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Micki Free: Everything in Prince basketball skit is true

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"Chappelle's Show" featured many memorable sketches during its three-year run from 2003-06, but the most iconic was Charlie Murphy recalling the time he lost to Prince in a game of pickup basketball.

While the story sounds too outlandish to be true, Micki Free - one of Prince's teammates in the game - revealed to Jerry Bembry of The Undefeated that it really did happen.

"Everything in that skit is true," the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter said. "I played in that game. And Prince was Steph Curry all m-----f------ night!"

In the skit, Murphy's team changes into athletic gear while Prince and his crew play in blouses. That, too, is accurate, according to Free.

"Yes, it's true, we had on 'blouses,' and frilly shirts," Free said. "The same clothes we had at the club. Prince played in 6-inch heels!"

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