Jerome Benton on his Time with Prince

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  • @tomfilus6030
    @tomfilus6030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Jerome is a legend. The Time as a band are legends. Put them in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or there is no need for one!!

  • @urbananderson6011
    @urbananderson6011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I think that Jerome is TRULY one of the people who cared about Prince!!!

  • @ROCKNROLLFAN
    @ROCKNROLLFAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Thank You Jerome Benton for honoring our beloved one's legacy. God bless you, Brother!

  • @dion2616
    @dion2616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Under The Cherry Moon is one of my favorite movies of all time. Love this guy.

  • @love2all837
    @love2all837 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Out of everyone in the purple clan this man had the best experience with Mr.PrinCe. He was alot of fun and non-judgemental.If Jerome would write a book I would DEFINITELY buy it💜 (cuz there's so much more that we haven't heard)

  • @marlon3502
    @marlon3502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Take care , Jerome. I love U.

  • @ellascott4497
    @ellascott4497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It's about time!👍🌷💝 Something positive said about a famous person who passed. God bless you Mr. Jerome and continue to be a blessings to us all and keep positive vibes when speaking On: Mr. Prince Rogers Nelson so his legacy will always be seen with continual repsect and admiration.
    Thank you for this inspiring upload and stay healthy🎼🥁🎤🎸🎺🇺🇸

  • @LaJoBa1
    @LaJoBa1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Would love to hangout with Jerome Benton... My best friend's dad's name is/was RIP Jerome Benton, and he always said I was his other son.

  • @angeliquesoul6719
    @angeliquesoul6719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It is really possible to stay awake for 3 days straight without drugs. Without medication to go to sleep I'll stay awake for days and be very creative writing songs and poetry. So it doesn't surprise me Prince didn't get much sleep.

    • @love2all837
      @love2all837 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I heard he would eat alot of Suger stuff and coffee

  • @PainKiller0247
    @PainKiller0247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Man thanx for the awesome insight Jerome. I know you hate to speak on things. Your persona was always as big as Prince's. You guys had the best chemistry. I'd love to hear those stories only you could tell. Id pay money.
    I trust you and Bobby Z with the greatest insight. Bless you for being you brother

  • @antashamorgan7936
    @antashamorgan7936 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    PRINCE WAS AND IS, SHALL 🐝 BE THE G.O.A.T....I LOVE ME SOME PRINCE ❤️🔥💯🌟💥
    HE DID IT BY THE GRACE OF GOD

  • @powermanlukecage4864
    @powermanlukecage4864 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you Jerome for everything! I love your contribution to this art and for your honesty. Ur the man

  • @QueenBDreamwalker
    @QueenBDreamwalker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    hey roamierome u rite ~ BoyFriend was on another level that didn't need drugs to keep high energy 🎶💜

  • @mr.anthonym.leavysr.7512
    @mr.anthonym.leavysr.7512 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I LOVE IT, THANKS JEROME 4 KEEPING IT 💯 ✊🏾🫡

  • @ROCKNROLLFAN
    @ROCKNROLLFAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I believe EVERYTHING that Jerome is telling us cuz Prince was NEVER a drug addict especially like the media LIED and said that he was after he passed.

    • @BoosterGoldEarth6
      @BoosterGoldEarth6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately the autopsy tells us different. He maybe wasn't one in the 1980s because was young. But it caught up with him in the end

    • @love2all837
      @love2all837 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BoosterGoldEarth6 ok tell us what his drug of choice was smart one?

    • @jsamc
      @jsamc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@love2all837 crickets

    • @jazshas
      @jazshas หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the drugs he did use were to alleviate the pain from injuries to his body from all of those strenuous dance moves he performed over the years.

  • @thespadestable
    @thespadestable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Back in the 80's, Prince was in his 20's, so going days with only a snooze, at best, is possible for most with nothing more than a caffeine sodas, coffee, and No Doze. Eventually that type of living catches up to you in by your late 30's or into your 40's.
    But Prince eventually needed pain killers, because his body was breaking down on him due to the aging process, the wear and tear of repetitive motion, awkward seating, body positioning, and torqueing on the muscles and joints needed to play instruments, and just the life unhealthy lifestyle of being an on the road live performer.
    No one is invincible, and all the artist who had to be on the road to make their money, suffered and died from health issues. Heart, high blood pressure, diabetes, alcohol and drug abuse, just to name a few.

    • @mrtoles8692
      @mrtoles8692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so true and we're all guilty of that even if it's only an aspirin

    • @thespadestable
      @thespadestable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @JSU Tigers -
      Prince never had hip surgery. The incision noted on his autopsy was from an arthroscopic procedure due to it's small size. Prince needed a complete hip replacement like Morris did, but never went through with it. Had he gone through with it, the incision would had covered about 70+% of this hip area.

