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In 1985, the single of massive charity "We Are the World" brought together more than three dozen musicians, including Diana Ross ,, Bruce Springsteen ,, Cyndi Lauper , And Ray Charles . To add even more star power, the song was produced by Quincy Jones and co-written by Michael Jackson And Lionel Richie . But while the group gathered for recording was a Who's Who of popular artists, we were not there: Prince , who did not come to the studio even if he was supposed to do so. In a new interview, Richie revealed that the artist was absent, he believes, because of his long Feud with another star . The 74 -year -old musician posed that Prince did not want to be near Jackson.

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The Hollywood Reporter Recent interviewerzer on the subject of the documentary The biggest night of pop (on Netflix on January 29), which concerns the night "We Are the World" has been recorded. His famous participants gathered to record the song overnight in Los Angeles after the American Music Awards. The publication asked the singer "Hello" Why prince does not appear On the single.

"This is the question of $ 97 billion," replied Richie. "Knowing him, it was simply not in his, what should I say, his brand. At that time, it was not a group group. He was prince. The next thing is his rival , Michael. You want to stop the rivalry and join a group of people singing a song, standing next to its rival? No. I mean, from a strictly selfish point of view, I could see him. "

Richie added that he was still thinking, leading to recording, that there was a "50/50" chance that Prince presents himself. "I knew where he was," he continued. "Carlos n 'Charlies [a Mexican restaurant on the Sunset Strip]. I was hoping that he was going to pass. But there is a time when this band begins to ride, that's all. But that has always been my only thought . And if I don't really know what it would have been. "

THE Rivalry between Prince and Jackson has been well documented. According to some accounts, it dates back to a 1983 James Brown Concert in which Jackson made Brown call Prince on stage. The story tells that Jackson hoped that Prince would bother, and Prince ended up overthrowing a floor lamp. In a Jackson recording which was published in 2016 after the death of the two singers, he said about the situation ( via the Mirror ), "He made fun of himself. It was a joke. People were running and shouted. I was so embarrassed. It was all on video." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

In the recordings, Jackson also said: "I don't like to be compared to Prince at all. I have proven myself since I was really little. It's not just. He has the impression of Being his opponent. I hope he changes because boy, he's going to injure himself. This is the guy who could commit suicide or something. "Jackson added:" He was so rude, one of the people Raw that I have never met. Prince is very competitive. He was very mean and nasty for my family. "

Prince not showing up for "We Are the World" was also cited as a discord for Jackson. Because Prince was not there, his part of the song ended up going Huey Lewis .

"Poor Huey, even to date, he has still not recovered," said Richie The Hollywood Reporter . "He did an excellent job. But the thing about it, whenever we are starting to repeat, we are going halfway from the thing. We go beyond Michael, and once we have exceeded Michael, we stop because Whether we had to go back and correct someone else's microphone or the vocal part of someone else. So we never had the chance to go from Cyndi to Huey. And Huey went: " Guys, can you make me a favor? Can you just execute it once because I don't know what I sing yet. "

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