Justin Timberlake will Perform with Prince Hologram during SB

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Rumors Of Prince Hologram At Super Bowl Halftime Show Spark Backlash
“That whole virtual reality thing, it really is demonic,” the music icon told Guitar World magazine in 1998.

Prince fans are up in arms over rumors that Minnesota’s beloved music icon could make a posthumous appearance as a hologram during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.

TMZ reported Saturday that Justin Timberlake planned to use the high-tech effect to pay tribute to The Purple One during his halftime set at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. A Friday night rehearsal of the show included the hologram, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Fans and members of Prince’s inner circle, including his sister Sharon L. Nelson, immediately condemned the potential plans to use the guitar legend’s likeness in holographic form.

Sharon L. Nelson@Sharon_L_Nelson
Replying to @drfunkenberry @therevolution

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES did we approve of this! Prince's music moved, NOW THIS! #Istand2protectthislegacy #prnfamily

10:24 AM - Feb 3, 2018



But Sheila E., who collaborated and maintained a close friendship with Prince for decades, tweeted Saturday night that she had spoken with Timberlake and confirmed there would be no hologram.

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SheilaEdrummer

✔@SheilaEdrummer

Family, I spoke w/Justin 2nite and he shared heartfelt words of respect for Prince & the Purple fans. I look 4wrd 2 seeing what I’m sure is going 2 be a spectacular halftime show. There is no hologram.

10:19 PM - Feb 3, 2018


While holograms of late musical legends, including Michael Jackson and Tupac, have been featured at award shows and festivals, Prince was outspoken in his desire to maintain artistic control and integrity throughout his life and even in death.

In a 1998 interview with Guitar World magazine, Prince said he had no interest in using high-tech effects that would allow him to perform with a deceased artist.

“That’s the most demonic thing imaginable,” Prince said. “Everything is as it is, and it should be. If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age.”

“That whole virtual reality thing ... it really is demonic,” he continued. “And I am not a demon ... To prevent that kind of thing from happening is another reason why I want artistic control.”

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Andrea Swensson

✔@SlingshotAnnie

From an October 1998 @GuitarWorld interview with Prince.

1:41 PM - Feb 3, 2018



It’s unclear whether Timberlake ever planned to include a Prince hologram in his set or if he scrapped it in response to the backlash. Representatives for both the NFL and Timberlake did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment.


Despite Sheila E.’s attempt to squash hologram speculation, Prince fans continued to express concern over the rumors on Sunday.

Ina3121@Ina3121
Replying to @SheilaEdrummer

Thank you Sheila for posting and for caring

I hope that Justin Timberlake was being honest with you... I will be changing the channel when the halftime show starts I still have a bad feeling about this #BoycottTheHalftimeShow #RespectTheLegacy #Prince

12:53 AM - Feb 4, 2018



SERPAN99@serpan99
Replying to @SheilaEdrummer

Thank u @SheilaEdrummer 4 talking 2 @jtimberlake about the alleged #Superbowl #SuperBowlHalftimeShow #Prince hologram. Here's hoping that there'll never b such a thing out of respect 4 #Prince. It should b known by now that #Prince thought of holograms as demonic #PRINCE4EVER

11:02 PM - Feb 3, 2018



brandon / jinx

✔@Jersey_Jinx

Prince’s estate is gonna disappoint y’all for many years to come. I’m talking about weird clothing collabs, unapologetic song licensing, and yes, a hologram or two. Buckle up.

9:24 AM - Feb 4, 2018



Tracy Clementi@tracyclem

Happy #SuperBowl Sunday! Go Eagles, and also Justin Timberlake should have refused to perform at #PepsiHalftime unless Janet was invited as well. And if I see a Prince hologram, I might lose my shit.

9:11 AM - Feb 4, 2018


ALSO ON HUFFPOST

 

[Gemini]

 

[Gemini]

No hologram

 

[TENT]

The performance on the whole was lame. I hope the NFL got a discount.

 

[exiledking]

Some fans gonna bitch. Some fans ain't. Oh well. They're fans. They don't own Prince.

 

[Ming Fei Hong]

The "hologram" story was a diversionary tactic to make his actual use of Prince's image/music a more acceptable, "respectful" option. Had he said in the first place that he was going to use Prince's image/music the way that he actually did, that would've gotten a backlash, too. Prince didn't like Justin Timberlake and didn't want his image exploited posthumously at all. Well, played, cracka. Well played.

 

[Duece]

 

[Gemini]

 

[Duece]

they got Sinbad cursing.

