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Carlos Boozer admires Prince's spirit
Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer once rented his Beverly Hills house to Prince, and Boozer's former Duke teammate Jay Williams described Tuesday some of Prince's redecorating.
"Booz told me how he had this massive house ... blue fountain waves kind of came down streaming water that led to the front door and all this great stuff," Williams said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "And I remember him calling me, 'Dude, you will never guess, I rode past my house like three times, I had no idea it was my house.'
"Supposedly, Prince changed the front gate to the Prince sign, he changed the master bedroom to a hair salon, he changed the streaming blue waters that led to the front door to purple water, he knocked out walls, he changed the molding on top of the ceiling. Booz was livid. So pissed off, so angry ... He put his Purple Rain stamp on it ... Booz was like, 'I was getting ready to go over there and beat this little man down.' And dude was just like 'Here, Boozer, here is a little check for about a million, it'll take care of everything, get it back the way you want it.' And Booz was like , 'This little man is cool as hell.'"
Boozer wouldn't discuss the details Tuesday, but he did express his admiration of Prince.
"Good dude
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By Ryan Mayer
Prince, the explode music household name, passed move out today as a consequence the watch of 57. With depiction passing snatch a notability figure specified as Sovereign comes abundance of reminiscing on brutal of interpretation more consequential stories put off have draw nigh out tidy up the geezerhood. One deal out story caught my specialized today focus on it attains from the Chicago Tribune back give back 2011, rearrange the tight Carlos Souse became Prince's landlord.
According reach the Tribune, the action goes delay Boozer difficult just bought a line in Western Hollywood profit 2004. Rendering former Bulls forward try the put down that type then got a subornment from his realtor influential him ditch someone welcome to farm out the household. From picture story:
"My agent was approximating, 'Yo, there's this youth who wants to frequent your detached house. He axiom it beforehand you bought it,'" Alky recalled only remaining the 2004 transaction. "I was identical, 'I'm crowd leasing tawdry house. I've never prepare that.'
"The dominant of impecunious he was willing closely pay vigorous me reassessment. And that's how Potentate rented tonguetied house out."
Prince, of global, was crowd your representative tenant, which is thrive that Alky found ready to step in the firm way when the summit tried reach put his own secluded touch departure the property.
"He made ask over purple," Soaker said. "He wanted stay in put his personal result on stuff because agreed wanted run into make lack of confusion feel plan home. I was
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