Prince and Michael Jackson | 31

Diss and Tell

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.2 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

As music icons who revolutionized pop, Michael Jackson and Prince were towering figures in their own right. But, few fans are aware of the years-long rivalry brewing between the superstars behind the scenes. As the Purple One's fame escalated, so too did tensions between the two artists. They proceeded to engage in a series of increasingly bizarre one-upmanship battles—we're talking an antagonistic concert showdown, a cutthroat ping pong grudge match, and the most outrageous quarrel claim of all time involving an alleged satanic-chant-filled shoebox left on a doorstep.

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0:00.0	A listener note, this episode contains strong language and brief mentions of sexual assault and ableism.
0:11.7	Okay, Matt, I'm not going to give you some pithy, flirty little thing to start this episode off.
0:18.6	Thank God. It's been getting too steamy.
0:21.3	I know.
0:21.9	It's all they can talk about.
0:23.6	Every single review is like, come on.
0:26.6	But no, I'm going to start by just ripping the Band-Aid off
0:31.2	and asking you a very hard question.
0:33.3	Okay.
0:34.4	So back in that blessed time of the 80s, were you more into Prince or Michael Jackson?
0:41.2	Ooh.
0:42.1	Well, I was not actually teenager in the 80s.
0:46.4	But as a child of the 90s, I would say my parents listened to Michael Jackson more.
0:52.8	I grew up with Michael Jackson more than Prince.
0:55.8	I feel like I didn't even know who Prince was until I was older.
0:59.4	So you've chosen your side.
1:00.9	Yeah.
1:01.5	Blame the Bella size.
1:03.3	Blame my parents.
1:04.6	Okay.
1:05.2	Someone will find a way to pin those words against me.
1:08.5	Oh, I'm positive of it.
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