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*statistics provided by the CDC (www.CDC,gov), Kaiser Family Foundation (www.StateHeatthFacts,org), and wwwTeenPregnancy.org PUBLISHERS: lSBcrpgrAl2 Jutia Beverty (JB) Chino teedbodtp.Al0 EDITOR"IN.CHIEF: Jutia Beverty (J8.) JB's2GnrpgAlI zo A4US|C REVTEWS: Photu Al ADG, Rohit Loomba, WaLty Sparks 0Z0NE Goflsies ]l 7, B5t CONTRIBUTORS: Or ttFS* UCanols/hdi Cdd< pg Al I Bobby Novoa, Bogan, Brian O'Hare, Chris lmani, Cynthia Coutard, pg Dain Burroughs, Darnetta Dunham, PothdlyWoitilg Al0 Dave Goodson, Felisha Foxx, FeLita Kniqht, lisha Hittmon, Jaro Vacek, Jerry Diaz, Jeska Manrique, Jesse Jazz, Jessica Kostow, J Lash, Katerina Perez, Keith Kennedy, K.G. Mostey, Lisa Coteman, Matik "Copafeet" Abdut, Maurice G. car- tand, Natatia Gomez, Noet Matcotm, Rayfield Warren, Spjff, Swift
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I received a Lot of good feedback Richardson ll. He is 5exy as heL[, and we iove him from the record and decided to use the Une as the jn H-Town Ljke he was one of our own. He keeps slogan for my magazine ads. lt never crossed my aLl the ctubs crunk. His name says it atL: Prince of mind that people woutd consjder the statement to Crunkl What can lsay, he's great at what he does. be a low blow at the Nappy Roott. When I ran the ad - Myoshi, [email protected] (Houston, TX) in OZONE, I began to hear different storles aboLrt the Nappy Roots and I aLtegedty beefing. I have atways Thanks for your cover story on Pjtbull. I knew he been on good terms with the Nappy Roots, bLlt at the wouLd biow ever since the first tine lheard that time I had lost conlact with them whjch didn't hetp -.ggd: A( a Ldlir,o, rhere 5 nor\inq I enjoy rore the situatjon. Peopte woutd ask, "Do you and Nappy than watchjng another Hispanic succeed, especiatly Roots stjlL taLk?" When I tett people that lhaven't jn an jndustry that's mostly bLack. That UL'Chico is heard from them in a wirite it causes them to make going to the top fa'sho. - Colombiano Johny 6il, further assumptions that we are beefing. But the [email protected] {Boca Raton, FL) fact is, they're busy workjng on thejr music and tour' ing and I am busy with my career 50 that leaves minj' We loved yoLrr cover story on Pitbtitl and are won- mal time to communicate wjth one another. PeopLe dering if he has a fan ctub of some kind. We don't shoutd reaLize that just because we do noi keep con- want to come across tike hoes, we just tove how stant communication doesn't mean that we don't he raps about his prjde of being Cuban. And damn, have a positive retationship. This weekend lwas in does he look good! We went to his concert in Las Tal{ahassee for TJ's DJ's Record Pool meeting, and I Vegas last month, and when went to Mjamj for met up with a partner of mjne who goes to schooi jn lllE solrllltlx rrfl't e ''" '^ -'-' - vacation we ended up seeing hjs show again. We t|l] rourHtnl{ wc oI HIP'llol MusK Taltahassee. He informed me that he was at a locaL ":;;_rfrE coutd feet the love there. Please keep hitting us up barbershop recentty and watked in on a discussion wjth those Pjt pictures! - Leiktianloni and Mahiki, about the atteqed conflict between me and the [email protected] (salt Lake city, UT) Nappy Roots. He said the peopte in the barberghop weren't talking as if they were confused about the I iove the picture you printed of Peedi Crakk in the beef; instead, thev were talking as if we were of' bubbie bath. He's so fine, I tove him so mu.h. His ficiatty at war against one another. Apparentiy, they rhymes are tjght and State Property is doing their had seen the ad in OZONE. To hear that this G-Mack thing! 1 Love my Puerto Ricans! - Jade Long (Phila- vs. Nappy Roots topic was coming up randomty was delphia, PAI disturbing, because ldjdn't reaLize how widespread the subject was. lt amazes me how people are so I tike the way you gave information on Pitbult, controverslatJ and forget about what happened to 'cause l'm his number one fan in the entire 2pac and Biqgie. Biq V lof the Nappy Roots] and I de- world. I give you big props for doing that- You cided not to feed into the hype, and we're working made me happy today. Thank you! - Kathlette, on a mixtape together with Rob Jackson. - G-Mack, bbyth [email protected] [email protected] (l-exington, KY) 0ZOf.lE reserveE the right I loved your DJ Profile on DJ B-Lord. He is a great DJ, and every tjme I hear about hirn being at a ctub to edit feedback subnnissions in the fMyrtle Beach, SCI area there, because I fon or length" ''m clarity
