PRINCE Loved Detroit

Billy Sparks who helped managed Prince and was instrumental in our involvement with him speaks on the love he had for the city.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, I'm trying to reach I'm trying to reach Dante.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Yeah, this is hey.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
How you doing, man? Just to be certain you're Dante
is married? To tell me right? Yeah? Okay? Cool? Cool?
So listen, man, h So you've heard about me, you know,
maybe heard my name before because I used to day
sell me way before you guys got married. Uh you
know my name is, My name is Marcello. So I
just want to call and say how you doing? But

(00:24):
I need to Oh.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Okay, yeah, I know she mentioned you mentioned y'all I
used to be together before we Yeah, okay, I've heard
about you.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
What's what's the phone call for? I needed to talk
to you, man. And I've been holding this back at
least four years. You know, I haven't said anything. And
you know I can't hold it no more. Man. I'm
going through so many issues right now. I just gotta
I gotta get this thing. I got to get some
grips on this thing that I'm going through. But you know,

(00:54):
I wanted to come to you, man, to man, talk
to you about this situation. You know, I hate to
bring it to you like this, but when me and
Cammy were together, Man, I ain't gonna say, when we
were together, Cammy gave me a disease. So you know,
I've been holding this, you know, And like I say,

(01:14):
I I wanted to hit you up. I thought about
it two years ago, I want.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
But it's like, what do you mean, like she gave
you a disease.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
She gave me a disease about four plus years ago,
this way before y'all got married. I'm from I understanding
of y'all been married about three years right, yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Oh my god, Okay, okay, and you're calling me, you're
calling me.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
It gives me the heads up. Oh man, I'm calling because, dude,
these dare the medical bills and all this that's just
completely out of control. I can't even you know, I
can't take care of myself no more with this, you know.
And I don't feel like I have to because she
the one that gave me the disease.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Okay, So you're calling because you want you want me pay,
you want you want us to pay for your medical bills.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
Dude. I'm like, I mean, dude, I mean, put yourself
in my position. Man, I mean, what's a brother supposed
to do? You know, I'm sitting over here with a
disease somebody gave me and you know they going on
with they life. Bro.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yeah, but this is so you're calling me telling me
my wife gave you a disease. First of all, she
would have told me that. Secondly, now you're telling me
like I might have some.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
You gotta be kidding me. Well, what the does she
give you?

Speaker 2 (02:29):
What disease are you talking about?

Speaker 1 (02:30):
Man? At this point, you know, I don't even want
to discuss it. I just want to get on board.
Can we get some kind of understanding with the medical
bills that I can't it's out of control. Man. I'm
not paying Okay, I'm not gonna pay for your.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Medical bills, especially when I don't even know what the
you mean?

Speaker 1 (02:47):
What you mean she gave you a disease? Now I'm
over here freaking out. Dude, Dude, I understand, you know, Bro,
I hope you good. I really you know, But I'm
just saying, man, dude, I don't know what to do
no more. Man, I really don't you know?

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Like I okay, yo, yo, you need to tell me.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
All right, you talk in this circle. You're telling me
something you have you caught four or five years ago.

Speaker 2 (03:09):
Well, what is something it's uncurable.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
What is easy you're talking about? Man, Dude, I'm all
I'm trying, dude with regardless of what it is, I'm
trying to handle the medical bills on it. Man, That's
what I'm trying to do.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
Due What kind of medical bills could you have for
some you.

Speaker 1 (03:25):
Caught four years ago? Like four years ago, you should
have been there with six days?

Speaker 2 (03:29):
What is it?

Speaker 1 (03:30):
Dude? She gave me the disease and now I need
somebody to play these bills. That's all I'm saying to you.
All right, That's all I'm saying, Dante.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yo, What I'm telling you. What I'm telling you, Marcello
is quit playing and telling me what the disease this is.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
It's marcellous, man, It's marcellous. Okay, I don't tell what
your name is. I'm getting there, y'all. Y'all want gave
me beating? What dire bees? The wife gave me dob bees? Man? Man?
You want be coming? Hell? You can't.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
Can't somebody give you diabetes? What you mean she gave
you diabetes?

Speaker 1 (04:09):
Man? Your wife cooking up it was cooking all them
cakes and pies, and you know all that sugar.

Speaker 2 (04:14):
You know and just man, you cannot bron't have me
thinking my wife gave.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
You her piece or something. Man, you just don't know
how to work out, you know how to eat?

Speaker 2 (04:23):
That's on you now paying no bills for.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
That Diabevil's wrong with you? Man? Oh so nah nah nah,
Now that's funny. Laughed at me? Hold you laughing at me?

Speaker 2 (04:37):
Dante's Yes, I'm laughing at you. Call my phone talking
about my wife gave you diabetes?

Speaker 1 (04:42):
Bro? For real? Humid bro?

Speaker 2 (04:49):
Hey?

Speaker 1 (04:49):
Can I say something else? No, Dante? What what you
want to say? I want to say this, Dante, you
just got prank baby, this nephew time me from the
sea offye morning, So Joe White, Timmy got me to prank.
Poko y Oh, I got you, baby called b I

(05:11):
got you. Wow