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Yes they met a few times, one of them was when Quincy Jones arranged for them to meet at the Jackson family compound, Michael also showed up backstage at a couple of Prince's shows in the 80's.

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While not friends, it was more likely friendly rivals. Rumor has it Bad was supposed to be a duet between Prince and Michael Jackson, but Prince declined due to lyrical content. He would not play second fiddle to no one, let alone the King of Pop. Recently members of Prince's bands have told numerous stories of Prince and Michael Jackson playing Basketball and ping pong at Paisley Park. Michael even recently appeared at Prince's 3121 club in Las Vegas in 2007 with Will.I.Am and had discussions with Prince on working together. But nothing came of it. For now all we have as evidence of the two of them together is the vintage video footage of both of them appearing on stage during a James Brown concert in the early 80's. Youtube it.

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No, they had a friendly rivalry but they respected each other greatly and got on quite well.

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No, they had a friendly rivalry as artists, but they actually got on quite well.

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Yes he had friends. Elizabeth Taylor, Chris Tucker, Steve Harvey and Macaulay Culkin, were some of the closest friends he had.

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Usher looked up to Michael and even sang at Michael's funeral, but they were not friends.

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Yes, they were friends for a short time, but they drifted apart after a while.

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They met each other a few times and got on quite well.

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Rick James is friends with everyone

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