    • @thespadestable
      @thespadestable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @JSU Tigers -
      Prince was already having hip issues and was taking pain meds. A doctor did the procedure to help clean out the area and not require blood transfusion, but to give him a better quality of life, he needed to hardware insertion. Morris said he put his off, but since having it done, it changed his life, to include allowed him to perform on stage without the pain.
      Besides his hip, Prince was suffering from hand and wrist pain. Pretty much Prince's performance career was over, but was trying to wing a miracle before he died.

    • @thespadestable
      @thespadestable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @JSU Tigers -
      It's called, once worked in diagnostic radiology and having to sit in on hip and knee replacements, because surgeons need exposures taken to determine the placement of the hardware. That means sitting in one spot while the hammer, drill, and sometimes screw to get the hardware into the bone.
      To hammer the hardware in, means cutting the leg wide enough to to make room. A 3-4 inch incision is not big enough.

    • @BoosterGoldEarth6
      @BoosterGoldEarth6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🎯🎯🎯🎯

  • @cdavis7602
    @cdavis7602 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    That’s what I like about the true friends of Prince. They all understood and respected him and even to this day after his death no one has told anything that Prince wouldn’t want told or tried to use his name to make money.

  • @mrlij6534
    @mrlij6534 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I can see how he would rely on Jerome for an escape into just being normal because Jerome had that energy of cool side kick , friend to be around and not worry about the heavy things. you could see it in the Cherry moon movie in that famous scene at the restaurant

  • @jancheema6776
    @jancheema6776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thk you for sharing. Smile. Jerome on point. Nj-usa

  • @lindaburnette195
    @lindaburnette195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love 💘 prince and Jerome.

  • @derrickcancel6354
    @derrickcancel6354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love 2 Jerome!!!

  • @PottedJam
    @PottedJam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks Jerome, for being there.

  • @unicron8soundwave724
    @unicron8soundwave724 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those little tid bits i am appreciative. WOW what a Brother & Real Friend🥹 Thank you gentalmen.
    🎉Happy Black History Year🎉

  • @strauqq1
    @strauqq1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Toure asked some good questions

  • @DJDaddyAbraham
    @DJDaddyAbraham ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Prince and Grace Jones in the same room !!!! Awesome

  • @marvinmiller6129
    @marvinmiller6129 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Big ups brotha ✊🏾

  • @Twan1985
    @Twan1985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I believe everything Jerome is saying cuz if u true Prince fan u know Prince was very antidrug that's why he called quits with Vanity cuz of her drug addiction and I heard he fired Big Chick from being his bodyguard bcuz of his drug addiction

  • @hollylowery26
    @hollylowery26 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Prince has insomnia in the 80's and a drive to become the best musician so that he could come back home and make all his friends successful and independent! 💜💋💜

  • @mikelkeith2115
    @mikelkeith2115 ปีที่แล้ว

    Prince, the Real one man show, everyone, and everything else are just props.

  • @jsamc
    @jsamc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was COOL !!

  • @KiantraHall-fm2nx
    @KiantraHall-fm2nx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜

  • @reoscorpio
    @reoscorpio 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We need to hear more than 5 minutes from Jerome.. on Prince

  • @Wilson632
    @Wilson632 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jerome is telling this man the truth and he don't want to hear it

  • @HarriBestReactions
    @HarriBestReactions ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I honestly think Prince was autistic.So many signs are there.The obsessions,musical talent..shyness..lack of sleep and untold energy.He must have been.

    • @Reprodestruxion
      @Reprodestruxion 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bit of kopitelesem too

  • @mrstanbmw
    @mrstanbmw ปีที่แล้ว

    you should see the interview of Prince when he was about 11 or 12 the local TV station in Minneapolis went through the archives and came across this interview nobody realize that this guy would be world famous but it was about the teachers strke

  • @anetricejones4263
    @anetricejones4263 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where can we find the full interview

  • @antashamorgan7936
    @antashamorgan7936 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    💍💎

  • @sirlarrylove4484
    @sirlarrylove4484 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jerome, you have changed a lick

  • @reginafris6822
    @reginafris6822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So there is a genetic mutation that allows certain individuals to only need 4 hours of sleep per night. Most former Prince associates say he slept very little, and if he did a 48 hour marathon recording session, he'd sleep the next day, get up, and start all over again. There was a bed installed at Sunset Sound, and his engineers said he would nap and write music on it, and whatever else. I love Jerome's loyalty to Prince. He and Andre are examples of those Prince loved and trusted. Also love Peggy Mac, who is straightforward about Prince. She keeps it real, and refrains from the psychobabble and girlfriend analysis of another engineer, who sounds utterly pompous, IMHO.

    • @lumiere7216
      @lumiere7216 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I read the same thing about having beds at paisley in the recording studio

  • @dominiquejones3805
    @dominiquejones3805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ima get me some crumbs😂 we'd show up perfumed up

  • @gpl6789
    @gpl6789 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too bad the Full interview is missing

  • @zazanshemshady9682
    @zazanshemshady9682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Prince didnt take/ consume cocaine. Certainly he slept...but not that much...he was so creative...no time for sleeping

    • @lumiere7216
      @lumiere7216 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      He didn’t need drugs. Music was his drug of choice.

