award winning producer and performer, jimmy jam. so good to have you on.es, i'm sorry fors loss of your friend. you and prince had a friendship spanning decades. is it true you met in junior high? >> that's right, junior high school in minneapolis. we took a piano class together, if you can believe that. we both knew how to already play, but it was a good excuse to get out of school an hour. we would go to the high school and the teacher would give us mary had a little lamb, tell us to learn it. as soon as she walked out, we would start jamming, as soon as she came back in, we pretended we didn't know how to play. >> what did a seventh grade prince like, what did he look like, what was he like? >> he was amazing. i fancy myself as a pretty good keyboard player at that point in time, and prince could play rings around me, i mean, he was so good. not only was he a great keyboard player, but also a great guitar player. he is one of the few people that can pick up any instrument and play it but play better than you. >> had he been taught? >> well, he came from

stevie wonder joins us, spike lee, jimmy jam, here to remember the musical force of nature prince. it is like hearing the grand canyon die, that's how adam mckay reacted to the passing at age 57. that barely scratched the surface. in the next two hours and whatever late reporting comes on the circumstances of his death, we will try to do prince justice. we will talk about the influence of stevie wonder and who influenced him, the people he loved, business

award winning producer and performer, jimmy jam. so good to have you on.i'm sorry for loss of your friend. you and prince had a friendship spanning decades. is it true you met in junior high? >> t that's right, junior high school in minneapolis. we took a piano class together, if you can believe that. we both knew how to already play, but it was a good excuse to get out of school an hour. we would go to the high school and the teacher would give us mary had a little lamb, tell us to learn it. as soon as she walked out, we would start jamming, as soon as she came back in, we pretended we didn't know how to play. >> what did a seventh grade prince like, what did he look like, what was he like? >> he was amazing. i fancy myself as a pretty good keyboard player at that point in time, and prince could play rings around me, i mean, he was so good. not only was he a great keyboard player, but also a great guitar player. he is one of the few people that can pick up any instrument and play it but play better than you. >> had he been taught? >> well, he came from a

. ♪ ♪ >> music producer jimmy jam was a childhood friend. >> prince was very quiet.his musical ability spoke volumes. he had a huge afro. all the girls loved him. he played basketball, right. and he would come up the court and like literally, he would be bouncing the ball up the court and his 'fro would be like in tempo -- and the girls would be in the stands screaming, ah, prince! it was crazy. >> first at the first avenue nightclub, fans listened to a young prince perform and witnessed the beginnings of his musical genius. >> this was very important to prince. first ave, he felt a real bond with it. >> byron frank helped run the business at first avenue. just as prince was launching his career. byron's daughter dana now owns the club. >> this was his, his lab. >> his lab, to test it out. >> uh-huh. >> the first time the world ever heard "purple rain" was right from that stage. it's pretty transcendent experience. >> he later used the club as a location for the film of the same name. ♪ ♪ >> they call prince, the patron saint of first avenue. and fittingly, the memor

for sure. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and you wanted to hear a a pearl jam song. >> jimmy: it freaked me out. >> i think this is pretty much verbatim. you're like, "oh, i want to hear that song." that's all he said. [ laughter ] and i for -- i don't know how i understood that you meant "yellow ledbetter." >> jimmy: you played it. [ laughter ] >> i was like, i know which one you're talking about. and you're like, "no, you don't. i said, that song." i put it on and you looked at [ mumbling pearl jam ] >> jimmy: i went nuts. >> and by the way, who knows one lyric to that song? i don't. >> jimmy: not even eddie vedder. [ laughter and applause ] adam, let's talk about "the voice." congrats on another great fun season. you have two new coaches coming on, miley cyrus who we love. >> love her. >> jimmy: love her so much. >> and alicia keys. >> jimmy: alicia keys, come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm super excited. i can't wait. it's going to be great. and we've had such great people on the show. blake and i have been there forever, 100,000 years it seems like. >>

jimmy jam and terri lewis are from there.t's got a really interesting mix obviously of this funk, this soul that's turned into the pop sound that thousands of people die every year from the flu and this is the reason that we tell people to be very careful in trying to get that flu shot. now we don't know if he got it or not, especially this year the flu vaccine was very effective. we don't know a lot about his medical history. we can tell you that there are reports he suffered from epilepsy. we're not sure about that but there are some reports to that effect so he might have some % underlying chronic medical diseases that we don't know about. but somebody who's battling the flu and now who's going and working very lard at his -- as he was. again, you don't know if the fl. this is very typ)(p& of some of the flu like symptoms that evolve into pneumonia. that of course leads to body shot down, respiratory failure and this could ultimately end up in death. >> are there other conditions that can mask themselves as the flu that mi

