(Washington) Half-century-old archival footage of just 11-year-old singer Prince has resurfaced in the United States, showing the future American music genius supporting striking teachers in his hometown Minneapolis .
Posted at 12:10 p.m.
The scene takes place in 1970, in front of a public school picket in this city in the northern United States. A journalist from a local television channel asks students for their opinion on the strike.
One of them is none other than the one who will become a planetary legend, Prince Rogers Nelson.
The journalist asks him if most of the children are in favor of the strike and Prince first replies “Yup”, before developing.
“I think they (the teachers) should get a little more money because they work, they do overtime for us and all that,” he replies with a smile.
To make sure he was indeed the pop legend, the local channel, a CBS antenna, compared the boy with photos of young Prince, consulted a friend of his at the time and even a music historian.
Verdict is indeed the “Minneapolis Kid”, one of the greatest musicians of the 1980s and 1990s, with hits like Cream Where Kiss.
Prince died in 2016 at the age of 57 following an overdose at his residence in Paisley Park, near Minneapolis.