Throwback to the moment when Prince chewed gum during his performance in 1995 at the AMA's as a protest against being forced to lip-sync.

He did that a few times. Had the band play guitars with mittens on and stuff like that. 😂😂 Funny.

Side note he’s just as good of a dancer as MJ … said what I said lol

He was such a great artist- he always found his own way to make his point! RIP Purple one - ☝️

dude was so talented.. why would they want him to lip sync?

Ese momento de 1995 fue puro desafío. Prince no solo mascó chicle, usó una paleta para dejar claro que su voz no era lo que escuchabas; era una protesta total contra la industria. 🤔 Dato Curioso: ¡Llevaba la palabra "SLAVE" escrita en su mejilla porque Warner Bros era dueña de su nombre y de su música! ¿Lo sabías? 🤯

Chomped on that gum like a boss and never missed a step. GOAT for sure!

Michelle Phillips, from The Mamas & the Papas, famously ate a banana during their 1967 performance of “California Dreamin’” on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band had to lip-sync to a pre-recorded track (with her vocals playing), and she casually peeled and ate the banana on stage—sometimes even singing into it instead of the microphone—as a playful (or subtle protest) act while the recording played.

Real deal

I be wanting to RT these videos so bad but so many of our “Rock and Roll” or “Blues” or “RnB” pages are not even American-based. 😩😂

the way he rose up out of that split though 🔥

I love when all these people piss and moan about lip syncing on tv/award shows when often its required. Now live concerts, yea that shit should be illegal

Proving that Prince was so talented that he could dance, sing, chew gum and look fine all at the same time.

He should have won an award for best performance while chewing gum; should have gotten an endorsement with Juicy Fruit, Doublemint, Spearmint and Extra!

How is one forced to lip sync? Don’t perform at all as a sign of resistance.

Please! Prince made EVERYTHING he did cool. So many great singers died too young and sadly, all drug related.

He was the sexiest sassy man ever 😅🤣

This is why Prince was & still is THE MAN!

Michelle Phillips did it first #banana

My goodness he’s so beautiful so talented. It’s so gorgeous decades later I’ve seen him twice. It’s exactly like this going to concert for prince. It’s exactly that vibe That energy this beauty oh my goodness I will never forget that. #Prince

RIP Prince 💜💜💜💜💜

Only Prince could think of that kind of protest!❤️🤩

The split-up, tho.

Okay but the split into standing was sickening….

@grok what song is Prince performing in this clip?

Michelle Philips ate a banana on live tv while performing 😂

he was the best

💜🔥

I love the rebel in Prince.

One of the girls in the Mamas and Papas ate a banana while being forced to do a live show lip singing

This is a crude explanation of what he did.

Why not just keep it zipped and stare at the camera?

I was the only one in our school who liked Prince. Damn good taste.

Did you know he’s a Nelson?