we talked to jimmy jam, talked to stevie wonder, to george clinton, he was in command of that stage whene. >> yeah, i was just, i had the pleasure of doing a music video for the film "money don't matter." called me out of the blue, said i want to direct this video. so i did it. two weeks ago he had a party for the cast of "hamilton." he performed and was in great form, great shape. he looked fine to me. now he's gone. >> when he would perform, did he used to have parties late at night, i used to get calls, i met him over a dinner, i used to get calls from his people saying prince is having a party tonight, he would like you to come, but i was always in new york. i've got a job. i was like can you give me a heads up, i can't just get on a plane and go there. i feel like i missed all of these incredible parties he must have had. >> well, big party happening tonight, that's all i can say, anderson, big party tonight. >> i saw it on the instagram. >> be good. >> spike, you want to go back and party, no problem. i'll talk to you later. >> thank you, anderson, thank you cnn. >> have fun in bro

lifelong friend and music producer, jimmy jams. >> prince was very quiet, but his music and his musical ability spoke volumes. said everything he needed to say. >> reporter: but his legacy went far beyond his own art. he was a mentor. >> unfortunately a lot of kids didn't learn thousand play music. one of the reasons we're going out on the road and we're titling this tour music college is because i really feel a need to school a new generation of >> reporter: he did just that with sheila e, who he encouraged to move to the front of the stage. >> i just didn't like singing without playing. and it just felt weird to me because it was something i wasn't used to. and that was one thing that he encouraged me, he's like you can do it, you do it for everyone else. you do it for yourself. >> reporter: he recently discovered vocalist erin allen king on youtube. >> i sung a song called hollow, and he found it, i guess, on the internet, and then he posted it on his twitter, and i like flipped out. >> reporter: king says prince took her under his wing empowering her as a musician and inspiring her

." >> it's like minnesota, jimmy jam, terry louis, and morris day at the time, they had their own sounde the sound of minnesota. like the mo-town sound, like the philly sound, their own sound, and, you know, beautiful thing about prince is that he was able to do a couple of classic movies and those movies sort of, like, showed a different side of him. >> reporter: now philadelphia based rapper dice raw who worked with artists like the roots met prince once at his l.a. home. he says his favorite song growing up was "little red corvette", and he was inspired by prince's fashion sense and has been a long time artist with such diverse fan base that this is a very sad day in music. live in south philadelphia, cydney long, n b.c. 10 news. >> local celebrities impacted, celebrating the life of prince on social media. >> we have some of the reaction bits. what are you seeing? >> reporter: a lot of shock, keith and rosemary, people, of course, were not expecting this to happen, so we're going to go to the first thing is from quest love, legendary roots crew, tweeted out, live the king, tweeting

♪ >> jimmy: that's a good jam. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ the 12:00 news blues jam. t out of my head. i love it. >> steve: because you've got too much time on your hands. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: too much song in my head. >> steve: no! [ laughter ] don't say that. ♪ song in my head >> jimmy: man, i got blues clues, man. i'm brained. i got steve on the brain. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, microsoft, for having a name that's the exact opposite of viagra. [ audience ohs ] >> steve: hey! that's a thinker. that's a shower. >> jimmy: that's barely apparently they thought about it. uh, no thank you. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, bernie sanders, for joining a a picket line with striking verizon workers, marking the first time you've ever had to say, "can you hear me now?" [ laughter ] [ applause ] can you hear me now? yes, we can hear you, bernie. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, bumper stickers, for being automobile tramp stamps. [ laughter ] there you guys have it. those are my thank you notes. we'll be right back with robert de niro. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] with the new money monopoly game at mcd

