@@anthonyramirez9003 Strange thing is I’ve seen some of Charlie’s stand up and I didn’t think it was that funny but when he starts telling stories that’s a whole different deal. I’ve watched every one of his true stories from the Chappelle show about a hundred times and I still laugh every time I hear them.
@@pulsatingsausageboy2076 they canceled Black Jesus because Charlie Murphy passed. It was funny as hell. They did a season 3 without him but the dynamic wasn’t the same.
Prince actually used a picture of Dave Chapelle dressed as him on his single Breakfast can Wait. "In June 2014, Chappelle appeared on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show and discussed the use of his image on Prince's single: "That's a Prince judo move right there... You make fun of Prince in a sketch and he'll just use you in his album cover... What am I going to do-sue him for using a picture of me dressed up like him? … That's checkmate right there."
Charlie Murphy is Eddie Murphy's real brother, and the one telling the story. He was a comedian and was an actor on Chappelle's Show and used to tell these real stories about what used to happen hanging out with his brother and Rick James back in the 80's, so they decided to make them into skits, where Charlie is playing himself. They were massively popular and still stand up today.
There is also "I want more" story.....it's a story about their friend Darrell, if you seen the movie "coming to America" one of the old man in the barber shop is played by "Darrell" not his real name, but it's a good story
fun fact: prince was not upset about dave's impression him. in fact, he liked it so much, he had dave dress as him for an album cover, "breakfast can wait". look it up. its totally true
Which makes me wonder why he wasn’t okay with Weird Al. It’s the same idea. Parody. But I guess for Prince, his songs were sacred. I’m a writer. I could care less what people say or do about or with my articles.
Well he wasn't upset at Dave Chappelle. How he felt towards Charlie Murphy was another story. Charlie talks about princes reaction we they saw each other next.
The symbol and the "artist formerly known as Prince" thing -- that was due to a dispute with his record company. To avoid liability, he couldn't use his own name until the conflict was resolved.
Prince was a musical genius. Actually he changed his name to a symbol out of protest because a legal dispute with his record label. He also wrote “slave” on the side of his face because of his treatment by Warner Brothers. Prince was standing up for the rights of songwriters like myself, not just being “strange”.
Charlie Murphy's stories were hilarious and TRUE. May he rest in peace. 🙏🏾 You can't stop at this one. You've GOT to watch the ones with Rick James (RIP🙏🏾)
His true story that wasn't on The Chappelle Show is called "My Brother Eddie". Charlie talks about his days working security for Eddie. Eddie was a BADASS!!
Prince once said in an interview that the story was true, but he humbly said he wasn’t that great of a player. He said that Charlie and his friends were just so bad at the game.
RIP both Prince and Charlie! Prince stopped using the name Prince because his record label said they owned the name, and he wanted to change labels, and they refused to let him put out music using the name Prince on another label.. so he created the symbol for his name. I think thats the gist of that story.
This is my favorite skit ever from the Chapelle show. I remember watching it on the tv for the first time after a night out drinking. He absolutely nailed the Prince character.
Definitely the Office Bloke Daz channel needs to react to more Chappelle Show sketches! hilarious!Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories- The Rick James from the Chappelle Show is also brilliant and hilarious. I hope you react to that sketch also! It does not even matter if you know or don't know who Rick James was either.
Prince wanted the rights to his music and the record company said no, in fact we own your name. That's why he just went by, the artist formally know as prince
The only reason why Prince legally changed his name to a symbol was to protect his catalogue of music from the Evil’s of Hollyweird. - Rip Charlie and Prince.
@TreyMessiah95 ummmmm I did. And NO ONE said anything about all black people have dreads. Where did u see that? My post is only 4 sentences and none of what u said is in there...
That is Charlie Murphy, he's actually Eddie Murphy's brother & they just looked an amazingly alike. I love the Charlie Murphy's Chappelle Stories. Love your videos guys!
Great pick guys!! You gotta do Rick James next!! Also, If you guys are able to get your hands on the full season disc, there are two other stores in the outtakes that couldn't be aired. They are definitely worth it too!!
The "Artist Formerly known as" was a result of a record label dispute with owning his name etc. It was a way around it until it was resolved. I don't know all the details though.
