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Thread started 11/06/11 5:40pm

Mya

Question about Prince's ethnicity

I recently scanned this article from 'The NME Rock 'N' Roll Years', it was dated June 1981 & if you read through it states that Prince's father was of Italian Filipino descent. I've never heard that from other sources before. Do you think there's any truth in this statement?

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Reply #1 posted 11/06/11 6:03pm

imago

No truth whatsoever.

I think WB & Prince were promoting a multi-racial identity up until a certain point to break into the white audience. That's part of the reason why Purple Rain was written in the first place.

I also believe there was an implied bisexuality to Prince to sort of solidifiy the 'brand', since in the 80s, you had to have a gimick. So, multi-racial, bi-sexual, pervert who dresses in colonial attire and can play guitar in the spirit of Hendrix should have fit the bill. lol

Of all the rumors of Prince at that time (he was dying of AIDS, he worshipped satan, he thought he was god), the only one that is remotely true is that he might be gay.

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Reply #2 posted 11/06/11 6:05pm

KemiVA

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Prince's late father, John Nelson was black. As was his mother, Mattie Shaw.

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Reply #3 posted 11/06/11 6:06pm

Whatsinit4me

I almost slammed a girl's face up against a table top last wednesday when she screamed in my face that Prince is gay. lol

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Reply #4 posted 11/06/11 6:27pm

babyjubilation

Prince is everythig he feels he can get away with looking like. lol

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Reply #5 posted 11/06/11 6:31pm

alphastreet

I don't think he's gay either, but that's a really dumb thing to do, like kids fighting on a playground.

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Reply #6 posted 11/06/11 6:41pm

NikkiAndTheRev
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Whatsinit4me said:

I almost slammed a girl's face up against a table top last wednesday when she screamed in my face that Prince is gay. lol

LMFAO!!!!!!

My friends call him gay all the time!!!

From the vineyards of Lavaux back 2 the heart of Minnesota. U R was, and will 4ever B The Purple Yoda....
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Reply #7 posted 11/06/11 6:47pm

nursev

Lawd have mercy! Must we discuss Prince's ethnicity every week around here? His mother is black, his father is black, all his siblings full and half are black! The man tells u in damn near half his songs that he is black!

As far as him being gay, after 30 years of being his fan hell even I don't know the answer to that one.
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Reply #8 posted 11/06/11 6:54pm

Whatsinit4me

alphastreet said:

I don't think he's gay either, but that's a really dumb thing to do, like kids fighting on a playground.

No, I said almost. I did warn her that she was going 2 loose teeth b4 I would of done it.

So she apologized when I grabed her hair 2 show her where.

She was screaming it out loud & I know she did it on purpose.

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Reply #9 posted 11/06/11 6:58pm

Whatsinit4me

NikkiAndTheRevolution said:

Whatsinit4me said:

I almost slammed a girl's face up against a table top last wednesday when she screamed in my face that Prince is gay. lol

LMFAO!!!!!!

My friends call him gay all the time!!!

lol

Well, this girl was screaming it but when I got in her face about proving that he is, she changed her tune real QUICK. lol

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Reply #10 posted 11/06/11 7:33pm

alphastreet

I think there is a possibility he could have experimented once, but I really don't think he got anything out of it. I totally see him as straight.

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Reply #11 posted 11/06/11 7:51pm

Graycap23

He is 1 part Knee........and 1 part Grow.

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Reply #12 posted 11/06/11 8:03pm

InspirationalO
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Graycap23 said:

He is 1 part Knee........and 1 part Grow.

falloff Most definitely!

"You need to laydown and let me show you how we do this thing up in funky town. From the heart of Minnesota here come the purple Yoda guaranteed to bring the dirty new sound! Come on, now!"
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Reply #13 posted 11/06/11 8:05pm

MadamGoodnight

Graycap23 said:

He is 1 part Knee........and 1 part Grow.

lol lol

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Reply #14 posted 11/06/11 9:27pm

dalsh327

His mom had a porn stash?

Only people in his family or people who traced his family back would be able to say what his ethnicity comes out to. Some people like knowing just to have some sort of connection.

The only thing that would make him gay would be an attraction to men.

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Reply #15 posted 11/06/11 9:34pm

wavesofbliss

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His mom had a porn stash?

Only people in his family or people who traced his family back would be able to say what his ethnicity comes out to. Some people like knowing just to have some sort of connection.

The only thing that would make him gay would be an attraction to men.

and of course tyka says their black that they got a lot of grief for being light skinned blacks... she'd know. right? and how can this be relevant all these years later. the question itself is SO last century.

