There's a story behind this.... I believe his purpleness was being a little diva-ish
This is the best article about Prince and why he didn't fukk with We Are The World...
Cliff Notes...
They asked Prince to be on the We Are The World when it was being made...he just made Purple Rain
Prince said that shyt was fukking wack...cause Prince wasn't really into social issues like that and shyt...nikka was into drugs, bytches, fashion and music...nikka basically pulled an ASAP Rocky...
nikkas looked at Prince like

"You only gonna take a couple hours of your day and it's for a good cause..."
Prince looked at nikkas like...

"bytch I am Prince, I do what I want and that song is trash and I don't like you nikkas anyway. Motherfukker I'll play guitar."
Quincy was like..."nikka, I don't need you to play the fukking guitar, get on the fukking song."
Prince gave Quincy the
Quincy gave Prince the
Prince goes out party after his AMA peformance, his manager says Prince is sick, which is why he ain't on We Are the World. He is caught by paparazzi partying and shyt.
Then fans were like..."Why Prince ain't on the fukking song he don't care about AIDS? ..."

Prince eventually made his own song
So you know how bad it is...when your main rival makes one of these biggest humanitarian songs ever and everybody looking at you just a spoiled brat...
11 years later...Prince still being Prince and saying fukk that shytty song...
