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Charlie Murphy’s legendary Prince basketball story confirmed again
Prince once beat him at a game of basketball and then made pancakes has once again been confirmed to be true.In the early 2000s, during an episode of Chappelle’s Show, Charlie – the late brother of comedian Eddie Murphy – recalled the time he and his friends faced off against Prince on a court at his condo.Prince, who is said to have played in a pair of heels, came out on top, and according to Charlie’s story, after the win he went made pancakes for everyone.Howard Hewett, a former member of ’80s R&B group Shalama, recently sat down with DJ Vlad for an interview, and during the conversation he revealed the events in Charlie Murphy’s infamous story did in fact happen.“I wasn’t there, but they met up at this place that everybody used to go to called El Privado’s down on Sunset Boulevard. Every Monday night everybody used to hangout there Rick James, Prince everybody,” Hewett said.
