Morris Day of The Time once did an interview to speak about his friend, Prince, after he’d passed away on April 21, 2016, from a reported overdose of fentanyl. Let’s pause to let the realization that it’s been over five years sink in. Seems like it wasn’t that long ago that we were hit with the sad news of the icon’s shocking death. During Morris Day’s Rolling Stone interview, he shared some interesting info about his last visit with Prince.

Morris Day Describes Meeting w/Prince 2 Months Before His Death

There was one thing that really stood out about Morris’s interview and that is what he described about his last visit to chill out with Prince at his Paisley Park home. Two things made him think something wasn’t right with Prince, but he couldn’t really piece it together at that time:

RS: Did Prince seem any different to you before he died?

Morris Day: Well, at the time, I thought nothing of it. But in retrospect, I thought maybe something wasn’t right. I thought, he looked thin, even though he always looks fragile. After he passed away, I just wondered if he knew something that he wasn’t telling me. I just felt like he knew. Like he knew that something wasn’t right. Maybe he said it in just being adamant about seeing us again. Maybe that was a sign in itself.

Their Past Tensions

Many of you may recall the past tensions that existed between Prince and The Time band members…it lasted for several decades (even into recent years). So although they loved each other like family (FYI: contrary to popular belief Prince and Morris were not blood relatives, they were just friends who met in high school), there was a lot of time missed between them. But the fact that Prince was so adamant about jammin’ with the group again, combined with what Morris said about Prince’s fragile weight, does make us wonder if Prince really did know he was approaching his final days, and simply wanted to have one last jam session with the cats he started out with.

Morris Day’s Touching New Tribute Song To Prince & Why He was In Denial

Morris Day also released a tribute song titled, “Over That Rainbow,” on The Time’s album, which was executive produced by Snoop Dogg and released on Doggystyle Records. He’s released a video for his Prince tribute, titled, “Over That Rainbow”:

Morris Day: “When we decided to go into the [Doggy Style Records] studio, he [Snoop] was like, “Give me a little time and I promise you it will be a classic.” We were a couple months into the project when Prince passed away. So, we’d been working already and that’s when [“Over That Rainbow”] came. It took me a while to decide if I wanted to put my emotions on the line in a song like that.” [Why?] “I was in denial like a lot of people probably were. I had just been at Paisley Park like two months prior [because] Prince wanted us to come a party with him. … When I found out it was really him [that died] it didn’t really hit me. It took a while to sink in.”

Prince’s Sister & Childhood Friend Said Similar Claims

Morris Day doesn’t stand alone in his assumption that Prince may have known it was his last days. In March (2017) Tyka Nelson, Prince’s sister said the same thing.

Prince’s childhood friend and one of his very first band members, Andre Cymone, also revealed that Prince, whom he hadn’t seen in a while, contacted him and was adamant about having him stop by Paisley Park months before his death, just to vibe and have a jam session like they used to do back in the day. Unfortunately, Andre never got a chance to do that before Prince died.

Rest on Prince, after a phenomenal life fulfilled here on earth through your music and your many charitable efforts to those in need.

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Morris Day of The Time did an interview with Rolling Stone to speak about his friend, Prince’s, passing in April 21, 2017. As you all know, Prince passed away from an accidental overdose of the prescription pain med, fentanyl on April 21, 201. In a heart-wrenching interview, Morris Day detailed his last conversation with Prince at the late icon’s home.

Morris Day Describes Meeting  With Prince 2 Months Before His Death

There was one thing that really stood out about Morris’ interview and that is what he described about his last visit to chill out with Prince at his Paisley Park home. Two things made him think something wasn’t right with Prince, but he couldn’t really piece it together at that time:

RS: Did Prince seem any different to you before he died?

Morris Day: Well, at the time, I thought nothing of it. But in retrospect, I thought maybe something wasn’t right. I thought, he looked thin, even though he always looks fragile. After he passed away, I just wondered if he knew something that he wasn’t telling me. I just felt like he knew. Like he knew that something wasn’t right. Maybe he said it in just being adamant about seeing us again. Maybe that was a sign in itself.