jimmy jam, terry lewis, a couple other big friends. they did janet jackson's control and really brought her back to the forefront. >> he had apparently, according to the reports, had ill health in recent weeks. and had canceled a couple concerts. he canceled a couple concert dates but it was not disclosed at that time whether he was in any kind -- >> he was hospitalized on friday on the way back home from a show. we have more from julia. >> just to talk a little bit about the success of "purple rain," the soundtrack album spent 24 weeks atopt billboard charts. he was a massive talent. he had seven grammy awards. he had two golden globes as well as an academy award. so a talent across all the different areas. and he also did soundtracks for a number of movies including the 1989 sound truck to "batman" and he toured extensively. i once saw him on tour. he was phenomenal. >> julia, not afraid of a fight, too. you have to remember whether prince changed his name to the symbol, it was a message to the record industry, screw you. you've got

going to the club years ago in minneapolis, dive club, paying five dollars cover hearing prince and jimmy jamis at beginning when no one knew who they were. he was basically a very talented person with mozart of modern day. he could play all the instruments. he could create and compose almost at will. and it would just come out of him. greatness, he didn't choose greatness. greatness chose him. and that is really what we're dealing with here. genius. >> i loved about him too. his greatness was so iconic but it transcended race or anything else, time, space. deirdre: every single person who likes music loves him, that simple, right? >> exactly. >> stacey dash, thank you very much. lauren green, thank you very much. our condolences to the community as well as you grew up with him. lauren green, stacey dash. be tuned tonight with kennedy. she has a hour-long special on legacy of prince. that starts 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> we will be talking more about the legacy. also more from the rnc. voting rules to keep rules unchanged. so we'll give you more on that from someone who was in the room. ♪ w

because it's prince, it's jimmy jam and terry lewis and flight time, sounds of blackness, the steels,f these people who create this richness of the music scene of minnesota. >> we've been hearing a lot about the fact that maybe he grew up in a troubled environment in his home. some of that was depicted in his life story, "purple rain," which he won an academy award for. but what are your memories? >> i did'nt know him that well. i knew him as this kid. if he had a troubled home, i never knew about it. when you're kids playing in the same neighborhood, the kid doesn't talk about his personal life. he's just a kid named prince. i never knew much more about him than that. we did have conversations after he became "prince." i do remember, he asked me to be in one of his videos. we had a conversation once about music, he says why don't you come down to the club. i said club's not my scene. but we had this really soulful conversation on the phone about music and that told me he was a real musician. he wasn't just this sort of pop showman. he really understood music. spl when you talk about

." ♪ >> reporter: acclaimed songwriter and producer jimmy jam collaborated with prince since they weres influence. ♪'t >> reporter: prince's unashamed on stage sexuality paved the way for other artists like madonna to express themselves. ♪ express yourself >> one thing, i always try to keep sensuality in my music. was never done in a spirit of misogyny or meanness. >> i think what you're seeing there is just his bravery in terms of being himself. i think artists really respond to and are inspired by that freedom and truth to one's self. >> wherever we get too tied down anything on earth, be it a name, a body, a lifestyle, that's the road to ruin. ♪ >> reporter: prince's influence will be greater than ever, he feels renewed attention to the music following his death will lead more to discover him and be inspired by him. >> thanks. >>> sheila e. was prince's drummer, collaborator, long-time friend, and at one point his fiancee. the recording artist is in minneapolis where she went immediately to pay her respects. sheila e., good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> as i said, you flew i

. >> when you think about whatink he's done for the world, yould know, jimmy jam and lewis playee forackson one of the largest icons of all time.ll >> when you look at thehen influences it's beyondd imagination how many people hemy touched directly or indirectlyy inn clueing yourself.clg we thank you for keeping hiseepg music alive.music alive. we wish you the best and holeol physical see you back here if hr the lot of real soon.lot of rea >> thank you. i can't wait to come back. >> let's get over to gary to g mcgrady right now.gr you saw some of the video from m the super bowl half time show in that pouring rain and i know yoo have a little bit of that greenn stuff there on your maps.r map >> right now it's holding off.o. it's holding off. off >> good.>>ood >> out to the wet.>> ot. little bit of rain in this casec wouldn't be a bad thing. be i mean he did have some rain sor during that super bowluperow performance. it was awesome. listen here's what's going ont' out that now.ow rain back out to the we have.hev the clouds have thickened ae t it's getting closer to us.r to u we're goin

shall played drums, played piano arranged pretty much all the songs we heard, and he worked with jimmy jamw music so well and knew the business. >> he knew music well, performed, wrote music, performed. carrie, you knew him as a boss. what was he like as a businessman? >> it is really funny, as a businessman like i said, he didn't do things for money. he did things because he felt them in his soul. like when he was going today the bot mitzvah, he didn't want to do it for $10 million because it wasn't cool. so as a businessman, he would come up with all these ideas. each idea he came up with was interesting. some were incredible, some were horrible. the fact of the matter is, the ones that were incredible paid for the ones that were horrible. you couldn't stop him from doing the horrible ones, you never knew if that horrible thing would be incredible, he was that much of a genius. >> we heard van jones say he was religious, a jehovah's witness. talk about that a little bit. >> okay. this is funny. after i finished working with him, one day i get a knock on the door. i open the door, and it

