Eddie Murphy is scheduled to appear on the 40th anniversary episode of "Saturday Night Live" next month after essentially boycotting the show where he got his big break for more than three decades.

Appearing on a taping of "NewsOne Now," with Roland Martin, 53-year-old Murphy said it's simply been a case of his schedule not allowing him to return for a return engagement.

That's a far cry from what Murphy told Rolling Stone in 2011 when he justified his actions by insisting "they were shi**y to me a couple time after I left the show. They said some shi**y things."

Murphy added: "there was that David Spade sketch. I made a stink about it, it became part of the folklore. What really irritated me about it was that it was a career shot. It was like, 'Hey, come on, man, it's one thing for you guys to do a joke about some movie of mine, but my career?"

But now, all seems forgiven between Murphy, who starred on the show from 1980 to 1984, and one of the franchise's all-time biggest stars, paving the way for comedian to be on stage for the Feb. 15 extravaganza.

Still, with Murphy spent as much time discussing his love of music with Martin as he did the much anticipated reunion.

"I've never stopped making music," said Murphy, whose debut album "How Could It Be" was recorded more than 20 years ago, to NewsOne. "I've always done music. I've played guitar, piano and I write and produce and I was coming at music that way because I didn't want to get thrown in a barrel with everybody else."

In fact, Murphy has a new, reggae-styled single called "Oh Jah Jah" that he plans to drop any day now.

"I never ever left it alone," Murphy said of his musical impulses. "I just stopped letting y'all hear it."

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