Shelia E. 1985

[molonlave2010]

Is she like half black half latina?

[BANTA7678]

I LOVE CUMMIN TO SHEILA!!!!!

[naturalhairedhoney]

@KANE2628 Nasty lol

[ChiknThighTatorPie]

I love her hair in krush groove

[DavidAngel]

Love Sheila E! 

[superserial1]

Beautiful girl. Beautiful voice.

[strezz23]

She is FINE!

[sahmich]

We Just Finish A Great Time Talking with Sheila E and Her Father A Sweet Good Heart Man And Her two Brothers Down to Earth All of them At Pete's 76th BirthDay... Happy BirthDay Pete. We Love You And Your Music is The Bomb.. Thank You for Opening your Doors to My Family My Wife, Family And Friend Were Delited . Sheila Thank You You Are A Sweet Woman With A Huge Heart aswell.. GOD Bless You All...

[amystonesbytch]

I ♥ Her Swag :)

[citizenpaparazzo]

Check the eighties fashion!!!!

[daxcaliber]

i love sheila e, and she is right music is alot of hardwork ------>X.

[mybrownb]

They Need to Stop Asking these Women About Prince All the time. I know He's the Greatest but Come on. They have skills and talent on their own.

[liacashmere58]

@mybrownb Sheila was the only one with real talent. Everyone else was just a pretty face

[Italy619]

@mybrownb Agreed... They needed to get to know Sheila E & Vanity are... not try and get something juicy about Prince.

[Nesto74]

Such an amazing artist!

[ANOTHERHOLEINYOHEAD]

Does Sheila E make much money from what she does? If she didnt work with Prince I wouldnt know who she is.

[910cadillacredd]

I used to think i was Sheila E!!! Still do!!!lol....

[Blkserpent1]

Porn star Vanessa Leon looks exactly like her. Her old man Pete Escovedo is still rocking the Bay Area.

[brothamandap]

Her "new" movie was Krush Groove with Run DMC.

[Smithfieldis]

uninterested....

[Q8336B]

@Smithfieldis lol but still take time to reply. love negative people who want the world to know how much they suck.

[CaveGuy2008]

i wonder if prince fucked her?

[Q8336B]

@CaveGuy2008 tastless but they did date back at the early part of her career with prince. sometimes though you can have a mutual respect for a person that does not have to be sexual

[skfj67]

kawala bean head!!! i love sheila e,oh ... oh sheeeila!!! uh tweedle leedle leedle lew!!! and why is the clip soooo short?

[HypeRhymz]

Sheila know she fine as hell!! I claim her as my wife for life! lol! especially during sign o'the times and lovesexy.

[brantc]

@HypeRhymz She likes girlz.....

[HypeRhymz]

@brantc wooooooooowwwwww! that sorta explains why she didn't get married. and makes her more attractive for some reason.

[kinmanyuen]

lol the days when TV hosts are sooo formal^^

[Turnitup211man]

Technology made it easier for ppl who not are not so talented sound good. It is even getting more n more difficult to tell the difference in a live show too. It's more about looks n image nowadays. The truth is it's becuzz the majority of the population puts up with it. I say, if U don't like it, don't buy it. I haven't bought any pop cd in a long, long time.I don't download it, or even bother to watch it on tv. I just turn the channel.

[pinkpostergirl]

why even post these interviews if they aren't going to show the whole thing...

[inspectricebilvur]

talentueuse & sexy

[TheSupernova247]

I always thought she was soooooo pretty.....and what a great talent. Love you, Ms. E.

[racenemo]

Great drummer performer

and A CUTIE

[buttascotchbro1]

man ive had a thing 4 her and styill do..she's tight on her own merit.

[Foxlocke]

I loved the way the stars dressed in the 80's. Being a star was all about LOOKING like a star. The glitz, glamor, pomp, and circumstance were the thing...Now every star wants to be dressed by Versace (boring).

[buttascotchbro1]

@Foxlocke or they just don't dress.looking like they just got out of jail.

[chicasol7]

She doesn't talk the way she sings. Her hair looks fierce too! Way better than Rihanna's crazy hair do!