When I first saw this year's ago I'm like no way this a lie till someone I know showed me photo of Prince on a basketball team 🤯 Prince was actually Ballin
He was Artist formerly known as Prince ( the symbol)……because he was suing his record company because they were making money off his image and his Masters and giving him less then 3% of everything. So he decided to be a symbol so they would not make a profit off of him until they gave him his Masters ….and he had ownership of everything he produced and his image.
He may have been weird…but his name change was brilliant. It was a music business decision so he could re-release his music and keep the profits as he was didn’t own the rights to “Prince’s” catalog. This is an oversimplification, but it was a strategic move and quite smart.
The best part is it’s a true story. Nikki Free talked about it in an interview. Prince even used Dave Chappelle dressed as him on an album cover… that’s not Eddie Murphy in the vid though, that’s his brother Charlie Murphy who is telling the story. They only had Eddie portrayed by a voice in the sketch
Prince,Eddie, and Mickie Free all confirmed this story. In fact Prince said in an interview later that he kind of wished that he didn't turn down Chappelle's offer to actually be in the skit the way Rick James was actually in the story Charlie told about him.
Your mom’s right, Prince was really short. I had the luck to see him live at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Someone canceled & I was offered their ticket. I think I was the ONLY person there that hadn’t seen “Purple Rain”. Children were showing up in limo’s, boys wearing fedora’s with a veil. Sheila E opened for him & played the drums that were different fluorescent colors. With the stage dark it was amazing. Prince came on & it was a phenomenal show. He had so much energy. It was just a really great night & I enjoyed it tremendously.
The big laugh that Charlie Murphy does when Prince ask him you wanna play basketball he did that almost 30 times & this is one of my favorite Chappelle's skit. 😂
Prince had a good reason for changing his name out with a symbol,as he had a falling out with the record label he was under at the time,so he pulled out of the record label,started his own record label where all his fellow artists and friends joined in under,while he fought his former record label over what was his own rightful copyrighted content. I believe they demanded that he could not release anymore content under his name while this went on,so he was like "fine,ill just change my name and re-produce my songs even better then you ever did". People that read the superficial medias,they only got the part of him having an ego and changing his name to be "even weirder then he already was". The truth was that for him to continue creating music as the creative genius he was,he was forced to change his name while he fought his former record label legally,he had no choice. I think mom said it best,she said "Prince is what you call eccentric,other then that he will come off as really modest,appreciative,loving and caring person if you just learn to know him beyond the scandal media". And yes,eccentric people do come off strange to some of us who arent all OUT THERE. And i think that comes with fame for some people,as there is quite a few eccentric artists still with us today. I did not always see eye to eye with Prince,especially regarding copyright and his own music. He banned his music videos,live performances etc from platforms like youtube,spotify etc. To me music videos is your bread and butter in regards to making people buy your music,buy tickets to your concerts etc. Music videos have always been intended for promotion purposes,so there i never understood why Prince got soo onesided. But i guess that he was just abit tunnel visioned on the whole thing,he wanted everything to be bought,wich did come off odd to me. And im sure he thought that by having music videos on YT,someone would ripp the audio from the videos for free,and he did not like the thought of social media platforms cashing in on his content. I understood him better after his trouble with the record label. And he had a brilliant idea for running a record label,he was fed up by seeing that record labels took way too much as theyr cut,off everything sold. So all the artists that joined his record label,got the absolute majority of the income for everything they sold. So he really wasnt all that strange as people thought he was. He also had great humour,as he watched this story and could not stop laughing,where he proceeded to approach Dave Chapelle next time he spotted him at a sports event they both attended,and actually asked Dave "After the game,how about we head back to my place for some pancakes?",where he would crack Dave up with laughter. Prince publicly said that this whole story was true,many of his band members AND Eddie Murphy also went on record to verify this story as 100% true.
As a songwriter I feel like Prince was taking a stand for artists in what can be a very oppressive music industry. Whether people agree with what he did or not is fine but acting like he only changed his name to be eccentric is silly to me. I guess because the entertainment reporters were the ones spinning it that way and making it a joke instead of explaining the situation objectively.