:rollyeyes:

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Reply #16 posted 11/07/11 12:03pm

kissfish

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Why people always keep saying that his mother is (only) black? Prince himself said that they never found out who his mothers dad was.

Prince was talking about this in Lopez Tonight (you can find the interview in youtube).

(Lopez himself was sure that the missing grandpa was latino!) smile

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Reply #17 posted 11/07/11 12:06pm

OldFriends4Sal
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Ok I think we have enough responses.

I really don't want to see what this is going to turn into

Love the PR era article/pic by the way

Black by the way is not an ethnicity it's a racial label. Race & Ethnicity are very different

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Reply #18 posted 11/07/11 12:07pm

NouveauDance

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Filipino, like we've been saying all these years rolleyes

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Reply #19 posted 11/07/11 1:01pm

KoolEaze

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So, his latest album was Dirty Mind, the article was published in 1981, and they use a pic from 1984? eek eek

lol

" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?"
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Reply #20 posted 11/07/11 1:20pm

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popcorn

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Reply #21 posted 11/07/11 3:51pm

HotGritz

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Graycap23 said:

He is 1 part Knee........and 1 part Grow.

spit Oh shit that's funny

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Reply #22 posted 11/07/11 9:32pm

mzsadii

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imago said:

No truth whatsoever.

I think WB & Prince were promoting a multi-racial identity up until a certain point to break into the white audience. That's part of the reason why Purple Rain was written in the first place.

I also believe there was an implied bisexuality to Prince to sort of solidifiy the 'brand', since in the 80s, you had to have a gimick. So, multi-racial, bi-sexual, pervert who dresses in colonial attire and can play guitar in the spirit of Hendrix should have fit the bill. lol

Of all the rumors of Prince at that time (he was dying of AIDS, he worshipped satan, he thought he was god), the only one that is remotely true is that he might be gay.

Another evidence of Blackexplotation; someone call the Law,

Prince's Sarah
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Reply #23 posted 11/08/11 7:02am

OldFriends4Sal
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mzsadii said:

imago said:

No truth whatsoever.

I think WB & Prince were promoting a multi-racial identity up until a certain point to break into the white audience. That's part of the reason why Purple Rain was written in the first place.

I also believe there was an implied bisexuality to Prince to sort of solidifiy the 'brand', since in the 80s, you had to have a gimick. So, multi-racial, bi-sexual, pervert who dresses in colonial attire and can play guitar in the spirit of Hendrix should have fit the bill. lol

Of all the rumors of Prince at that time (he was dying of AIDS, he worshipped satan, he thought he was god), the only one that is remotely true is that he might be gay.

Another evidence of Blackexplotation; someone call the Law,

multi-racial was it in the 1980's lol

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Reply #24 posted 11/08/11 7:36am

khemseraph

imago said:

No truth whatsoever.

I think WB & Prince were promoting a multi-racial identity up until a certain point to break into the white audience. That's part of the reason why Purple Rain was written in the first place.

I also believe there was an implied bisexuality to Prince to sort of solidifiy the 'brand', since in the 80s, you had to have a gimick. So, multi-racial, bi-sexual, pervert who dresses in colonial attire and can play guitar in the spirit of Hendrix should have fit the bill. lol

Of all the rumors of Prince at that time (he was dying of AIDS, he worshipped satan, he thought he was god), the only one that is remotely true is that he might be gay.

you would thinkthat if warners wanted to break him into the white audience they would have promoted his more rock oriented singles.great rock songs like i'm yours and bambi were ignored as possible singles and why you wanna treat me so bad was sent to...R&B radio..like huh?its a clear rock song.its rather silly to do that.

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Reply #25 posted 11/08/11 7:36am

khemseraph

imago said:

No truth whatsoever.

I think WB & Prince were promoting a multi-racial identity up until a certain point to break into the white audience. That's part of the reason why Purple Rain was written in the first place.

I also believe there was an implied bisexuality to Prince to sort of solidifiy the 'brand', since in the 80s, you had to have a gimick. So, multi-racial, bi-sexual, pervert who dresses in colonial attire and can play guitar in the spirit of Hendrix should have fit the bill. lol

Of all the rumors of Prince at that time (he was dying of AIDS, he worshipped satan, he thought he was god), the only one that is remotely true is that he might be gay.

you would thinkthat if warners wanted to break him into the white audience they would have promoted his more rock oriented singles.great rock songs like i'm yours and bambi were ignored as possible singles and why you wanna treat me so bad was sent to...R&B radio..like huh?its a clear rock song.its rather silly to do that.

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