By Roger Friedman

The King of Pop wants to be Prince in the worst way.

I’m told that on Sunday night Michael Jackson sneaked into Prince’s show following the NBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas. Jackson is interested in Prince’s current run of shows at the Rio Nightclub, part of Harrah’s, where the Purple One has installed himself for a long schedule at his own 3121 Club. Jackson, of course, would like to do the same thing, maybe with a Club Thriller.

And surprisingly, Jackson’s companion for the evening was none other than comedian and actor Chris Tucker. It was Tucker who helped Jackson get involved with the Arvizo family a few years ago, leading to Jackson’s eventual involvement with them and his consequent trial for child molestation and conspiracy. It took concrete testimony from Tucker and his ex-girlfriend to exonerate Jackson.

In the meantime, Internet sources are going crazy over a “new” Jackson single that’s surfaced on the MySpace page belonging to a group fronted by Pras of the Fugees. But I’m told the track — called “No Friend of Mine” — is simply recycled from 1995 when Pras and the Fugees worked with Jackson remixing songs from Jackson’s 11-year-old “Blood on the Dance Floor” CD. The song can be found here, where it’s had over 100,000 plays since rumors began to spread a few days ago that Jackson had a new single.

Source: FOX News