I have also been a big fan of Prince. I eventually found out why he went by that symbol instead of a name. It had to do with getting out of a contract. He was signed into a contract as long as he went by his name. He asked his legal counsel if it held up if he changed his name, and they said it would. So, he came up with a way to go by no name at all, and it released him from that contract. Now, this is from memory, please seek legal counsel before you stop using your name. I know name use varies by state in the USA. Anyway, that’s my recollection. I find it interesting, partly that he just went ahead and designed a meaningful symbol and didn’t advertise his dispute with a record label
Story is true and you have to do the Rick James true Hollywood stories. Charlie Murphy is telling the story and Rick James is also interviewed about the stories Charlie Murphy is telling. It's absolutely hilarious
He said he didn't serve the pancakes, it was his butler. Comedic license. It made it bit funnier with Prince serving them and saying bitches at the end. 😅😂
That is Charlie Murphy. Eddie Murphy's brother who use to do security for Eddie and had a hell of a lot of stories about celebrities and Hollywood. R.I.P. Charlie. 😔💔 We miss you!!
This was a true story Prince was a beast at basketball in high school Prince was 5 '2 tall his weight was at 112 pounds when he died his shoes size was a men's size 6 Prince played He could play at least 27 instruments his his net weigh at death was $156.4 million
Thinking outside the box and doing things differently from someone else doesn't make you a bizarre person. Most artists i.e. Bowie, Osborne, Cooper, etc. might seem strange because of the way they look or act, but it doesn't diminish them as people.
Prince was one of the best highschool basketball players in Minnesota back in the day. Ive heard people say he could of went to college for it and probably could of went pro. He was also weird as a little kid according to the mother of a girl i used to date. They rode the same buss to school in grade school. She said he always used to kiss her as they got off the buss until she slapped him for it and then he always ran away when he would see her after that.
Prince changing his name to a symbol was pretty much just him screwing with his record label, whom he was angry with at the time. They had a trademark on his name.
I’m glad G is back! That being said, I mentioned reacting to Dave Chapel and Charlie Murphy a week or so ago, maybe you saw that or someone elses suggestion, either way I’m glad you did. Now Chapel plays Rick James next, you won’t regret it. Great reaction, I figured you’d get a kick out of it. Have a great weekend family, cheers. 😎
Prince was on his middle school basketball team....look it up! There's a pic of him in his little jersey, big afro, looking like he means business, posing for the team/individual pics!
Prince was actually on his high school’s basketball team, despite his stature he was was a really good player. i think it was Jimmy Fallon who said Prince requested to meet up with him, beat him in table tennis and then when he turned around he’d disappeared lol
Lived in the same town in Ohio as Chapelle for years. He’d go to the Kroger around midnight. When it caught on, and before we were all banned, we’d go and shout all his Charlie Murphy and Rick James quotes from the other side of the store. Random from the bread isle “Charlie Murphy!” Or “F- your couch!”
I heard once that Prince started calling himself "the artist formerly known as Prince" in defiance of his record label. That's how they were referenced in the sketchy contracts they offered him.
So Prince played basketball in high school and was an absolute BALLER. I guess some people don’t know that but he was WAY better than your average player.
It wasn't ONLY blacks that dressed like that in the 80's is was every music artist in the 80s. It was just the 80's . White rock bands had big hair, wore eyeliner, shoulder pads, and make-up too. You would never catch a straight black man from any inner city or country now that I think about it, that would ever dress like that. They would be called gay and ridiculed. They only thing that leaked out in the community from Hollywood on the 80s was jheri curls. That's it. Also, Prince was a ladies man; heels and all. You should react to some of his videos or live performances. Also you guys are great. I love your reactions. One more thing, prince changed his name to a symbol over a contract dispute with his record label. He also wrote slave on his check to defy his label as well. They basically owned him and his name. So he change it to something they didn't own or didn't even know how to pronounce. Lol! I thought it was genius. He took his name back once that contract was over.
Prince changed his name to “The Artist” as a protest because the labeled owned the rights to his name. When he got his rights back, he Chas his name back to Prince.
