There was a funky surprise in archival footage of a 1970 Minneapolis teachers’ strike.
Matt Liddy, the production manager of Minneapolis news station WCCO, found footage of the strike that included video and an interview with an 11-year-old Prince! “I think they should get a better education too cause, um, and I think they should get some more money cause they work, they be working extra hours for us and all that stuff,” a young Prince Nelson says in the footage.
Watch the news report below
It almost sounds unbelievable, except that a former classmate of the music legend confirmed that, yes-that IS Prince.
Which musicians would you want to see childhood footage of? Which celebrity would be fun to go to school with?