Prince Basketball Chappelle

What does the word cat in Prince vs. Eddie Murphy Dave Chappelle skit?

When speaking of the friends of Prince, called cats. Here Video http://www.truveo.com/Dave-Chapelle-Prince-plays-basketball/id/2371955519 ….. Help please! Thank you.

CAT is the jargon of Guy or person. So when I TAO heard say this. This means that the other man / person.

Dave Chapelle as Prince