My handle is a tribute to the crazy hair of the 80’s. It’s so ridiculously fun. I always smile when I see a mullet. Reminds me of my childhood. All of the hair styles from then are just experimental and fun!. My mom came home with tight curls after getting a perm at the salon. I just started crying. One of my earliest memories. 😂
Under community there's a wedding picture of her and Daz from 1995. Daz l can see a little of him in his face but Gaynor I'd never recognize, she's a brunette and looks totally different.
Prince Rogers Nelson was All-State in high school basketball before he went to music. Everyone from Mickey Free, Prince and Eddie Murphy verified this story. He cooked them!😂
"Prince" is his real name. When he left the record label, they legally owned his name. (Yeah, IKR). He had to take legal action to be able to perform using his birth name.
This story is 100% true. Confirmed by Eddie Murphy and Prince. And yes, Prince was actually a very good basketball player
Also confirmed by Micki Free
@@prodigal71 Yep, in a VladTV interview
Also confirmed by youtube. There are vids of him performing live whilst hitting shots without looking
Especially for his height. He was 5’2. That’s probably why the basketball thing didn’t work out from a professional standpoint.
magic johnson played with prince, and magic's opinion is that prince was probably the best 5'2" basketball player of all time.
The fact that both Prince and Mickey confirmed this story makes it even more awesome.....!!
I loved Mickey's interview where they asked him haha. Such a great story!
Eddie Murphy also confirmed on jimmy kimmel
Charlie Murphy was a fantastic storyteller. R.I.P.
Comedy runs in the family.
@@anthonyramirez9003 Strange thing is I’ve seen some of Charlie’s stand up and I didn’t think it was that funny but when he starts telling stories that’s a whole different deal. I’ve watched every one of his true stories from the Chappelle show about a hundred times and I still laugh every time I hear them.
@@pulsatingsausageboy2076 Maybe he was trying too be like Eddie. And The Chappelle show was him just being himself. Maybe.
@@pulsatingsausageboy2076 they canceled Black Jesus because Charlie Murphy passed. It was funny as hell. They did a season 3 without him but the dynamic wasn’t the same.
Prince actually used a picture of Dave Chapelle dressed as him on his single Breakfast can Wait. "In June 2014, Chappelle appeared on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show and discussed the use of his image on Prince's single: "That's a Prince judo move right there... You make fun of Prince in a sketch and he'll just use you in his album cover... What am I going to do-sue him for using a picture of me dressed up like him? … That's checkmate right there."
I remember that & prince talking about this story confirmed it apart from the pancakes 😀
That's hilarious, I actually didn't know that was a thing 🤣
Charlie Murphy is Eddie Murphy's real brother, and the one telling the story. He was a comedian and was an actor on Chappelle's Show and used to tell these real stories about what used to happen hanging out with his brother and Rick James back in the 80's, so they decided to make them into skits, where Charlie is playing himself. They were massively popular and still stand up today.
Prince was also a literal musical genius - he was able to play many instruments very well.
Indeed he was, he played ALL the instruments on his albums!
The Rick James 1 next
We did it but it got outright blocked on yt. It’s on our patreon.
There is also "I want more" story.....it's a story about their friend Darrell, if you seen the movie "coming to America" one of the old man in the barber shop is played by "Darrell" not his real name, but it's a good story
@@officeblokedaz Ah bummer, put it on the OB patreon, how many 1 pound fifty subs do I have to make 😂
@@officeblokedaz :(
Damn that sucks. Such a good story.
fun fact: prince was not upset about dave's impression him. in fact, he liked it so much, he had dave dress as him for an album cover, "breakfast can wait". look it up. its totally true
Which makes me wonder why he wasn’t okay with Weird Al. It’s the same idea. Parody. But I guess for Prince, his songs were sacred. I’m a writer. I could care less what people say or do about or with my articles.
Well he wasn't upset at Dave Chappelle. How he felt towards Charlie Murphy was another story. Charlie talks about princes reaction we they saw each other next.
They used a still shot from the sketch of Prince serving pancakes. I actually saw Prince Rogers Nelson as a Jeopardy clue the other day........
This, and the Rick James sketch never gets old! 😂
The symbol and the "artist formerly known as Prince" thing -- that was due to a dispute with his record company. To avoid liability, he couldn't use his own name until the conflict was resolved.