[KNShay]

very inspired by the hair!! love sheila E.

[molinmusic]

Thank you for posting this, she and her dad are two of my FAVORITE artists!!! HUMBLE! More love, Sheila E!

[juswolf22]

kheri hilson reminds me of her besides the non drum playin skills

[mjj4liff]

Honestly she is now my idol =)

[twentyblues]

@mjj4liff i really love her too,very sensitive person and great performer.

[ModGyver]

what movie are they talking about??krush groove??

[TheSupernova247]

@ModGyver Hi. Yes, that is the only movie that she has ever done. > :-)

[easycure007]

Im in love..xxxx

[Oliviax7]

SHE LOOKS LIKE LIKE BEYONCE IN RUDE BOY

[RanDosis]

@Oliviax7 the other way round ;)

[TheSupernova247]

@Oliviax7 Hi. I think you mean to say Rihanna. Rude Boy is her song. > :-)

[elmotweety100]

@Oliviax7 u mean rhianna haha *dummie slap*

[dejai12345]

@Oliviax7 LOL. U MUST BE OLD. LOL

[boriquacub76]

Sheila's dad Pete is Mexican-American and her mom Juanita is a light skinned Creole woman.

[anttij2005]

surfer it´s the 80´s hair. All hairstyles look stupid afterwards until they look cool again. What else is new...;-)

[marcusrob02]

Question: Does Sheila E. have any kids? Wasn't sure if she does or not.

[microexplorer]

Keri HIlson oh Sheila E.. I wanna hit dat cuz.I feel less of a man knowing dat Prince did(4 a while)

[s88fifo]

beuatiful creolic face

Prince, Sheela and Jesse Jonson resemble dont you think ?

[surfer53]

She's hot but that hairdo is wack. What were some of these people thinking?

[gayputa]

hahaah she look puertorican but she aint shes african american and mexican.

[purplehouse26]

i have a great sheila e dvd, featuring videos, interviews and performances from 1984-1992. email me if u want to buy a copy : P

[broke2471]

Keri Hilson puts me in the mind of Sheila E....the hair, the nose.......Beautiful Sheila E. Still looks good today.

[photochick1974]

I remember Ebony Jet Showcase. I love Sheila E.

[sexcbull]

@photochick1974 What station did Ebony Jet Showcase broadcast from?

[photochick1974]

@sexcbull In Chicago, Ebony/Jet Showcase aired on WLS-TV - Channel 7 (ABC). The show was in syndication, so it aired on different stations around the country.

[Starmast3r]

Wow; I met her cousin Rene Escovedo... he's really awesome.

Sheila E. is a sick drummer... never seen a vid like this though.

[MrsBeasley319]

Shes very pretty

[Youttubi]

Sheila E. is half Mexican and half African American. Her mother is African American and her father is Mexican.

[ikecot3]

where did you get that bullshit lol she is p-rican her father is a world famous purcussionist for carlos santana

[elraheem]

Speaking of "bullshit", you just spread some. Her father is Coke Escovedo.

Her brother is Peter Michael.

[ikecot3]

i know who her father is you stupid muha fuka i said he played for calos santana, read the fucking post before you comment asshole

[A14Rors]

Her father is Pete, her brother is Peter, she has 5 Escovedo Uncles ONE is Coke who played with Santana with her father Pete and another Uncle and she is absolutely Mexican American and African American but NOT P.rican

[80z90zhousemami76]

she is not puertorican im puertorican ...people before u start saying what planet shes from do ur research OK

[n2trippin73]

@Youttubi For some reason I always thought her father was Cuban

[Ladylace97]

@Youttubi her mother is creole big ups to Mrs. Juanita Escovedo

[gsachteleben]

she is absolutley stunning

[Hunkola]

Isn't she Mexican or some shit ??

[ikecot3]

she is rican

[MiiZMANTHA]

no she is half mexican

[dolphinbuc]

Damn! I can't believe someone dug this up.

[TrelleStar]

lol Why was Bryan Gumbel going by "Greg" Gumbel back in the day?