  • @richardtaylor1027
    @richardtaylor1027 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jerome

  • @yolandalumpkin1605
    @yolandalumpkin1605 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm thinking in my head if u are creative, love music like he did, creating all kinds of different sounds...I can see how u wouldn't sleep because u want to get ur thoughts, ideas out pretty quick...I can see him doing that for the love of his musical craft.

  • @eileenpizarro1558
    @eileenpizarro1558 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Toure seems to be “implying” that Prince did drugs. Prince in his later years was on pain medication. Prince did not do drugs.

  • @tonywilson2104
    @tonywilson2104 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    J is 100% RIGHT the only correct place for a real man to wear his woman's panties is around his neck or on his face it's called a love mask (of course it depends on what time of the month it is).😉🙂😉

  • @inthemixradiostl8179
    @inthemixradiostl8179 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Toure is moist.

  • @darrylnelson05
    @darrylnelson05 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    But what about Morris?

  • @LaRochePosay04
    @LaRochePosay04 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Susannah his fiance at the time said that he slept. His engineer said that he slept in a few times.

  • @jazshas
    @jazshas วันที่ผ่านมา

    I believe Prince was HUMAN! He had faults, flaws, and weaknesses like all of us do.
    He created his music and his band. You have the right to take your creation and run it the way you desire.
    When a person asks you to assist them in their vision, you have a choice to say yes or no, to stay or go. If you're tired of assisting them in accomplishing their dream, move the heck on and start your own.
    I'm tired of people trying to rip Prince apart after his death. If you thought he was a big no-good, you should've had the balls to say it to his face.
    I see all these has beens wanting to discredit him after his death. Most of the women wouldn't have given him the time of day right off the bat because he was 5'3" tall. They were only into him because he was a successful entertainer, not for the full scope of who he was. Prince changed as he aged and grew to know the Lord.

  • @cbow5582
    @cbow5582 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This convo was very awkward at points. Too many silent moments and the interviewer assuming EVERYONE in the 80s did drugs or was a alcoholic. Very cringey

  • @quincyrawls2841
    @quincyrawls2841 ปีที่แล้ว

    Morris ain't shit without Jerome 😂😂 He the first hype-man before I even knew what a hype-man was and he was 🥶
    My very concert ever in life eva was bout 3yrs ago in Benton Harbor MI Ojays & Morris Day came late missed the Ojays😢 I seen Morris and Jerome wasn't with him I was instantly 😡 ion Kno who bruh was holding the mirror up but it dam sho wasn't Jerome annnddd. He played my fav song Jerk Out the very last song and didn't perform it all way thru 🤦🏿‍♂️ WTF but I still enjoyed myself and Morris still got it I'm 41yrs and my 1of2 concerts eva in life the 1st was Morris Day 😂😂😂 I got a old soul tho 🤷🏿‍♂️and Rick Ross, Freddie Gibbs, Babyface Ray was my 2nd

  • @yolanda5759
    @yolanda5759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jerome is Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis's brother!

    • @sweetivy23
      @sweetivy23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He’s Terry’s brother.

  • @teleguy5699
    @teleguy5699 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds like Prince might have had Bipolar disorder.

  • @LamarJennings-eo8ps
    @LamarJennings-eo8ps 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just because you didn't see doesn't mean he didn't his sister Sharon Nelson who prince slept with say during the purple rain era did use cocaine also Jerome was fired for going to work with janet but he conveniently left that out

  • @jayfab4689
    @jayfab4689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This man ain't age

  • @OCPAC7
    @OCPAC7 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's called adrenaline you can do it, he trained his self he probably read books he knew about that sleep deprivation thing! Trying to self like the military does some military people do not take drugs they do not give them drugs and they stay off three or four days straight with no sleep!

  • @thepromiseman7745
    @thepromiseman7745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is Jerome still in his skin 🤣😅😆😅

  • @nillehessy
    @nillehessy ปีที่แล้ว

    elvis said ´i don´t use drugs and i don´t like people who take them´ heheheh yehh
    i just saying the things people can make themselves ´wise´ on + justification
    like a thin sprayed on chrome layer over a botomless foggy black murky lake shrouted in denial and amnesia

  • @e.kharimbrazille-ohe
    @e.kharimbrazille-ohe ปีที่แล้ว

    Processing during Marine Corps Boot Camp will keep you up about that long... Smh

  • @hangingwiththegrlz4891
    @hangingwiththegrlz4891 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not to mention Prince was vegan and very healthy.

  • @yolandalumpkin1605
    @yolandalumpkin1605 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still dont believe he died from drugs...just so hard to understand...we all know he was...just saying.

  • @LamarJennings-eo8ps
    @LamarJennings-eo8ps 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No I think he's just trying to stay relevant just like Morris and apples

  • @DJDaddyAbraham
    @DJDaddyAbraham ปีที่แล้ว

    Panties???