Thanks, came here to say that.
@@kimmycook2698me too 😂. It was actually a pretty genius move lol
Wrote SLAVE on the side of his face because of it
@@kimmycook2698 np
@@kimzwolinski9919 So VERY true. 👍
Good lord guys. It’s Charlie Murphy! 😂😂 Eddie’s brother. That’s why he looks like eddie Murphy. 😂
He changed his name to a symbol because of legal issues with the record company, and once that was all resolved, he changed his name back.
That guy is Eddie Murphy's brother. Charlie has passed away some time back.
Prince started using a symbol as a protest to record labels screwing over the artists. There was a purpose to that.
This has got to be one of the Top 25 comedy bits of all time.
I've seen it at least 50 times, and it still makes me LMAO
Prince was a musical genius. Actually he changed his name to a symbol out of protest because a legal dispute with his record label. He also wrote “slave” on the side of his face because of his treatment by Warner Brothers. Prince was standing up for the rights of songwriters like myself, not just being “strange”.
Charlie Murphy's stories were hilarious and TRUE.
May he rest in peace. 🙏🏾
You can't stop at this one.
You've GOT to watch the ones with Rick James (RIP🙏🏾)
His true story that wasn't on The Chappelle Show is called "My Brother Eddie". Charlie talks about his days working security for Eddie. Eddie was a BADASS!!
@@laudanum669 I heard he had way more material than what made the show. I saw the more unscripted video of him just telling the stories.
The guy narrating the story is Eddie Murphy’s brother, Charlie Murphy. He died a few years back. RIP Charlie, he was very underrated
He was a late starter in the world of comedy but funny as hell! R.I.P Charlie 🙏🏾
The Prince Super Bowl halftime show is amazing if you havent seen it! He performed Purple rain in the pouring rain it was crazy!
No one beats his Super Bowl Performance, imho.
Prince once said in an interview that the story was true, but he humbly said he wasn’t that great of a player. He said that Charlie and his friends were just so bad at the game.
😂😂 The shade
He was a pretty good player. He played high school basketball as a point guard at a suburb just outside of Minneapolis.
The guy telling the story is Charlie Murphy, Eddie's brother. You should watch the one about Rick James!
RIP both Prince and Charlie! Prince stopped using the name Prince because his record label said they owned the name, and he wanted to change labels, and they refused to let him put out music using the name Prince on another label.. so he created the symbol for his name. I think thats the gist of that story.
This is my favorite skit ever from the Chapelle show. I remember watching it on the tv for the first time after a night out drinking. He absolutely nailed the Prince character.
I remember that night too!!! We talked about it for weeks!
You have to do the one where Charlie Murphy tells the Rick James story.
Definitely the Office Bloke Daz channel needs to react to more Chappelle Show sketches! hilarious!Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories- The Rick James from the Chappelle Show is also brilliant and hilarious. I hope you react to that sketch also! It does not even matter if you know or don't know who Rick James was either.
Prince was 5'4", and could play some ball. This story is very true. That's Charlie telling the story, rest in Heaven to him
Prince wanted the rights to his music and the record company said no, in fact we own your name. That's why he just went by, the artist formally know as prince
He even wrote “slave” on his cheek because the label was like we own you.
Happy Birthday, Prince. Miss You!
The only reason why Prince legally changed his name to a symbol was to protect his catalogue of music from the Evil’s of Hollyweird. - Rip Charlie and Prince.
As a member of the black community - that's kinda fair... that's kinda fair. I had all the styles: gheri curl, dreads, afro. Our hair is WONDERFUL.
well speak for yourself not all black people have dreads thats a MASSIVE sterotype
well if you’re into that sort of thing it’s wonderful lol
@TreyMessiah95 ummmmm I did. And NO ONE said anything about all black people have dreads. Where did u see that? My post is only 4 sentences and none of what u said is in there...
Gotta do the Rick James one now.
That is Charlie Murphy, he's actually Eddie Murphy's brother & they just looked an amazingly alike. I love the Charlie Murphy's Chappelle Stories. Love your videos guys!
Definitely do the Rick James one next. 😂😂
Great pick guys!! You gotta do Rick James next!!
