Although it wasn’t widely known, back in the day that the two beloved icons, Rick James and Prince, had some serious ongoing tension between them, Rick made it public record when he revealed in detail why he wanted to “kick Prince’s a$$” (as he stated) in his autobiography, ‘Glow.’ In case you missed our previous report on what really went down between the “Cold Blooded” crooner and ‘The Purple One’ to spark said beef, you can check it out HERE.
Anywho…now that the cat’s outta the bag, Rick’s daughter, Ty James, has added her side of the story and it’s pretty interesting…
THE BEEF WAS REALLY REAL…AND THIS PROVES IT
What Ty James revealed explains just how REAL the beef was between her Pops and Prince. She did an interview with Soul Train a while back, sharing a funny story about how her pops, Rick James,
REFUSED to have any signs of Prince in their home, and made her get rid of her favorite Prince tapes:
Ty James: I was basically forbidden to listen to Prince. As a child, you don’t know what’s forbidden; you just like what you like. I’d be in my room, playing my little cassettes and dancing around and I loved these songs! I mean, who could not like “Little Red Corvette?” My dad would come in my room and hit the ceiling! He’d say, “Turn that [expletive] off!” We had a “Prince-free” home! I’d think, ‘Hey, I can’t help it because y’all got beef—I like Prince!’
Well damn, LOL. Rick wasn’t having that at all.
Overall, it’s sad that these two icons had to depart so soon and at almost the same age- Rick was 56 when he died in August 2004 and Prince was 57 when he passed in April 2016. Thankfully, we still have their great music and entertaining life stories, like this one, to remember them by though.
