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Prince emerges victorious over Charlie Murphy after a game of basketball, 1985.
“Charlie Murphy wasn’t lying. Everything that happened in that [‘True Hollywood Stories’ sketch] was for real. We went back to Prince’s house after the club. It was 1985, and there was a bunch of girls with Eddie [Murphy], myself, Charlie—rest in peace—and some other guys. And out of nowhere Prince says, ‘Do you guys want to play basketball?’ Me and Charlie and Eddie are looking at each other like, what the hell? And Prince goes, ‘Me, Micki, and Gilbert against you, Eddie, and Uncle Ray.’
We played three-on-three. I don’t remember if we changed our clothes, but I know for certain that Prince did not change his. He didn’t gear up to play. If anything changed beyond the blouses, it was his heels. Prince changed into some tennis shoes. All I remember is when Prince made that first shot, it was all-net. I’m looking at him make shot after shot, like, ‘What the hell?’ Then at the end they really did make us pancakes—blueberry pancakes. And they were good! Hanging out with Prince was magical.”
—Blues guitarist Micki Free
“Charlie Murphy wasn’t lying. Everything that happened in that [‘True Hollywood Stories’ sketch] was for real. We went back to Prince’s house after the club. It was 1985, and there was a bunch of girls with Eddie [Murphy], myself, Charlie—rest in peace—and some other guys. And out of nowhere Prince says, ‘Do you guys want to play basketball?’ Me and Charlie and Eddie are looking at each other like, what the hell? And Prince goes, ‘Me, Micki, and Gilbert against you, Eddie, and Uncle Ray.’
We played three-on-three. I don’t remember if we changed our clothes, but I know for certain that Prince did not change his. He didn’t gear up to play. If anything changed beyond the blouses, it was his heels. Prince changed into some tennis shoes. All I remember is when Prince made that first shot, it was all-net. I’m looking at him make shot after shot, like, ‘What the hell?’ Then at the end they really did make us pancakes—blueberry pancakes. And they were good! Hanging out with Prince was magical.”
—Blues guitarist Micki Free