Also, If you guys are able to get your hands on the full season disc, there are two other stores in the outtakes that couldn't be aired. They are definitely worth it too!!
We did Rick James, it got blocked, so on our patreon channel.
I'm sure you'll get this, or already have, but Prince was actually a great basketball player in high school despite his height.
4 Real I wish I could've seen him play.
I had seen a short clip of him play.
It was from a news story about his high school team making it to the state finals.
The "Artist Formerly known as" was a result of a record label dispute with owning his name etc. It was a way around it until it was resolved. I don't know all the details though.
These stories are my favorite thing to come out of chapelle show
When I first saw this year's ago I'm like no way this a lie till someone I know showed me photo of Prince on a basketball team 🤯 Prince was actually Ballin
He was Artist formerly known as Prince ( the symbol)……because he was suing his record company because they were making money off his image and his Masters and giving him less then 3% of everything. So he decided to be a symbol so they would not make a profit off of him until they gave him his Masters ….and he had ownership of everything he produced and his image.
100% true. Everyone has confirmed, even Micki Free
Prince was and is still the greatest!!! 💜
Rick James has to be next 😂😂
Haha, Gaynor saying he was a ‘little pocket rocket”. Has different meaning I guess. Love your channel! More Patrice please and Chappelle.
Prince has that effect on women
@@heywoodjablowme8120 so true
Charlie Murphy is Eddie Murphy’s brother
❤ Eric Clapton was once asked what it’s like to be the greatest guitar player alive. He replied, “I don’t know, ask Prince”.
now do the rick james one. it's classic.
He may have been weird…but his name change was brilliant. It was a music business decision so he could re-release his music and keep the profits as he was didn’t own the rights to “Prince’s” catalog. This is an oversimplification, but it was a strategic move and quite smart.
Prince starred on his high school basketball team.
The best part is it’s a true story. Nikki Free talked about it in an interview. Prince even used Dave Chappelle dressed as him on an album cover… that’s not Eddie Murphy in the vid though, that’s his brother Charlie Murphy who is telling the story. They only had Eddie portrayed by a voice in the sketch
Prince,Eddie, and Mickie Free all confirmed this story. In fact Prince said in an interview later that he kind of wished that he didn't turn down Chappelle's offer to actually be in the skit the way Rick James was actually in the story Charlie told about him.
I love Prince dude the best to ever do it, wish i was old enough to see him live. Prince & Dave were good friends btw.
Your mom’s right, Prince was really short. I had the luck to see him live at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Someone canceled & I was offered their ticket.
I think I was the ONLY person there that hadn’t seen “Purple Rain”. Children were showing up in limo’s, boys wearing fedora’s with a veil.
Sheila E opened for him & played the drums that were different fluorescent colors. With the stage dark it was amazing.
Prince came on & it was a phenomenal show. He had so much energy. It was just a really great night & I enjoyed it tremendously.
The big laugh that Charlie Murphy does when Prince ask him you wanna play basketball he did that almost 30 times & this is one of my favorite Chappelle's skit. 😂
Prince had a good reason for changing his name out with a symbol,as he had a falling out with the record label he was under at the time,so he pulled out of the record label,started his own record label where all his fellow artists and friends joined in under,while he fought his former record label over what was his own rightful copyrighted content. I believe they demanded that he could not release anymore content under his name while this went on,so he was like "fine,ill just change my name and re-produce my songs even better then you ever did". People that read the superficial medias,they only got the part of him having an ego and changing his name to be "even weirder then he already was".
The truth was that for him to continue creating music as the creative genius he was,he was forced to change his name while he fought his former record label legally,he had no choice.
I think mom said it best,she said "Prince is what you call eccentric,other then that he will come off as really modest,appreciative,loving and caring person if you just learn to know him beyond the scandal media". And yes,eccentric people do come off strange to some of us who arent all OUT THERE. And i think that comes with fame for some people,as there is quite a few eccentric artists still with us today. I did not always see eye to eye with Prince,especially regarding copyright and his own music. He banned his music videos,live performances etc from platforms like youtube,spotify etc. To me music videos is your bread and butter in regards to making people buy your music,buy tickets to your concerts etc. Music videos have always been intended for promotion purposes,so there i never understood why Prince got soo onesided.
