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Prince Yahshua
Home State: Illinois | Age: 46 | Started in 2003 | Twitter: @PrinceYahshua | Website: PrinceYahshua.com
What inspired you to pursue a career in adult film?
I was doing porn in my hometown of Chicago for two years before I
actually came to Southern California. The girl in question that I was doing
a lot of this porn with was a black girl by the name of Malibu that actually
had this big dream of going to this place called California. ... To make a
very long story short, I took a photo shoot of her and I sent it to 10 to 15
of the major companies at that time, and also with those pictures I sent an
eight-minute video of her and I ... fucking.
To my surprise every last one of these companies hit me back. Zero
Tolerance, Third Degree, Black Ice, West Coast, Evil Angel—what was the
other one back then? Red Light. But all of them pretty much said the same
thing. They were, like, “Hey, beautiful girl; we really like her look. But
unless she’s physically here in Southern California we have no use for her.
We get beautiful girls who look like her all the time.” ...
I read all the emails. The last one was by a company called West Coast
Productions, which is all black, by James Alexander. It pretty much said the
same thing. But at the end of that letter [he asked], “Who’s the guy in the
video fucking the girl?” [Alexander said], “If you can actually do that in
front of me with a girl here, I think I may have a job for you.” Three days
later they flew me out there first class to Chatsworth ... they put me on a
three-day trial basis and after my third shoot they signed me to my first
$100,000 deal.”
Who are your biggest influences?
There were actually two. Somebody current and up-to-date that people
still know of was Justin Slayer. I’d seen one of his trailers that he did at
Evil Angel and like myself I saw that he wore Timberlands in some of
his scenes. And I said, “Hey, that guy wears the same boots I wear.” ... [I
thought], “What the fuck did this guy get so famous and I’m sitting here in
Chicago?” Yeah, it was kind of funny. My second contract that I had out in
California is when I signed with Justin Slayer International. And right after
I signed the contract, he exhaled and said, “Wow, I’m glad that’s over. ...
Everybody really wanted me and you to go against each other but now that
you’ve signed I don’t have to worry about that because you work for me.”
The other person who gave me inspiration is an old legend by the name
of Ray Victory. He’s one of the originals from the early ’80s.
What are the most challenging aspects of your job?
Being black is the most challenging part. The business today is still
so racist. To navigate your way through the business without kicking
anybody’s head inside out and maintaining your dignity and your cool
is the most challenging part. I’ve done it very, very well. ... I remember
when I first got in the business West Coast [said], “Just give us a list of
girls you want to be with and we’ll hire them all.” So I gave up a 10-page
list and for four girls on this list, [they said] “We’d love to get you these
girls but we can’t. ... They don’t do interracial.” And I said, “Inter-racial?
Please, expand on that. What do you mean?” They said, “These are girls in
the industry that don’t have sex with black men.” I was kind of stuck for a
minute. I said, “You’re telling me there’s people in a business that because
of somebody’s color won’t do anything with that person?” I never heard of
anything before like that in my life.
What is the most rewarding part of your job?
Let me just make it about who it was supposed to be about when I first
started. Let’s make it about the fans. Pleasing fans. If you guys are happy, I
am too. Without your fans there’s nothing. ... I always give love to the fans. Photo courtesy of Prince Yahshua
You were molded by Doc Johnson—have fans gotten their hands on this
product yet?
My new dildo just came out two or three days ago [in October]. People have been
tweeting to me. Some of the tweets—you don’t want to know what I’ve seen. People are
definitely having fun with it. It is out, it is live, it is doing extremely well and I am tickled
pink about it.
It seems there are fewer ethnic titles out now. Do you see that as well?
Absolutely. What the companies and directors will tell you is that there’s not a market
for black-on-black product. I was told that when I was at Justin Slayer International ... I
ended up putting $2,700 of my own money in my own movie, called Black Out, and that
became my highest grossing movie to date. When you hear things like that, these are
things that are not accurate at all. These are things that company owners have decided
to say ... so they will not have to shoot ethnic people. What porn has done today is taken
us from each other. What do I mean by that? I just saw Jenna Foxx—I was so excited
to see her, and well as her with me, and she ... said, “Prince, why am I so excited to see
you?” And I was, like, “Because these companies don’t shoot us with each other.” Now
it’s almost taboo to shoot black people together. But you want me to be with every little
white girl ... you want to see the big black guy with a small white woman.
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