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Hard to believe. Time really does fly! Last year I visited his home in MN. Calling it a mansion would be an understatement. I did not get to see the entire place -- that is like a $400 tour.

He is one of the few musicians I saw more perform than once (twice). I saw the Ohio players twice... I think that is it. Anyhow he was doing a residency on Vegas the last time I saw him 2007 he walked by everyone's table and I patted him on the back :-)

If he was alive today he would still be only be in his 60's!

Charley Murphy (another one gone too soon) tells a hilarious story about ballin' with Prince.

I have seen him perform one concert and one after concert show.

I also out danced him one night in Nell's. It was around the time Graffiti Bridge was released. He does just disappear.

My daughters were big Prince fans and that's how I came to be a fan. I attended at least 4 concerts with them including his Purple Rain tour one in Chicagoland where he broke all records selling out 8 nights at a large venue. I remember my youngest daughter camping out all night with hundreds of fans to be first in line to get tickets.

I actually liked old vintage Prince

better than his later work. Also liked "The Time" who were his opening act when he first started out.

Time flies. Prince was truly a musical genius. Thankfully, he left us with a treasure trove of music both composed & inspired by him.😎

Some of the he unreleased tracks are very good

Well, the much anticipated Michael Jackson bio opened in theaters this weekend fulfilling expectations of being a box office smash. Critics pretty much panned it as being all style and no substance but fans are giving it a thumbs up, praising the job his nephew, Jafaar Jackson, for the good job he does, playing Michael.

Meanwhile , it's been reported that 6 more alleged victims have all of a sudden come forth, fiing charges against the gloved one's estate, charging him with child molestation...

On 4/26/2026 at 11:54 PM, aka Contrarian said:

Well, the much anticipated Michael Jackson bio opened in theaters this weekend fulfilling expectations of being a box office smash...

Meanwhile , it's been reported that 6 more alleged victims have all of a sudden come forth, fiing charges against the gloved one's estate, charging him with child molestation...

Only a Black man could be dead for 17 years & folks are still trying to sue his estate.

Interesting that charges have been filed upon the release of a Michael Jackson (MJ) biopic.

Nevermind the 100s of millions of dollars white folks stand to make on the movie alone.

Now, the same white folks will try to redistribute any money due to MJ's estate to others.

White people know how to insure that others eat at the expense of non-white folks.

Just as when MJ was alive, I had no sympathy for his circumstances because he chose to give money back to white folks between 1) scandal & 2) adopting white children.😎

It seems Michael needed help throughout his life and everyone just tried to exploit him, so I give him some grace.

I have zero interest in seeing the film.

MJ seemed relatively normal until Thriller catapulted him into the stratosphere. Then, there was skin bleaching, surgeries, exotic pets, children as friends & his adopted white kids & drug addiction. Mike left up outta here a whole mess.😁

Prince went out from Fentanyl but his drug use started with painkillers. Otherwise, he had always been clean & didn't tolerate drugs & alcohol around him.😎

12 hours ago, ProfD said:

MJ seemed relatively normal until Thriller

Yeah, he "seemed' that way. He was probably nutty long before that--The money was just and enabler.

12 hours ago, ProfD said:

Prince went out from Fentanyl

Wasn't his Dr. convicted for mis-prescribing his medication or something like that?

2 hours ago, Troy said:

Yeah, he "seemed' that way. He was probably nutty long before that--The money was just and enabler.

Interesting that all of the other Jacksons appear to fine.

I still believe the level of fame & stardom MJ received pushed him to another side.

2 hours ago, Troy said:

Wasn't his Dr. convicted for mis-prescribing his medication or something like that?

Prince's doctor was fined for prescribing opiods to him.

MJ's doctor actually served jail time for negligence in his overdose.😎

Well, when it comes to the Jackson family, its no secret, their domineering father Joe had a lot to with their being ummm - eccentric.

Michael always complained about being robbed of his childhood, attributing his affinity for young boys to that, imagining himself to be a real live Peter Pan.

La Toya was /is nutty as fruit cake and always claimed that Joe tried to molest her when she was a teenager.

Jermaine was reportedly consumed with jealously of Michael, hence his leaving the group and going solo. He was reportedly furious when he hit on Whitney Houston and she rejected him for Bobby Brown.

Mama Kathryn, was a devout Jehovah's Witness and didn't celebrate Christmas but supposedly accepted and encouraged family members to give her large packets of money in plain brown paper bags on December 25th.

Prince was a total control freak, the reason for his breakup with Vanity and the failure if his 2 subsequent marriages

His older half sister from his father's first marriage supposedly warned his inner circle early in his career, that Prince's weakness for cocaine needed to be reined in...

The price of being a superstar took its toll on so many young Blacks who died relatively young. But, - that's show biz...