. ♪ >> jimmy jam collaborated with prince since they were teenagers. >> he made everybody better at what ♪ prince's unashamed on stage sexuality paved the way for other artists like madonna to express themselves. ♪ >> one thing i tried to keep sensuality in my music. it was never done in a spirit of massageny or meanness. >> what you're seeing is his bravery in terms of being himself. i think artists really respond to and are inspired by that freedom and truth to one's self. >> when we get too tied down to anything on earth, be it a name, a body, a lifestyle, that's the road to ruin. ♪ >> billboards jam said prince's influence will be greater than ever. the attention to his music following his death will lead more people to listen to him. >> sheila e., the recording artist this morning is in minneapolis where she went immediately to pay our respects. sheila e., good morning. >> you flew immediately to minneapolis. but you knew the man. we've been talking about the genius. tell us about the man. >> he was incredible person, very talented. and as everyone has said so far, he was a genius.

we talked to jimmy jam, talked to stevie wonder, to george clinton, he was in command of that stage whenwas just, i had the pleasure of doing a music video for the film "money don't matter." called me out of the blue, said i want to direct this video. so i did it. two weeks ago he had a party for the cast of "hamilton." he performed and was in great form, great shape. he looked fine to me. now he's gone. >> when he would perform, did he used to have parties late at night, i used to get calls, i met him over a dinner, i used to get calls from his people saying prince is having a party tonight, he would like you to come, but i was always in new york. i've got a job. i was like can you give me a heads up, i can't just get on a plane and go there. i feel like i missed all of these incredible parties he must have had. >> well, big party happening tonight, that's all i can say, anderson, big party tonight. >> i saw it on the instagram. >> be good. >> spike, you want to go back and party, no problem. i'll talk to you later. >> thank you, anderson, thank you cnn. >> have fun in brooklyn. an amaz

. >> jimmy: that's what he does, he rides shirtless on a horse. >> steve: that's his jam. >> jimmy: yeaha a pretty macho thing to do, right? >> steve: right. >> jimmy: let's zoom in. he's got a tattoo that says "dance like no one's watching." [ laughter ] >> steve: really? [ cheers and applause ] in english? >> jimmy: in english. >> steve: that's weird. that is odd. >> jimmy: it's the language of love. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: english. >> steve: english. it's the language -- the international language. >> jimmy: international language of love. >> steve: i'm still not getting this. and i thank you for the presentation. >> jimmy: let me give you -- no, problem, and i -- you're a a good student. >> steve: thank you. >> jimmy: let me give you another example. >> steve: okay, ybe w, i will grasp it. >> jimmy: basicall we zoom in on photos and enhance it so you can see something -- >> steve: i don't understand. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, i get it. >> steve: all right. let me see. >> jimmy: well, let me give you another example, here. here's a photo of those castaways who were stranded on a pa

. >> jimmy: that's my jam! gisele bundchen, everybody. her book "gisele bundchen" is available now. fitz and the tantrums perform for us after the break. stick around everybody. how do you do this? [ cheers and applause ] stop... clicking around book direct at hilton.com and... start playing start relaxing start loving book direct at hilton.com... and start saving. wait, you shot that? she calls it, "onions." it's beautiful. put this on our homepage now. can i have three tickets for "onions" please? this was like seeing the onion on a molecular level. this is talent. why are we not representing it? ! tan bonitas! 4k on an iphone, wake up people! and the winner is... "onions." inside the rack houses of jim beam, thousands of barrels lay silent. but that doesn't mean they lay idle. in fact, inside each and every jim beam barrel, the bourbon is aging, building a fuller, smoother flavor, that only comes from being aged four long years. at jim beam, our history is made from the inside. how will you make yours? i'll be right back. be good. text mom. boys have been really good today. send.

