Thread by @questlove

@MikeSegalov I told this story in #MoMetaBlues but it belongs here for the peeps who don't know me. I get a call from Prince's people saying he is throwing a rollerskating jam in "2 hours or so" & "invite some cool people" its 2/14/06 at midnight. normal people are in bed

@MikeSegalov I happened to be at a concert in LA backstage & was surrounded by notable celebs. entire room scoffed at me like "how dare you invite me to a midnight rollerskating party w Prince you peon!" all except one.....

@MikeSegalov "uh yall are appreciating the rare opportunity here.....Prince will be WEARING ROLLERSKATES...gimme address!"
-Eddie Murphy.

my gf & I arrive to an empty rink. 5 employees who'd rather be ANYWHERE but there are just---well....bored. @DJRASHIDA is spinning for a crowd of none

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA so here we are, lone couple doing laps to cool 70s/80s funk. I see pizza spinning on heated lamp umpteenth times. I see the cashier nodding off. we did a good 30 mins before we realized how silly it is to be skating at 1am. we returned the skates and walked towards door...& then

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA in ventriloquist clinched teeth Eddie mouths "uh...if I were yall I'd hang out for another 30 trust me"---I glance at her and shrug, I guess people are coming. we turn around & get our skates. just then Prince pimp struts in the door like you imagined he would

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA w/ a pulp fiction briefcase in tow. he slam/tosses it on a table & then double take/ apprehensively shuts the case...."where is your phone?!" Huh? "don't 'huh?' me, where is your phone?!"---confused I deflect WHAT ABOUT HIS PHO-- (points to Ed) "ey man leave me outta this!"

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA mind you social media (twitter) aint even a thing yet. I mean the ink on friendster's death certificate was barely dry. so even I was like "what kind of double agent does he think I am to sneak a photo then INSTANTLY broadcast/transmit it to millions?!" silly guy it's 2006!!!!!!!

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA I give him phone.

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA so w/ my phone safely behind the cashier station, Prince opens the briefcase & I swear a glow came across his face. "what....the....hell?" he pulls out two pellucid skates whose wheel light/glow/spark like it was #Xanadu 2000. P coulda brought back Starlight Express

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA so 4 couples: me/bae p/then wife Eddie/then wife Larry Graham/wife all rollerskating at 2am in glendale, ca. 3 of us struggling. 1 of us killing it....can you guess who? whole time I'm looking at her like "NOONE WILL EVER BELIEVE THIS STORY so we might as well tell no-one"

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA seriously "yeah so Prince calls me at last night to go rollerskating and btw he rocked these see thru skates that left a trail of sparks"---id get laughed outta town, like HOW do you bring that up?---until my book I rarely told anyone including my band. so like 5 years later....

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA (crowded #FallonTonight hallway)
ME: (sheepishly to EM) "hey I dunno if you remember like 4 or like 5 yea----"
EM:"--rs AGO ON VALENTINES DAY WE WENT ROLLERSKATING WITH PRINCE?!? WHEN HE ASKED ME TO GIVE MY LIFE TO JEHOVAH while doing a double axle?! oh do I remember that night?!

@MikeSegalov @DJRASHIDA fin