LeBron James got in the Halloween spirit last night as he dressed as R&B superstar Prince and sang his hit song, "Purple Rain."
Sporting a large curly black wig, a frilly white shirt, a dark purple coat with a leopard print scarf and some tight black leather pants, the Cleveland Cavaliers star player belted some vocals on stage and shredded on a fake guitar. Maybe it shouldn't be surprising by now, but he wasn't half bad.
This summer he proved himself a comedic actor with a much talked about supporting role in the movie Trainwreck, as the best friend of SNL's Bill Hader in the movie starring Amy Schumer. James is also, of course, a star athlete who led the Cavilers to the NBA championship series last year, but ultimately fell to the Golden State Warriors.
While this Halloween he certainly wasn't making a serious attempt at starting a music career, he does have a spot on Prince impersonation. His karaoke singing of "Purple Rain" showed some serious stage presence as he confidently took to the mic and whipped off his sunglasses. Later on you could see him imitating a guitar solo during the ballad. Check out the clips below.
Prince people A video posted by Mo Williams (@mogotti25) on Oct 31, 2015 at 9:23pm PDT
Cavaliers guard, Mo Williams, caught a lot of the action on the night including an encore performance from James with fellow teammates Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving and J.R. Smith as backup dancers. Irving dressed as a Jedi had a pretty good shimmy move with Love dancing as Will Ferrell's character from Semi-Pro and Smith as a big baby. Watch the clip below.
Iman Shumpert also garnered some attention on the night, as he showed up in drag as "Lady Lollipop" alongside singer Teyana Taylor, who is expecting a child with the shooting guard. Shumpert proved himself a capable rapper earlier this year with a remix cover of Drake's "Hotline Bling."
It seemed like the whole team had a fun night dressing up and taking their minds off of the NBA season for a bit where they are off to a 2-1 start to the season.
#TeyanaTaylor x #ImanShumpert x #Halloween2015
A photo posted by News With A Side of Tea (@thacelebritea) on Oct 31, 2015 at 7:31pm PDT
Can u guess who is who? A photo posted by Mo Williams (@mogotti25) on Nov 1, 2015 at 7:32am PST
