“ HE HAD NO FEAR”
May 20, 2021
4 minutes
MICHAELANGELO MATOS
“THE FIRST time I met Prince he was wrestling on the floor with his cousin, Charles. He was so small, I thought he was eight. I didn’t realise he was 12. Charles – Chazz, we call him – and I used to make jokes about Prince: ‘Can you imagine Prince at 50 with a pot belly…?’
“In December 1970, I got out of the army with an honourable discharge and went to see my girl Shantel – who was Prince’s first cousin – in Minneapolis. I had 90 days to get back to my job with the New York Telephone Company, so I stayed there a little short of three months, then went back to Brooklyn. Once, we went over Prince’s
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