Musician Sheila E. is denying claims that Prince was jealous of Michael Jackson.
The singer/drummer recently shot down lingering rumors that Prince envied his music rival, alleging he once recreated one of Michael Jackson’s songs that turned out better than the original.
During a recent interview Sheila E., who has been performing and collaborating with late pop star Prince since the 1980’s, was asked about his alleged tense relationship with Michael Jackson. As you may know, both the “Purple Rain” and the “Billie Jean” singers were at the height of their careers from the mid 80’s to early 90’s, and were often pitted against each other in terms of musical talent comparisons.
Though unconfirmed, reports at the time alleged that Prince was holding some secret negative feeling towards Jackson due to his ascension as the ‘King of Pop’. Rumors that Sheila is now suggesting couldn’t be further from the truth. Attempting to showcase how the music powerhouses rivaled in terms of talent, Sheila recalled the moment she and Prince were given a version of Jackson’s hit single “Bad” from his 1987 album of the same name. She stated:
She continued:
“It was so funky, it was so amazing. It was an incredible rendition of what it should’ve been.”
Sheila went on to claim that while the crew were anxious to have Jackson hear the record, Prince ensured the track would never see the light of day. She added:
“Bad” went on to spend two weeks #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart following its release, becoming the album’s second number-one single and Jackson’s eighth number one entry on the chart.
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