[flguy111]

i think they're brothers man

[LeeAnn20008]

@TrelleStar lol that was the brother. that is so funny.

[blackmayonnaise888]

i once read an account of a person who had met her and gotten her autograph... they said she wrote her signature from right to left as well as upside down... allegedly this is a graphological indication of pure genius.

[162berto]

Also the youngest member of jazz and funk great George duke's band and can be heard playing on Dukes 1978 funk hit reach for it! Pretty cool!

[woodie62]

She also plays drums and percussion on his '79 alblum, "Master of the Game". Nice work, that alblum as well as the rest of Duke's '70s cuts! But Sheila is the bomb! I last saw her playing percussion in the band at BAM Crawford's church in Inglewood, Ca. She looks the same, just a little leaner.

[elevatormuzic]

What a beautiful lady! She was my first crush as a young guy. I would still marry her.

[plastikman7269]

I Love Her I want to marry Her lol!

[doctorw2]

wow another hot latina!

[owleyez86]

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[worldofbong]

lol "greg gumbel"

[hh73]

hes not very "jet" too me.

[lancetop]

Shelia E is fabulous

[GeorgeJansen]

always loved that hair style...damn

[bagbahbag]

She started looking more beautiful ever since she was with Prince.

[Beakerinnetje]

and her music was better and her clothing style was HOT!!

[Moor4u]

She is better looking now than she was then. She's always had a kind of hard look, but now it's much softer. People gave you a thumbs down, but I think you have a valid point.

[porn1978]

You're right,shes much more attractive now.Thanks,but yeah these idiots will give a thumbs down over anything.

[Phaseonegraph]

You should see her now. I just saw her at the playboy jazz festival. She looks way better now!!!!! She's also a sweetheart, I think she's fantastic.

[NatTurner]

Watch Sign 'o The Times. The hair and make up are awful here.

[purplehouse26]

selling special sheila E dvd for 12 dollars. includes her videos and tv performances. 90 minutes long. just message me on here if u want a copy.

[GazamYT]

Wish they would share the WHOLE interview. That look was what the fans wanted, it was the style of the day, it sold, it worked, it reflected the music and attitude.

[tvisbad47]

For some reason, whenever they talk to one of Prince's proteges, all they ask them about is him. It's a shame though, the fact that they can't talk about themselves and they instead talk about the person who was a musicial genius and who started them up.

[MrJacksonvill]

Well they refer to "Prince" because he is the one who broke their careers..thats just the truth..and "Prince" has a name in the business:to answer questions about him only shows their gratitude.Thats a good thing.

[dongawoy]

The host and hostess must go to the same barber.

[DMCpro6944]

she is a strong woman and a great musician!!

[Khultan]

@DMCpro6944  Hell yeah : )

[davita1111]

Prince dated Sheila E??? Very surprising! Out of all the female Prince 'protogees', Sheila E was the only one who actually seemed to want to BE Prince. Look at how she's dressed, practically in one of his outfits - compared to the lingere all the other ones wore. She even danced like him in the Love Bizarre video...

[gotagetchaa1]

you might be wrong on that

[davita1111]

Been wrong before...

But the videos speak for themselves.

[Doughnuts009]

these artists make our generation look so sorry

[TheSanctifiedSoldier]

@Doughnuts009 very well said and true indeed..back then you had to work and have talent..I love technology but NOTHING beats a live show and back then you had to rehearse and practice and get coaching to stay on top of your game...now people show up and poop out on the second song...different time altogether...

[TWN321]

@Doughnuts009 yeah, we went from this... to little Wayne. Most artists these days dont even make their own music anymore. Don't get me wrong, we had hip hop and sampling back then too, but we also had more people like Prince, Shelia E, who truly created their own music.. and of course knew how to speak english properly.

[Italy619]

@TWN321 Finally.... somebody who understands me. Lbs.!!!

[paistekid]

There's no comparison to today's music. It's a known fact that we're better off dead then continue on listening to today's music!!

[Velocity4000fps]

@TWN321 Well said, we dont have the same level of artist like we had in the 80's. Little wayne is hyped up, when he really has 0 talent. For me prince and sheila e are timeless, and this style of music is not even my cup of tea. That goes to show how great they are, when a heavy metal guy can see the raw talent prince and sheila have.

[Promoney22]

@Doughnuts009 your generation is sorry.

[SnotRockets55]

@Doughnuts009 That's because the latest musicians and singers ARE sorry compared to the ones who came before.

[xKeepTheFaithx]

@Doughnuts009

AGREED!

[inaj27]

AHHH sheila E. STill looks good nowadays! I love SHEILA E!

[funkkidmusic]

no one knowz the truth about prince and any of his women

[zada1992]

Prince never dated Sheila E or Jill Jones!!!

They said he was like their brother!!!

In a interview they did in the past..

[Softbird27]

LMAO They were just keeping the usual code of silence Prince enforced upon his crew. Prince dated both of those women. In fact during an interview Aresenio even asked Sheila why she didn't marry Prince?

[thefonkykid]

Yeah, and on Arsenio also Sheila talk about why she wrote Love Bizarre, saying something like when Prince and her were in bed.

[bjermane1]

Prince wrote love bizarre tho she just sang with him in the song. He writes all of his prot's music (including ALL of the time's music) until they disband or leave him completly. They all left him basicly because he wouldnt let them have any freedom in the record recording because he would do all of there music AND lyrics.

[NotyNoty]

@zada1992 I don't know about Jill but Prince very much so "dated" Shelia E. Shelia admitted to this in recent years. Maybe back then she didn't want people to know because she didnt want to be looked at as the other female protege's were. The truth usually comes out when the celebs get older. LOL @ her writing Love Bizzare. That's just like the lie that Vanity 6 wrote and produced their own music.

[Ladylace97]

She just turned 51 12/12/08

[Ladylace97]

yeah

[freakyafronaut]

Love her. She's so beautiful and talented. A deadly combination!

[freakyafronaut]

racist cunt.

[ALPHAMALECEO]

Yeah she knew Prince for a long time. She was very close to Vanity too. They were all good friends. Even when Vanity and Prince broke up she still remained friends with both of them.

[csebrigh]

the great Sheila E.........

[deejaygrl]

You go girl.SHEILA E.deejaygrl

[HappyRoach911]

Didn't Sheila and Prince used to date? If he did not, I'd be surprised. Prince practically dated all his proteges.

[anniedomino1]

hee hee...

(:

[CrescentSword]

C'mon, of course Prince was flinging on some Shelia. You see how twitchy she gets when his name comes up. You know thats him on background(co-lead) for Glamorous Life.

They were together when she was a part of The Revolution.

[bjermane1]

did you know he created the song too? lol

[freakyafronaut]

If he did, it was brief, because he had been dating Jill Jones, then Vanity, then immediately went in with Wendy's sister after Wendy joined the Revolution in 1983. So I don't see when he would have had the time to date her. Suzanne, Wendy's sister, is the reason we get some of Prince's most beautiful and heartbreaking love/hate songs.

[Ladylace97]

Prince and Sheila were dating for a while

[bellaalma]

I don't think you can definitively say that Susannah was the sole reason we get some of Prince's most beautiful songs. Until he shares his inspiration(s) for his music no one can say. Also, Sheila E. and Prince were together for a long time not a brief one. She has stated it herself in interviews. Look for the Candy Dulfer interview, for example. He's had several instances of dating multiple women at the same time. He was not exclusive with Susannah the entire time they dated.

[Doughnuts009]

I agree. There was always a muse. Susan M. was the reason for Dirty Mind, For You, soft and wet, which for me was Prince at his best. Then you have the years of Controversy and 1999 when Vanity was his muse. PPR was definately due to Susannah. On through the years the moods of his music changed with the women. I think that may be why his music isn't the same anymore. There's no muse. He used to tell stories and fantasies. Now he just...well...preaches. Just as good! But just not the same.

[DivaNLA]

He also dated Susan of Vanity 6 (who kind of resembles Vanity a little). He had Susan pegged to be the lead singer of the group but Susan didn't want to be in the spotlight. Contrary to popular belief he never dated Appolonia. She was married when they filmed "Purple Rain."