But i guess that he was just abit tunnel visioned on the whole thing,he wanted everything to be bought,wich did come off odd to me. And im sure he thought that by having music videos on YT,someone would ripp the audio from the videos for free,and he did not like the thought of social media platforms cashing in on his content. I understood him better after his trouble with the record label.
And he had a brilliant idea for running a record label,he was fed up by seeing that record labels took way too much as theyr cut,off everything sold. So all the artists that joined his record label,got the absolute majority of the income for everything they sold. So he really wasnt all that strange as people thought he was.
He also had great humour,as he watched this story and could not stop laughing,where he proceeded to approach Dave Chapelle next time he spotted him at a sports event they both attended,and actually asked Dave "After the game,how about we head back to my place for some pancakes?",where he would crack Dave up with laughter. Prince publicly said that this whole story was true,many of his band members AND Eddie Murphy also went on record to verify this story as 100% true.
As a songwriter I feel like Prince was taking a stand for artists in what can be a very oppressive music industry. Whether people agree with what he did or not is fine but acting like he only changed his name to be eccentric is silly to me. I guess because the entertainment reporters were the ones spinning it that way and making it a joke instead of explaining the situation objectively.
More chappelle show!
Actually Prince changed his name to the symbol as a 🖕 to the studios
I have also been a big fan of Prince. I eventually found out why he went by that symbol instead of a name. It had to do with getting out of a contract. He was signed into a contract as long as he went by his name. He asked his legal counsel if it held up if he changed his name, and they said it would. So, he came up with a way to go by no name at all, and it released him from that contract. Now, this is from memory, please seek legal counsel before you stop using your name. I know name use varies by state in the USA. Anyway, that’s my recollection. I find it interesting, partly that he just went ahead and designed a meaningful symbol and didn’t advertise his dispute with a record label
Prince was a musical genius and amazing performer.
Story is true and you have to do the Rick James true Hollywood stories. Charlie Murphy is telling the story and Rick James is also interviewed about the stories Charlie Murphy is telling. It's absolutely hilarious
What made this even funnier was Prince confirming the story was true. He said the only thing that wasnt true was him serving pancakes. lol
He said he didn't serve the pancakes, it was his butler.
Comedic license. It made it bit funnier with Prince serving them and saying bitches at the end. 😅😂
That is Charlie Murphy. Eddie Murphy's brother who use to do security for Eddie and had a hell of a lot of stories about celebrities and Hollywood. R.I.P. Charlie. 😔💔 We miss you!!
This was a true story Prince was a beast at basketball in high school Prince was 5 '2 tall his weight was at 112 pounds when he died his shoes size was a men's size 6 Prince played He could play at least 27 instruments his his net weigh at death was $156.4 million
He was also awarded Twin City All Metro his senior year. That means top 5 high school players of the two largest cities in Minnesota
The "Yo man... Im not on your team..." Line always fucking kills me. The confusion and anger in his voice 😂.
80s was a strange time for American style. Thats why 80's parties are still so fun these days. I hope to see you there at one of them
Prince did play basketball in school and the Rick James as told by Charlie Murphy, is really funny, too.
This story is very accurate. There is an interview on y/t with Eddie Murphy and he confirmed it was true. He was at the basketball game too.
I know you've already read this a million times but I'm here for emphasis. Rick James!
The hair in the 80's was banger. Loved the big hair
Prince is the greatest musician to ever live 🐐
If people heard about his musicianship they wouldn’t even believe it 😂
Thinking outside the box and doing things differently from someone else doesn't make you a bizarre person. Most artists i.e. Bowie, Osborne, Cooper, etc. might seem strange because of the way they look or act, but it doesn't diminish them as people.
Prince was one of the best highschool basketball players in Minnesota back in the day. Ive heard people say he could of went to college for it and probably could of went pro.
He was also weird as a little kid according to the mother of a girl i used to date. They rode the same buss to school in grade school. She said he always used to kiss her as they got off the buss until she slapped him for it and then he always ran away when he would see her after that.
Prince was 5'2 and a Genius.
your friend went on a date with Prince... thats amazing
Tales from the tour bus episode Rick James and prince tour. Is a good one.
