I wonder if that informed James to actually rock a stache early in the 70s... he never looked right that way (and when the decade came to an end, he got rid of that too).

Considering his background (and something I either remember reading about him, or hearing about him around the time of "Living In America"), I wouldn't be surprised.

I have somewhat similar thoughts of Eddie Murphy, who I think is one of the more interesting Black stars of our time. Certainly of the 1980s.