 

[REDLINE]

 

[Coldchi]

 

[darth frosty]

 

[exiledking]

The "hologram" story was a diversionary tactic to make his actual use of Prince's image/music a more acceptable, "respectful" option. Had he said in the first place that he was going to use Prince's image/music the way that he actually did, that would've gotten a backlash, too. Prince didn't like Justin Timberlake and didn't want his image exploited posthumously at all. Well, played, cracka. Well played.

Who the fuck cares though ? Lol this is silly.

So Prince believed in bullshit juju. Justin paid homage to him in a song and y'all believe the same juju for Prince but when Dr Dre did it for Tupac it's ok, because Tupac never left word about that shit.

In the future there will be holograms- not just that shit on a sheet but full on holograms of EVERY legend , and of they don't do one for Prince y'all will be saying they're trying to erase him from history. He may have THOUGHT the shit was demonic but it ain't. Prince thought a lot of goofy shit that wasn't true. Sometimes ya just have to ignore the silly shit they thought so that their memory can live on. Prince is ty favorite artist ever but at the end of the day he was a MAN, and his genius wasn't in everything.

Justin threw a lighthearted shot at Prince on a soft because Prince threw a lighthearted shot at Justin on stage. Then when Justin was supposed to present Prince with another award and Prince didn't come, he made a short joke about him. That ain't disrespect, it's funny. Singing his song on stage honors his memory, his work, and puts some money in his estate.

Singing a song with an old image of the original artist cast above is not new and it ain't going no where soon. I liked seeing Prince. Justin's a good artist. Yeah he did some weird shit with Janet that time but that's between them. I don't give a fuck. I'm a Janet FAN, not her homey.

 

[exiledking]

Oh right , so we're. It to believe that because someone in tbe nosebleeds said it wasn't poppin, it wasn't then lol. We hitch our wagons to the stupidest beefs

 

[Quek9]

Fuck Timberlake
Fuck the superbowl
Fuck the nfl

This. This is the first time that I haven't watched the game and it felt great.

 

[Rollie_Fingaz]

Who the fuck cares though ? Lol this is silly.

So Prince believed in bullshit juju. Justin paid homage to him in a song and y'all believe the same juju for Prince but when Dr Dre did it for Tupac it's ok, because Tupac never left word about that shit.

In the future there will be holograms- not just that shit on a sheet but full on holograms of EVERY legend , and of they don't do one for Prince y'all will be saying they're trying to erase him from history. He may have THOUGHT the shit was demonic but it ain't. Prince thought a lot of goofy shit that wasn't true. Sometimes ya just have to ignore the silly shit they thought so that their memory can live on. Prince is ty favorite artist ever but at the end of the day he was a MAN, and his genius wasn't in everything.

Justin threw a lighthearted shot at Prince on a soft because Prince threw a lighthearted shot at Justin on stage. Then when Justin was supposed to present Prince with another award and Prince didn't come, he made a short joke about him. That ain't disrespect, it's funny. Singing his song on stage honors his memory, his work, and puts some money in his estate.

Singing a song with an old image of the original artist cast above is not new and it ain't going no where soon. I liked seeing Prince. Justin's a good artist. Yeah he did some weird shit with Janet that time but that's between them. I don't give a fuck. I'm a Janet FAN, not her homey.

Prince said he never wanted that done and some dude with a past history of disrespecting him was going to do it anyway. They werent going to honor a dead mans wishes. That is the issue.

 

[exiledking]

Prince said he never wanted that done and some dude with a past history of disrespecting him was going to do it anyway. They werent going to honor a dead mans wishes. That is the issue.

Prince said he don't want his image used on screen when he's dead even in tribute cuz he thought it was demonic. Not only is it not "demonic" , it's the only way he will ever be honored now that he's gone. Every single time he's honored from here on out, it will be done just like that.

As far as the "disreapect" the shit was a joke. All these people need to lighten up. I've never heard of someone disrespecting someone by singing their song. The only reason anyone would believe that is if they believe in the same hoodoo bullshit Prince did. He was great. He's gone. He's gonna be honored and it ain't always gonna be like he wanted it. People been celebrating his birthday for years and he was a Jehovah's witness. Anyone mad about this is wasting precious anger

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

Justin timbercunt got some hardcore fans in
.here. ..they probably had a Justin timbercunt

Pajama party instead of a super bowl party..

