in recent times so I'm not saying this flippantly, I really DO feel for the kid and his father but no, like it or not, things like this are particularly unfair on the artist.

If he wants to help out, fine, beautiful and brilliant. If he doesn't, he shouldn't be made guilty.

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I hear you.

Both my parents died from cancer (my dad just in January this year).

Poor kid, not the thing to be dealing with ever really, in particular the age that he is.

I don't think Prince will play a show for this kids dad, but he might fly them out to a show or something, and if not, then we should respect that, because it don't necessarily mean that Prince said no.

he's kinda spooky quirky though. he just might do it.

XxAxX said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

I hear you.

Both my parents died from cancer (my dad just in January this year).

Poor kid, not the thing to be dealing with ever really, in particular the age that he is.

I don't think Prince will play a show for this kids dad, but he might fly them out to a show or something, and if not, then we should respect that, because it don't necessarily mean that Prince said no.

he's kinda spooky quirky though. he just might do it.

Yeah, we shall see.

I'm interested to see how this plays out.

I'd imagine Prince's people will make contact and work something out, but as others before me have mentioned - it'll all be very low key for all the reasons thus stated.

I wish the boy and his Father well - having lost my Father to Cancer last year, I know what he's going thru. It was hard enough for me to deal with as someone in their late 30's, I can only imagine how he's coping.

He's one tough kid. His Dad must be very proud.

Xibalba said:

He's one tough kid. His Dad must be very proud.

Totally.

The internet is dead to Prince, so he would have no way of knowing about this. Which is exactly what he wants. He wants control of the information that comes to him. And he has it. That is why he uses Dr. Funkenberry. His only contact with the internet is what he tells his people to tell Funkenberry. His people don't tell him anything about what Funkenberry says. The information flows only one way. If that girl Shelbey had had a website or a blog as popular, she would have been Funkenberry for sure.

So for all of you who think he might help this boy out, think again. But maybe this message will get to a Prince cover band or something. The one in Vegas was pretty good - Purple Reign I think they were called.

Bless his sweet little heart for asking. I know that celebs do this type of thing for kids through the Make A Wish foundation all the time, but I don't think they have one for adults.

But if he wanted to, Prince could write the dad a song and send it to him with a little note attached...that would be nice. If they needed funds, he could put it on DocFB's site as a download with the proceeds going to the family.

He doesn't have to but it would be nice.

julia319 said:

There are some moments in which I really hate Prince.

That's one of them.

He will never perform, he won't even give a sign of life to this family.

And I really wouldn't be surprised if he sued the little guy... -.-

I feel for them, but now you hate Prince over something that he probably doesn't even know about? So is Prince supposed to perform for all fans that become ill?

Also, thanks to the poster who said they'd go make a donation and I'd hope that others here who expect Prince to do something, do the same.

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