Prince changing his name to a symbol was pretty much just him screwing with his record label, whom he was angry with at the time. They had a trademark on his name.
I’m glad G is back! That being said, I mentioned reacting to Dave Chapel and Charlie Murphy a week or so ago, maybe you saw that or someone elses suggestion, either way I’m glad you did. Now Chapel plays Rick James next, you won’t regret it. Great reaction, I figured you’d get a kick out of it.
Have a great weekend family, cheers. 😎
I’ve heard that Prince was a really good basketball player in high school. I guess he was just too small for college basketball.
Prince was on his middle school basketball team....look it up! There's a pic of him in his little jersey, big afro, looking like he means business, posing for the team/individual pics!
Prince was actually on his high school’s basketball team, despite his stature he was was a really good player. i think it was Jimmy Fallon who said Prince requested to meet up with him, beat him in table tennis and then when he turned around he’d disappeared lol
Prince played basketball when he was in school.Great reaction!
Prince liked Dave's parody of him so much he put Dave Chappelle as Prince on the cover of his actual album.
Lived in the same town in Ohio as Chapelle for years. He’d go to the Kroger around midnight. When it caught on, and before we were all banned, we’d go and shout all his Charlie Murphy and Rick James quotes from the other side of the store. Random from the bread isle “Charlie Murphy!” Or “F- your couch!”
I heard once that Prince started calling himself "the artist formerly known as Prince" in defiance of his record label. That's how they were referenced in the sketchy contracts they offered him.
No, Charlie Murphy is Eddie Murphy's brother... He's talking about something that supposedly happened. Hilarious.
Prince talked about it. It happened.
So Prince played basketball in high school and was an absolute BALLER. I guess some people don’t know that but he was WAY better than your average player.
Jimmy Fallon tells a funny story about playing ping pong with Prince. I think it's on The Graham Norton Show.
It wasn't ONLY blacks that dressed like that in the 80's is was every music artist in the 80s. It was just the 80's . White rock bands had big hair, wore eyeliner, shoulder pads, and make-up too. You would never catch a straight black man from any inner city or country now that I think about it, that would ever dress like that. They would be called gay and ridiculed. They only thing that leaked out in the community from Hollywood on the 80s was jheri curls. That's it.
Also, Prince was a ladies man; heels and all. You should react to some of his videos or live performances.
Also you guys are great. I love your reactions.
One more thing, prince changed his name to a symbol over a contract dispute with his record label. He also wrote slave on his check to defy his label as well. They basically owned him and his name. So he change it to something they didn't own or didn't even know how to pronounce. Lol! I thought it was genius. He took his name back once that contract was over.
Prince was a star player on his North Minneapolis High School basketball team.
Prince changed his name to “The Artist” as a protest because the labeled owned the rights to his name. When he got his rights back, he Chas his name back to Prince.
You have to show your kids when doves cry by prince so they can see for themselves!
My handle is a tribute to the crazy hair of the 80’s. It’s so ridiculously fun. I always smile when I see a mullet. Reminds me of my childhood. All of the hair styles from then are just experimental and fun!. My mom came home with tight curls after getting a perm at the salon. I just started crying. One of my earliest memories. 😂
Now I wanna see Gaynor's hair from the 80s lol
Under community there's a wedding picture of her and Daz from 1995. Daz l can see a little of him in his face but Gaynor I'd never recognize, she's a brunette and looks totally different.
Prince Rogers Nelson was All-State in high school basketball before he went to music. Everyone from Mickey Free, Prince and Eddie Murphy verified this story. He cooked them!😂
Prince was a Star Basketball Play in Highschool.
Charlie Murphy is famous comedian Eddie Murphy brother and years of being around Eddie he has some true funny stories
at the start of the clip you asked if Prince started in the 80's. He actually started in the 70's. I believe his first album came out in like 1979.
Prince was an oddball but most geniuses are a bit on the odd side.
"Prince" is his real name. When he left the record label, they legally owned his name. (Yeah, IKR). He had to take legal action to be able to perform using his birth name.
Prince was an all state basketball player in high school..he was real good
Prince was a very good high school basketball player as well despite his height.
RIP Charlie Murphy!!!