Cover has comedian Dave Chappelle dressed as Prince, pancakes

Aug 21, 2013 12:19 GMT  ·  By
Official artwork for new Prince single, “Breakfast Can Wait,” with Dave Chappelle
   Official artwork for new Prince single, “Breakfast Can Wait,” with Dave Chappelle

Who knew Prince had such a wicked sense of humor? Days after finally joining Twitter (though he isn’t on social media with a personal account), the musician is using the same channel to debut his new artwork.

Click on the image above to see the cover for his upcoming single, “Breakfast Can Wait.”

A sample of the song is included below, at the end of this blog post, also courtesy of the star.

If you think Prince is looking a bit “funny” on the cover that’s because you’re looking at comedian Dave Chappelle doing a Prince impersonation.

Also featured, pancakes.

The image with Chappelle was actually lifted from a 2004 skit he did for Comedy Central’s “The Chappelle Show,” called “Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories – Prince,” which was very well received at the time.

Clearly, Prince also found it funny enough to sample it on official artwork.