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Thread started 07/12/16 12:38pm

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News report about a guy who grew up with Prince. News story has a photo but I am not sure that is him

https://www.youtube.com/w...FXAfz87tB0

Not sure if the photo is Prince in the news story.

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Reply #1 posted 07/12/16 1:08pm

BillieBalloon

That just doesn't look like Prince at all. I think he grew up with another Nelson, lost touch, and now he thinks his long lost childhood friend was Prince.

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Reply #2 posted 07/12/16 1:11pm

sonshine

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laurarichardson said:

https://www.youtube.com/w...FXAfz87tB0



Not sure if the photo is Prince in the news story.


Gosh, idk it's hard to say. It was such a long time ago. Probably only way to know for sure is if maybe another of the boys in the photo would confirm it? It's certainly possible I suppose. The whole "roger" thing struck me as odd as I didn't think Prince ever went by that name. As a child he was called "skippy" I believe.
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Reply #3 posted 07/12/16 1:13pm

KoolEaze

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That kid in the pıcture looks nothıng lıke Prince.

And I've never heard anybody refer to Prince as just ''Roger''.

Maybe he went to school wıth Roger Troutman? wink

That Purple Raın era footage at the 1.15 min. mark wıth the red shırt, whıte poncho and red fedora ıs ınterestıng though. Never seen that one before.

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" 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 #4 posted 07/12/16 1:15pm

LBrent

Um.

No.
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Reply #5 posted 07/12/16 1:18pm

morningsong

They played all kinds of sports. Hockey. Er, that's a new one.

I didn't listen to the rest of it. Picture doesn't look like a cross between the kindergarten picture and the Jr. HS picture, don't look like the same person eyes are kind too droopy but I'm no expert. Maybe.
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Reply #6 posted 07/12/16 1:22pm

limoncello

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eek This is ridiculous.

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Reply #7 posted 07/12/16 1:24pm

Guitarhero

Nothing like Prince and he called him Roger? Ok i was his school friend too then rolleyes biggrin

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Reply #8 posted 07/12/16 1:31pm

AnnaStesia10

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This guy is nuts, that was not Prince. Insane...

"A strong spirit transcends rules." - Prince
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Reply #9 posted 07/12/16 1:37pm

Guitarhero

This and that picture on the video, two different people.

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Reply #10 posted 07/12/16 1:41pm

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No.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #11 posted 07/12/16 1:45pm

GeniusLuv

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disbelief disbelief disbelief disbelief disbelief disbelief

''The beautiful ones they hurt you every tiiiiime....''

yes RIP BEAUTIFUL ONES: Prince & Denise 2016
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Reply #12 posted 07/12/16 2:14pm

funksterr

The girl in the photo looks enough like Tyka to me to wonder if maybe he knew her instead, and just conflated the Roger kid with Prince in his mind over the years. Funny as hell though that this made the news with a pic of a kid that clearly is not Prince though. biggrin

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Reply #13 posted 07/12/16 2:20pm

PeteSilas

looks more like chazz smith to me. doesn't look like Prince at all. Chazz was his cousin.

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Reply #14 posted 07/12/16 2:29pm

laytonian

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Prince was known two different ways in school: Roger Nelson and Prince Nelson.

Here's from his yearbook:

http://www.citypages.com/music/princes-central-high-school-yearbook-photo-emerges-6624379

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Welcome to "the org", laytonian… come bathe with me.
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Reply #15 posted 07/12/16 2:32pm

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laytonian said:

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Prince was known two different ways in school: Roger Nelson and Prince Nelson.

Here's from his yearbook:

http://www.citypages.com/music/princes-central-high-school-yearbook-photo-emerges-6624379

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that pic aint him. that much is clear.

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Reply #16 posted 07/12/16 2:46pm

NinaB

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Horseface ain't P! Nooooo way.
"We just let people talk & say whatever they want 2 say. 9 times out of 10, trust me, what's out there now, I wouldn't give nary one of these folks the time of day. That's why I don't say anything back, because there's so much that's wrong" - P, Dec '15
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Reply #17 posted 07/12/16 2:49pm

PeteSilas

that's not to say that he may have known him. I don't know. but 40 some odd years is a long time. Most people can't even remember me from 15-25 years ago, but then, so i'm told, alcohol and drugs seem to block out whole portions of peoples lives.

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Reply #18 posted 07/12/16 3:09pm

CROWNS1

guess he wanted his 15 mins of fame.

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Reply #19 posted 07/12/16 3:13pm

anangellooksdo
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Looks like Prince, yes. 2nd from left.
It all sounds legit to me.
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Reply #20 posted 07/12/16 3:21pm

Mumio

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I don't think it looks like Prince at all, but.....

Welcome to "the org", Mumio…they can have you, but I'll have your love in the end nod
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Reply #21 posted 07/12/16 3:25pm

paulludvig

Is Prince the one who looks like a girl? Second from left.
The wooh is on the one!
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Reply #22 posted 07/12/16 4:10pm

TrivialPursuit

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PeteSilas said:

laytonian said:

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Prince was known two different ways in school: Roger Nelson and Prince Nelson.

Here's from his yearbook:

http://www.citypages.com/music/princes-central-high-school-yearbook-photo-emerges-6624379

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that pic aint him. that much is clear.


Looks like him to me, in that yearbook pic.

But to the larger thread here, Prince did seem to go by Prince Nelson in 7th grade.


I mean, he might have gone by Roger, but it seems like a fleeting moment. But I agree, the pic in that story ain't nowhere near Prince. The kid has straightened hair, and Prince certainly sported an afro through his younger years, until 1979 that we know of, for sure. I feel like that guy's story has been mentioned before somewhere, and it just seems badly written, and desperate.

Of course, we got this ol' girl (at the bottom of page 1) saying she was married to him and co-wrote "Kiss" for him.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #23 posted 07/12/16 4:42pm

laurarichardso
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NinaB said:

Horseface ain't P! Nooooo way.

--- This is the problem with the media no research and some people on this board want to believe TMZ legitimate news cannot even get the story right.
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Reply #24 posted 07/12/16 5:37pm

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https://www.pinterest.com/markmittag5/o%2B-prince-%2Bo/ THESE R THE YOUNGER PICS OF HIM

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Reply #25 posted 07/12/16 6:04pm

leadline

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This is a real picture of Prince folks, this pic has been used for decades in documentaries, etc.

"You always get the dream that you deserve, from what you value the most" -Prince 2013
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Reply #26 posted 07/12/16 6:54pm

morningsong

[img:$uid]http://i267.pho.../img:$uid]

Do you think this looks like Prince?


This be Prince.....

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Reply #27 posted 07/12/16 6:58pm

Kara

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PeteSilas said:



laytonian said:


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Prince was known two different ways in school: Roger Nelson and Prince Nelson.



Here's from his yearbook:


http://www.citypages.com/music/princes-central-high-school-yearbook-photo-emerges-6624379



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that pic aint him. that much is clear.


That's Prince.
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Reply #28 posted 07/12/16 7:01pm

Kara

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morningsong said:


Do you think this looks like Prince?


shake lol

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Reply #29 posted 07/12/16 7:38pm

PurpleDiamonds
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Well now I'm starting to think it might be Prince...
He is soooo cute!
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