--- title: LeBron James Dressed As Prince, Sang 'Purple Rain' description: LeBron James transformed himself into Prince on Saturday and it was amazing. canonical: https://time.com/4095828/lebron-james-purple-rain-prince/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-01T20:11:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:30.155Z og:title: LeBron James Dressed Up as Prince and Sang 'Purple Rain' og:description: The King went as Prince og:url: https://time.com/4095828/lebron-james-purple-rain-prince/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: LeBron James Dressed Up as Prince and Sang 'Purple Rain' twitter:description: The King went as Prince twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch LeBron James Sing 'Purple Rain' While Dressed As Prince  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 1, 2015 8:11 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 1, 2015 8:11 PM CUT [No stranger to excelling at Halloween costumes](https://www.facebook.com/LeBron/photos/a.146568808943.115160.64637653943/10152832362708944/ "undefined"), LeBron James transformed himself into Prince on Saturday and it was amazing. The 30-year-old NBA player donned the royal purple outfit for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ basketball party, where he got up to belt out some of Prince’s greatest hits, including “Purple Rain.” Kevin Love, J.R. Smith and Kyrie Irving, a few of James’s teammates, even joined him on stage as backup dancers, although they weren’t dressed as The Revolution. The performance was shared on Instagram. As an added bonus, LeBron chose a Prince outfit that looks incredibly similar to the one Dave Chappelle wore during his infamous “[Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZxYjqqjZM "undefined")” skit about the singer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4095828/lebron-james-purple-rain-prince/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4095828/lebron-james-purple-rain-prince/"},"headline":"Watch LeBron James Sing 'Purple Rain' While Dressed As Prince","datePublished":"2015-11-01T20:11:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:30.155Z","description":"The King went as Prince","url":"https://time.com/4095828/lebron-james-purple-rain-prince/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Athletes","celebrities","Music","Lebron James","Prince","costumes","halloween","Halloween costumes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4095828/lebron-james-purple-rain-prince/","name":"Watch LeBron James Sing 'Purple Rain' While Dressed As Prince"}}]}] ```