Pillow fights and erethang

Bitch ass mahfucka

 

[mrdiego2020]

halftime show was hot garbage

 

[Rollie_Fingaz]

Prince said he don't want his image used on screen when he's dead even in tribute cuz he thought it was demonic. Not only is it not "demonic" , it's the only way he will ever be honored now that he's gone. Every single time he's honored from here on out, it will be done just like that.

As far as the "disreapect" the shit was a joke. All these people need to lighten up. I've never heard of someone disrespecting someone by singing their song. The only reason anyone would believe that is if they believe in the same hoodoo bullshit Prince did. He was great. He's gone. He's gonna be honored and it ain't always gonna be like he wanted it. People been celebrating his birthday for years and he was a Jehovah's witness. Anyone mad about this is wasting precious anger

Singing a song is not disrespect. Not honoring a man's wishes however is disrespectful. Just because YOU have no problem with it doesn't mean that Prince didn't. He said he didn't want it to happen and they need to honor that. How others feel about the decision is irrelevant.

 

[NightMare Paint]

@exiledking is determined to make us accept that shit.

 

[exiledking]

Singing a song is not disrespect. Not honoring a man's wishes however is disrespectful. Just because YOU have no problem with it doesn't mean that Prince didn't. He said he didn't want it to happen and they need to honor that. How others feel about the decision is irrelevant.

Waaah. It happened and guess what? The sky didn't fall and everything's fine. And his music got honored. i hope it gets done 10000 more times, along with Mixhael Jacksons, Tupacs and the Beatles. It's more important than superstition.

 

[exiledking]

@exiledking is determined to make us accept that shit.

No I'm not. You have to anyway. It already happened lol. What you gonna do about it?

 

[Rollie_Fingaz]

No I'm not. You have to anyway. It already happened lol. What you gonna do about it?

That was not the visual they were going to do. They wanted to do the 2Pac style hologram, which Prince said he didn't want done, and wasn't done. I dont have to do anything because there was no need to. It was handled.

 

[exiledking]

That was not the visual they were going to do. They wanted to do the 2Pac style hologram, which Prince said he didn't want done, and wasn't done. I dont have to do anything because there was no need to. It was handled.

Lol well the tell that to your other friends in this thread who are still bitching about It.

 

[jorush]

Not a hologram

That was on a screen

 

[ballscout1]

So did you cats that watched the game cater it with papa johns pizza, Chick-fil-a sandwiches and wear the cutest monkey in the jungle shirts?

y'all in here bitching about a halftime show because Prince said it was demonic.

Well the NFL is racist but y'all still watched that..

 

[TEN]

@exiledking is determined to make us accept that shit.

He's trolling this thread, crying bout who cares, yet he can't stop writing paragraphs bout this, begging for anyone to reply. Attention whore bitches are not just female.

 

[NightMare Paint]

He's trolling this thread, crying bout who cares, yet he can't stop writing paragraphs bout this, begging for anyone to reply. Attention whore bitches are not just female.

Right. This is the most caring "not caring" I've ever seen.

 

[exiledking]

He's trolling this thread, crying bout who cares, yet he can't stop writing paragraphs bout this, begging for anyone to reply. Attention whore bitches are not just female.

That's the stupidest shit I ever beard Lol.

I'm laughimg at y'all bitching for several pages about something you care about but can't do shit about.

This happened.



It's done. Get over it

 

[exiledking]

So did you cats that watched the game cater it with papa johns pizza, Chick-fil-a sandwiches and wear the cutest monkey in the jungle shirts?

y'all in here bitching about a halftime show because Prince said it was demonic.

Well the NFL is racist but y'all still watched that..

Lol right. I actually DO care for these fools in here talking like they cracked some kinda code and still gonna bump Justins new shit like tbey have all the other shit, and will be right there at the concert when he tours. Most consious, do nothing, can't even keep from watching a game clowns ever. But they can break down all the hidden motives and agendas for ya all day. Just ain't finna actually DO shit. I do care about that.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

@exiledking is determined to make us accept that shit.

Right
Like I don't get it at all man fighting hard for this dude

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Lol right. I actually DO care for these fools in here talking like they cracked some kinda code and still gonna bump Justins new shit like tbey have all the other shit, and will be right there at the concert when he tours. Most consious, do nothing, can't even keep from watching a game clowns ever. But they can break down all the hidden motives and agendas for ya all day. Just ain't finna actually DO shit. I do care about that.

Justin is a piece of shit
I was never a fan and his actions after Janet totally erased him from my memory banks
There's a twitter thread outlining how trash he is I'll try to find it later

 

[Gemini]

 

[Gemini]