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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Shaboozey Was Inspired to Transition into Country Music by a Very Unlikely Pop Icon · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: The late Great Prince was an incredibly talented musician, but
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  Speaker 2: he's one of the last guys you might expect it
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  Speaker 2: would inspire other artists to make country music, but that's
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  Speaker 2: what he did with Shabuzi.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, who tells men's health. Discovering Prince and his music
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  Speaker 3: came at a pivotal time in his life. And it
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  Speaker 3: was Prince, in all his freakiness and confidence in being
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  Speaker 3: different that gave Shaboozi permission to be an outsider.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he witnessed Prince and seeing his success and skill
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  Speaker 4: made him realize that he could do whatever he wants
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  Speaker 4: as a creator, saying, I don't have to conform to
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  Speaker 4: what people think I should be.
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  Speaker 2: It's incredibly freeing to realize that. And his dad listened
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  Speaker 2: to country music, so he grew up around it. And
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  Speaker 2: when he thought I want to explore that, it was
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  Speaker 2: Prince who made him feel like he really could. Shabbuzzi's
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  Speaker 2: new album, The Outlaw is Shirri Lee and Other Western
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  Speaker 2: Tales is out everywhere Friday.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.