“I nearly thought about not coming tonight, but my band was like, ‘Yo, Prince would definitely not condone that”. “It’s so much better that we grieve together”.
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Everyone has fond memories of Prince, whether he or she knew him personally or simply listened to his music, but nearly nothing will beat Charlie Murphy’s story about a time Prince schooled him in basketball, which served as one of the best and most unforgettable skits on “Chappelle’s Show”. “They were actually ideal”, Charlie Murphy has said of the pancakes in an interview with Las Vegas Review Journal. In the skit, Dave Chappelle plays Prince and well, it’s hysterical. I was in the room with my manager and I looked at it and said wow, I am actually looking at a Golden Globe, my manager laughed and asked me if I could guess why it was in an odd place on an oak table in the room.
“This is black 9/11”. “I’ll tell you what: I didn’t know him well, but I knew him well”. And a fight for fairness to artist. Nothing of this world will begin to fill the void of his absence except his memory. So remember your loved ones often. “In that way… all of us are immortal gifts to one another that keeps on giving”. But the comedian might have surprised audiences with the intensity of his reaction, turning his entire late show last night into an impromptu tribute to the man he once portrayed (and who used a picture of Chappelle in his Prince costume as the album art for a 2013 single). “He was just a phenomenal athlete, as well, and loved to play basketball, but he was only about 5-1 or maybe 5-2”, he said, adding later that Prince “could play basketball at a very high level”.
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A few people became aware of Chappelle and Prince’s relationship during the former’s sketch show on Comedy Central.
