Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothing to f*** with and neither is His Royal Badness Prince. Singer Lil’ Mo came for Prince after New Orleans Police prevented her from using a particular restroom at the Essence Festival over the weekend. And of course Lil’ Mo pointed the finger at Prince.
According to her Instagram page, the “Superwoman” singer had VIP passes to roam around backstage at the festival but says she was prevented from using the restroom and even “pushed in the stomach” to get out of the way, because Prince was about to make his way to the stage. Hot butter popcorn mad about the incident, Mo went on Instagram and called Prince out for being a diva, er, divo.
“yall have NO idea how these celebs be actin. and I’m not gonna eem bother they ass. i had to pee I’m real life,” she wrote. “I was pushed in my stomach cuz somebody was coming through. i just want to sing and take care of MY family. f— all this EXTRA unnecessary s— dawg.”
That wasn’t enough, so Mo took it a little further by accusing Prince of not being able to hit his notes and having no songs on the radio. But Prince’s fans weren’t having any of that disrespect and let Mo have it on Twitter.
Some of the tweets are as follows:
“Very tacky of you. If the security or police pushed you, go at them. Not the celebrity.”
“Girl you will NEVER have the amount of fans, hit songs, or record sales as Prince. That’s the problem with you wannabes you don’t respect the people who paved the way. You will NEVER Ever compare to Prince.”
“you can hold your pee for a few more seconds or better yet why you didn’t pee early? Please have ALL the seats in the Superdome.”
“You should be grateful you were in the presence of The Legendary Prince Rogers Nelson!!! Know your place, which is an irrelevant one. Oh and by the way, Prince could have written 3 or 4 albums while you were in the bathroom. Lol”
Poor Lil’ Mo, everyone knew this wasn’t going to end well.
Prince (or whomever tweets from his handle @3RDEYEGIRL) jumped in on Twitter and tweeted a series of disses to the “R&B Diva” cast member, which were later deleted, or because it’s Prince, probably vanished into thin air. But the one tweet that remains is the a sub-tweet from the Purple Rain-maker himself, which was a photo of him giving some serious side-eye captioned: “I hope she know, none of her clothes match.”
After that, there’s nothing left to say, drop the mic and exit the stage.
Unfortunately, this isn’t Lil Mo’s first time disrespecting a living legend. She sent for Stevie Wonder when he encouraged Americans to boycott Florida after George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin.