Watch Prince Support A Teacher's Strike At Age 11 In Unearthed Footage

The late music legend Prince made his voice heard as an 11-year-old, and never simply as a budding entertainer.

Footage unearthed by WCCO in Minneapolis reveals him singing the praises of educators at a 1970 academics’ strike picket line within the metropolis. (Watch the phase beneath.)

“I believe they need to get some extra money, as a result of they work additional hours for us, and all that stuff,” the younger Prince mentioned.

Manufacturing supervisor Matt Liddy discovered the clip whereas researching previous footage to offer perspective for a latest academics’ strike. The station confirmed the boy was certainly Prince — then Prince Rogers Nelson — by means of childhood buddy Terrance Jackson.

“I’m completely blown away,” Jackson mentioned after he watched the clip, calling Prince by his childhood nickname Skipper.

Prince already was making music at that age, Jackson famous. Now we all know he was talking out on necessary causes as nicely.

Prince, the long-lasting singer of such hits as “Purple Rain,” “When Doves Cry” and “1999,” died in 2016 from a fentanyl overdose on the age of 57.

Quick-forward to the 1 minute mark for the start of the reveal:

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