Eddie Murphy hilariously tells Prince Basketball’s ‘absolutely accurate’ story

Eddie Murphy recently recounted his side of the iconic story involving Prince and a basketball game his late brother Charlie Murphy hilariously recounted and re-enacted on “Chappelle’s Show.”

The comedian confirmed during an appearance on “The Tonight Show” Thursday that his brother’s account of their iconic match against the “Purple Rain” legend was “totally and absolutely correct.”

Eddie Murphy described what everyone wore at the time to greet Jimmy Fallon, saying Prince came up with the idea of ​​playing basketball while wearing a leather jacket and a gold chain around his waist.

“A belt, I think,” Eddie Murphy added, laughing. (Watch the entire clip below.)

Prince’s revolutionary and iconic style was central to the memorable “Chappelle’s Show” skit, in which Dave Chappelle portrayed the late singer while donning a purple ensemble, complete with a ruffled shirt.

In the mid-2000s show’s skit, Charlie Murphy recounts the night Prince and his team hand-beat him, his brother, and their team in a basketball game.

“I challenge you to challenge Prince to a head-to-head ball game,” Charlie Murphy says at one point in the segment.

During Eddie Murphy’s appearance on “The Tonight Show,” he shared that one of his teammates that night didn’t perform as well as he normally would because he was wearing a pair of Prince sneakers that were too small.

The “Coming 2 America” ​​actor said his friend, named Larry, wore the shoes the legendary singer lent him despite the size because he was “so excited to have Prince’s sneakers.”

In 2017, guitarist Micki Free, who played on Prince’s team that night, told Esquire that everything that happened in the “Chappelle’s Show” sketch “was real.”

The iconic sketch is one of Charlie Murphy’s memorable and legendary comedic moments. He died in 2017. Prince, who reportedly loved the sketch, died in 2016.

Murphy is set to star in the anticipated “Coming 2 America” ​​sequel on Amazon Prime on March 5.