Their Past Tensions

Many of you may recall the past tensions that existed between Prince and The Time band members…it lasted for several decades (even into recent years). So although they loved each other like family (FYI: contrary to popular belief Prince and Morris were not blood relatives, they were just friends who met in high school), there was a lot of time missed between them. But the fact that Prince was so adamant about jammin’ with the group again, combined with what Morris said about Prince’s fragile weight, does make us wonder if Prince really did know he was approaching his final days, and simply wanted to have one last jam session with the cats he started out with.

Morris Day’s Touching New Tribute Song To Prince & Why He was In Denial

Morris also revealed that he released a new tribute song titled, “Over That Rainbow,” on The Time’s new album, which is executive produced by Snoop Dogg and released on Doggystyle Records. He’s just released a video for his Prince tribute, titled, “Over That Rainbow”:

Morris Day: “When we decided to go into the [Doggy Style Records] studio, he [Snoop] was like, “Give me a little time and I promise you it will be a classic.” We were a couple months into the project when Prince passed away. So, we’d been working already and that’s when [“Over That Rainbow”] came. It took me a while to decide if I wanted to put my emotions on the line in a song like that.” [Why?] “I was in denial like a lot of people probably were. I had just been at Paisley Park like two months prior [because] Prince wanted us to come a party with him. … When I found out it was really him [that died] it didn’t really hit me. It took a while to sink in.”

Prince’s Sister & Childhood Friend Made Similar Claims

Morris Day doesn’t stand alone in his assumption that Prince may have known it was his last days. In March (2017) Tyka Nelson, Prince’s sister said the same thing.

Prince’s childhood friend and one of his very first band members, Andre Cymone, also revealed that Prince, whom he hadn’t seen in a while, contacted him and was adamant about having him stop by Paisley Park months before his death, just to vibe and have a jam session like they used to do back in the day. Unfortunately Andre never got a chance to do that before Prince died.

Wow…just WOW! Rest on Prince after a phenomenal life fulfilled here on earth through your music, and your many charitable efforts to those in need.

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Morris Day and Prince go way back, like Ultra Sheen hair grease and du-rags. However, it’s also no secret that throughout the years, Prince and Morris Day had a longstanding beef that lasted nearly 30 years.

Thankfully, Morris Day made peace with Prince at some point before his passing…or maybe even posthumously, not quite sure- but the point is, he’s at peace with the Purple One and the love is real. On the 2nd anniversary of Prince’s untimely death, that love is evident in the flurry of online tributes the 60 year old charismatic “Oak Tree” singer has been paying to his late homie for the past 48 hours. Check out some of his many posts to Prince below…

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They Go WAAAY Back

Although many fans assumed Prince and Morris Day were cousins back in the day, the truth is they met in high school in the 1970’s, in their hometown of Minneapolis, MN. They were students at rival high schools and introduced by mutual friend and music producer, Andre Cymone:

“We hung out, and I found out (Cymone) was in a band and I went to watch them. The band was just crazy. These guys were 13, 14 years old — Andre on bass, Prince on guitar and sometimes keyboard. The band was playing Santana, and Prince was doing these solos like he was 20 years old,” [Morris Day] recalled [in a prior interview]. “It was just crazy.”

From then on, they were damn near joined at the hip, because they began working together musically and Prince ultimately created The Time band, which was originally led by Alexander O’Neal (before he was fired). Morris Day was The Time’s drummer, before Prince promoted him to lead singer and the rest is history.

Prince & Morris Day’s Decades-Long Beef: Fights, Control, Tension

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Prince and Morris Day’s friendship started going left, due to “creative issues.” Morris reportedly grew tired of the fact that Prince controlled all of The Time’s musical direction- including their songwriting. Apparently, Prince refused to allow them to take over the creative direction of The Time and by 1984, during the “Purple Rain” movie release, which Morris Day and The Time starred alongside Prince, all hell had broken loose between the high school friends. According to an NYPost report, their ‘tension resulted in an on-set fight that was broken up by the Time’s drummer, Jellybean Johnson.’