jimmy: i know. i got to choose my jam. that's tough competition. >> steve: choose carefully. >> jimmy: i know, and thank you very much. i'm very excited about the show tonight. come on, the one and only taylor lautner is here, you guys! >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he's the man. he's always fun. he's been in england for a a while. taylor and i are going to go head to head in a game of random object shootout later in the show. a little march madness fun. plus, this guy can do it all, sean "diddy" combs is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] and i'm so excited, we have [ cheers and applause ] guys, it's time for "tonight show hashtags!" here we go. hashtags hashtags >> jimmy: here we go. you guys are on twitter, right? you're on twitter? [ cheers ] it's fun, we use twitter on our show every single week. and so, if you're watching the show and want to play along, we do this thing every wednesday where i send out a hashtag and we ask you guys to tweet out things based on that topic. so since nbc recently p

jam. others stars like jimmy buffet who opposes hb-2 decided to perform anyway.rlines and bank of america want the law repealed and paypal even canceled a north carolina expansion project, although paypal makes no mention of doing business in dozens of countries where homosexual is illegal in some cases, punishment by death. in the presidential race, ted cruz supports the law, donald trump first opposed it, then backtracked. here's both. >> i think that local communities and states should make the decision, and i feel very strongly about that. the federal government should not be involved. >> if donald trump dresses up as hillary clinton, he still can't use the girls' restroom. >> and because there's a controversy some top north carolina gop state lawmakers are now proposing to let voters decide if the law lives or dies. >> trace, thank you. joining me now, north carolina governor mat mccrory. thank you, governor, for being here. >> thanks. >> let's start with this. what was the fear that led to the enactment of this law? >> let me just correct the introduction s

jimmy: and we have great music from alessia cara, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] that's my girl. "wild things" is the jam. hey guys, i read something that really disturbed me. >> steve: what's that? >> jimmy: american kids are ranked 30th in the world in terms of math skills. and nobody seems to know how to turn this around. i think the problem is that today's kids just can't relate to old fashioned things, like numbers. [ light laughter ] so we've updated math to make the equations more about stuff modern kids can relate to in a a segment called "popular mathematics." here we go. [ cheers and applause ] popular mathematics mathematics >> jimmy: that's fantastic. that is a great song. >> steve: yeah. come on. >> jimmy: that's a good song, man. mathematics let's take a look at our first equation here. if you take steven tyler plus aerosmith guitarist joe perry, it equals tyler perry. [ laughter ] >> steve: oh, i see. >> jimmy: you understand -- let me give you another example. here's kevin bacon. >> steve: sure. >> jimmy: plus the solar system. >> steve: got it. >> jimmy: equals kevin spacey. [ light laught

jimmy fallon. ♪ >> reporter: now the one jamming is the governor. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> oh, jeanne.nn "newsroom" starts now. >>> happening now in the "newsroom," cruz and fiorina team up. >> i am pleased to introduce to you the next vice president of the united states, carly fiorina! >>> and trump smacks down. >> cruz can't win. what he is doing picking vice presidents? he can't win, can't win. >> tell that to carly. >> i think the soul of our party is at stake. i think the future of our nation is at stake. >>> plus, bernie sanders says he's in it until the end, but hundreds of his staff members are not. the democratic candidate's campaign overhaul. >>> and the investigation into prince's death. authorities now say they found opiate medication on him when he died. let's talk live in the cnn "newsroom." >>> and good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. ted cruz about to kick off a busy day of campaigning in indiana, and he will share the spotlight with his brand new running mate, carly fiorina. the cruz campaign desperately needs the heavily republican state

jimmy jam and terry lewis, janet jackson, bruno mars, justin timber lake, beyonce, these are some of the many artists who were influenced by that sound. but that sound didn't just influence artists. it influenced everyone who heard it. prince's music touched our hearts, opened our minds and made us want to dance. that's his legacy, and that's what we'll always remember. prince made purple rain a household name. like most minnesotans, i remember the first time listening to that album. it was, as his band then was called, request a revolution. it changed music forever and is considered among the best in music history. two of the songs on that album, when doves cry, which is especially notable because he plays all of the instruments in the song, and "let's go crazy" rose to the top of the charts. "let's go crazy" includes a lesson important to remember on days like today. there's a world waiting for us after this life, prince saying, a world of never-ending happiness where you can always see the sunday -- see the sun day or night. i know that today all of us hope that prince is standing