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in the history of music and entertainment. One would be hard pressed to find more polarizing artist than rick James. The singer, the songwriter, the icon, the sexton. Today we bring to you 10 things you didn't know about Rick James, yep, you read that right. Rick had very little reservations when it came to smuggling product from foreign countries. One time on a trip from Colombia, James stashed cocaine and his brother and manager at the time, Leroy johnson's bag. Unbeknownst johnson says that that's just the type of guy rick was. He had no qualms about making anyone take the fall for him and not telling you until you got back. Rick harbored an extreme dislike. A fellow musician. Prince reasons for this. According to sources is that Rick felt as though Prince had stolen his moves. Rick also considered members of Prince's band to be stuck up and rude. In 1980 Prince and his crew crashed James's birthday party. It was then that an unamused and infuriated James grabbed Prince by the hair and poured cognac down his throat until he regurgitated and in rick's words started crying like a little baby Rick was working as mainly a songwriter at Motown records in the 19 sixties, which at the time was not a very lucrative position. Rick found out that a few employees at Motown worked as hustlers on the side to support themselves. Rick figured that hey, he should do the same, but it didn't take long for the singer to realize he was not cold blooded enough for the profession. He gave it up and called the practice inhumane. In 1969 rick. James moved to los Angeles California where he made friends with a fellow singer and songwriter, Stephen stills rick would often go to stills house to play music with other musicians and crash on steven's couch. One night after a session, James woke up to the site of a young man sitting on the floor with blood pouring from his wrists. The man was hypnotized at the sight of his own blood and stated, isn't the blood beautiful, isn't this the deepest shade of red you've ever seen after? Stills grabbed bandages for the man, he turns to James and says, hey Ricky meet jim Morrison. Early in his career, James was so eager to meet funk legend and parliament funk frontman George Clinton that he became a drug runner for his then roommate who was a cocaine dealer in Toronto. Upon the first delivery James and Clinton engaged in conversation, the crux of which is that Clinton considered James too talented to be running drugs. Clinton encouraged James to sign to a major label. Clinton offered help and support as long as he and I quote, kept bringing the good blow. In 1978, James made his national television debut on American Bandstand, where he performed his hit songs, you and I and Mary Jane before doing an interview with **** Clark but apparently James had done more than his fair share of cocaine backstage. The singer sniffling and wiping of his runny nose was a dead giveaway to Clark and the viewers of what was obviously going on In the autobiography of James titled Glow, the artist claims to have lost his virginity at the age of 9, 2014 year old girl. James says maybe my mother saw it in me and thought that putting me in a Catholic school, the nuns would be able to cure me, but that obviously didn't last long for James, the streets were calling him and apparently so were the ladies. It was apparent to anyone with eyes that the icon loved to shop, but never alone. He loved to bring his crew along for the ride in the early eighties, at the pinnacle of James success, he would dole out as much as 80 grand, which within today's inflation would approximately be the equivalent of $280,000. James would also allow members of his entourage to take their pick of anything within his oppressive car collection of multiple Mercedes. Benzes and vintage rolls Royces. Today, many museums and galleries host the artwork of the great painter Salvador dali, whose pieces have been sold for upwards of $20 million at a party in Hawaii James first met the artist where the painter told James he really liked the way he looked and asked if it was ok To sketch him. James quickly obliged and within 20 minutes James was the owner of a Salvador Dali original. Unfortunately after freebasing, crack cocaine, James went for a swim, forgetting he had placed a sketch in his pocket, deeming it ruined and worthless. In 1969, before the height of his success, James was invited to movie director Roman Polanski and actress Sharon Tate's House. James was all set to attend until out of nowhere the singer started to experience a severe headache and winding up going to sleep instead. When the singer awoke, he went grocery shopping. That's when he saw a newspaper headline that announced that Sharon Tate and four others had been brutally murdered by a group of cultists that belonged to the infamous Manson family. Among those killed was Jay Sebring, a close personal friend of James.