It was also rumored that Morris Day wasn’t invited to the “Purple Rain” movie premiere. He reportedly had to rely on Pepe Willie, the founder of funk group 94 East, who was married to Prince’s cousin, to get him a ticket. Geesh!

That wasn’t all though…

Via NY POST: The tension grew more because Morris was becoming increasingly frustrated with the group’s lack of creative input. Things came to a head on the final night of the tour in Cincinnati during the Time’s set when Prince and some of his band threw eggs at their supporting act from offstage. Prince demanded no interruptions during his performance, but as soon as he left the stage, a food fight erupted. When the battle continued at the hotel, Prince made Morris Day pay for all damages, claiming that he had started the whole thing.

We report state all this to display that love is powerful and can supercede any amount of petty BS that so oftentimes destroys friendships/relationships. Morris Day’s unwavering love for his lifelong friend, Prince, is a true representation of that. May Prince continue to rest peacefully are a job well done.

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If you were jammin’ to 80’s R&B back in the day, chances are you probably liked at least one of his father’s songs.

Take a good look at this man and see if you can figure out who his Dad is…many folks say he and his Daddy look a lot alike. By the way, if this guy looks familiar to you, it may be because he was a contestant on American Idol a few years ago, pursuing his dream to be a professional singer just like his Pops.

Morris Day’s Son

If you guessed Morris Day a.k.a. “Mr. I’m So Cool (Cool!)” of The Time (now known as The Original 7ven) give yourself and Old School high five and a pat on the back, because you’re good at this!

After the show, Derran continued to sing and write music for his 2 man group and has built an online following of his own. He and his group member perform regularly and they do a lot of cover songs…I think they oftentimes sound way better than the original versions of the songs their covering by some of the biggest artists in the music game…go figure.

Derran is the youngest son of Morris and Morris’s ex-wife, Judith Day. Morris was married to Judy for about 25 years and they had three children together. Judith is another reason why singing is in Derran’s blood- she is a singer too! Judith Day was the background singer for Lou Rawls back in the day and she also co-wrote songs with Morris several times.

Now for those of you ILOSM ladies out there who may find yourselves staring a lil’ bit longer than normal at Derran’s photos (LOL), it’s okay, you’re not being a cradle robber, Derran is 26 years old, so he’s a legal, grown man now.

Back to Derran Day’s music though- the dude definitely can SANG! We know it’s typically very difficult for the offspring of music legends to carve a name in music for themselves, but it looks like Derran has a pretty good shot at doing just that and we wish there were more REAL artists like him on mainstream radio today.

Check out Derran Day singing live!  Let us know what you think ILOSM fam.’

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Most of us knew that they had problems with each other, but many didn’t know things got THIS bad. So we had to let our family know about this because as you know, we’re ILOSM- ‘Old School news with a new point of view’ and ooh-wee, I know these dudes are glad there was no internet, or social media back in 1984 when this all went down. The two best buddies from high school had beef in the movie and in real life and they ultimately got into an all-out brawl!

Word on the Old School curb is that by the time Purple Rain was release in the summer of ’84, Morris Day and Prince were not even speaking to each other due to disagreements over “creative differences” What people also didn’t know at the time, The Time’s Jesse Johnson and Prince argued all the time according to reports.

According to NYPost:

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Although he almost stole the film with his own charismatic performance as Prince’s nemesis, Morris Day of the Time was lucky to be in it at all. Friends since high school, Prince and Day’s relationship had been souring: The Time were controlled by and had their songs written by Prince, and the arrangement came to frustrate Day. That tension resulted in an on-set fight that was broken up by the Time’s drummer Jellybean Johnson.

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It was also rumored that Morris Day wasn’t invited to the

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This brotha is a singer, just like his Dad, and he’s becoming a Youtube sensation. Take a good look at him and see if you can figure out who his Dad is…many folks say that they look a lot alike. You know what to do ILOSM family…hit the next button below to find out the answer…

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One of these singers took a huge risk to pursue their dream of being in the music industry. He joined the military and then went AWOL (absent without official leave) after fleeing the country to escape his military duties and follow his dreams of being a successful recording artist. Was it James, Bootsy, or Morris Day? Flip the page to see who was bold enough to pull off this stunt…

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