We all know Rick was a wild dude, but geesh …let’s just say that he was way more complex than just being a “Super Freak.” A few things surfaced that Rick James confessed to doing back in the day in his posthumously released autobiography, “Glow.” And his confessions are ranging from wild, to ‘what in the world was he thinking?’.
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1. Uh…beastiality? We knew James had some wild sexual encounters, but this is just…well, you’ll see…
In his later years, James was constantly battling his addiction to freebase cocaine, and usually losing. After his mother died, he reported, “there was nothing to keep me from descending into the lowest level of hell. That meant orgies. That meant sado-masochism. That even meant bestiality,” wrote Rick James. No details provided (or honestly, needed).
2. Rick confessed to having ongoing beef with two music legends.
James held a serious grudge against George Clinton, for consuming his cocaine but never helping him get a record deal, and Prince, who stole his style (and, James claims, his stage moves). Bringing Prince out on tour didn’t go well for Rick: “My band was a bunch of friendly down-home brothas loved by everyone. His band was a bunch of snobs who never bothered to acknowledge my guys.”
Years later, what gave James the push to collaborate with Eddie Murphy was that Eddie had gone in the studio with Prince but felt uncomfortable around Prince, so Rick James said this; “There wasn’t anything I’d rather have done than write a hit for Eddie — and stick it in Prince’s ear.”
3. Let’s just say, James got a very early start. He says he lost his virginity at 9 or 10, to a 14 year old girl.
4. His mother once worked for the mob?
According to Rick, he ‘and his seven siblings were raised by his single mom, who ran numbers for the mob in Buffalo,’ as reported by New York Post.
5. Cocaine made James do some strange things.
James made his national TV debut on American Bandstand. He performed his singles “You and I” and “Mary Jane” and did a long interview with Dick Clark, who he remembers as “one of the nicest cats I’d ever met.” The only problem: James had done so much blow backstage, his nose started running profusely. “I started sniffing and wiping myself until it had to be obvious to Dick and a million viewers what was really going on.”
Rick had quite a colorful life to say the least, and he will forever be a music icon in our humble opinion.