I i €r{r *'/'n tn notsa,n'Du'l t w,,?,ffi;f$,#"!,f,frrW"*{,W"#ffi €,n fll]ffi$ e-n -mk "Eueny'odr,ta nul*uctG.f, i nexl frne pu hear lrtis hlmas pronoler.didn,f iaw att nv npney. 5o lle #r Yfie reagn l cane an stage o latb is bcause "#;";;;;;;';;; i; da ""- - -' -t i;;s, w;;;';'ffi';;v'Q;; v,gg; g'2i#fl,fr#iy,;ffi" 4s o6 oArf fon'ass )mnnlere"" Lbyd &an/e' addressing llc' G.n en rm,r:,ifutnffi[:,r*ffi ffiffi!A!:[i'#,y,##'tr;,f#f ,ffi#:'#;, in lle SMli' ttfun q-n *[n lftan anyfufu e@ hiplop' EverThody ercrvhofu //e oulfi|, ne'w ol nore logellcneas ;;;;;%?;l(mruWn:ru!"f,;;,t:ffi;,'ia ,knov C.f,er I'n W! #;.i #' ;' ;';; i;;;;-. * *s';";;;?i, is /o b €6 bse sight of ltw nuch of a atusshs it "'*'o'fl;::-W#Yffi;!iffitrm:,#f#f, Sirre ft ! the secord anruat "se( edltion " JB l'm a great writet but ar6 /Er5 ttE qle qr.Estirn ]oule a[ be€fl a6ldr{: oniywhenImlnsprred. vvlD codd Ed tt? fl.ep t mind thd thisit What's more inspiring than lor o,fiisanffitt D,Jt7s,.3only N sex? My dirty storjes have been Tyson B€cKord: known to bust a few tong-dis- I had a fan $€bslte before tance nuts, but even though it's [,son peopte l(lleri, \*Et tlE m€frEt v€s. > the sex issue I'm not going to bless Vou readers with any trashy romance nov- ets. l'm sure my mother is going to read S{lm ThW: this jssue and tecture me about my deprav- Ptatinm teeth are a hge trlrYloff, so I fitlght parker, ity iike tast year Ptus, I'd rather write realty can't €rplaln thb orE, h Vib6's Yrrdfest: ,'rrtike Frerh, Erik Ali be hb voke, or tlE fact that het tike pjssed about the bitch that me off at Jer- etht feet ta[. fbp€fdty hb girtfrlend maine Dupri's Hattoween party. Everyone \,!bn't be off€ided tf stE reads thts. toves it when I knock oLrt the haters with a single swoop of the pen, Benny Boorn: Beffry aldays corn6 out tookirg real Her name was Nefertiti, so that alone shouLd tetl you something. dzy in pictue6, but in person tp b I can take constructive criticism, but a wise man once said: lf you hot, I atv{ays en}y behg on hb vldeo don't have anything good to say, keep your mouth shut. sels cause hel nke to tod( at. >
Admjttedly, having spent a few long days on the road, I was tjred S^lay: and not in a great mood to begin with. lwander around the party JlEt ttke Berrry, Svtalr comea off mudl better in person tlEn tE does on Tv (0r in getting lome shots of the DJs (C Styles and Mars, thanks for the pkhre.). He atlo sE/s heb p{aff{rE to ! a shoutouts!) and cetebs. Then, sit down at tabte way in the back, cut hh tEli t!fiidr I thlr* k. good no,e. far away from everyone etse, obviousty minding my own bu5iness and wanting to be Left aLone. Here comes Nefertiti, snatching a magazine off my piLe and handing me her business card. I have a camera around my neck, 50 Back before arl/orE kl6{ hli she assumes that I'm just a pirotographer working for the magazine. She asks jf I'm avaiiabie mrc, the hi[ttlght of Lud{rb' to freetance, and sarcasticalty comments that "they" must not be paying me enough. I smlle sfnv6 for me !\6 villei thb politety. Next, she starts flippinq through the magazine and crjticizing. Ihe cover? "This is "tryp€ rlan" took off hb $lrt. so corny!" There's aiways room for improvement, but I've been doing graphic desjgn for five \thrrkk Durn: years "corny." just opinion, so I tet now and I've never heard it described as lt'5 an it slide. I rnet hlm !*len he ptayed f@tb6tt Page by page, Nefertiti has a negative comment on everything. And yet she is stitt reading. The at FSu. I don't kEnv vrtEl t46m he photo galteries? "Oh my God, look at how many pjctures they have crammed together How plays for mw, ard I don't realty av!4utl" When she gets to the middte and sees the CD inse.t (which reqojred hours and hours of care. Alost NFL ptayers corid get it. manual labor by myself, MaLik, and Mercedes) she wrinktes her face up jn disgust and explains that she needs a djfferent magazine because her CD is "cGcked." I expiain that it is not the Sheek CD that's cracked, jt's just the smalt opening in the clear adhesive sleeves where the CDs Fle might be the least tyrkauy-irdlrEd are inserted. She responds snottjLy, "l guess they can't afford better packaging." Finatty, she rnqnb€r of DBtoclq but he loolc tlke tE! packin' ttE mo6t. Jl.Et a gue.6. spends a good thirty seconds attempting to rip the CD sleeve oLrt and stick it in her pretty tittte purse. She jsn't smart enough to just remove the CD from the pLastic packagjng, so she gets frustrated and throws the entjre magaztne onto the floor under the tabte and storms away. B"Stitte of the > llappy Roots: I rbrer thqglt I iike to gjve the underachievers somethjng to aspire to, so whenever somebody pjsses me off I'd admit thb, I give reading now, so this be them a free subscription. Nefertiti may be this right let a tesson hrt yrs, co\ boy to ail you dumb fucks: find out who someone is before you tatk down to them. lguess OZONE tEts are so(y jsn't for everyone, but if you're too bougie to appreciate a hustie, stay away from me.
A few of you are probabLy expectinq me to comment on a cedain indie record label o\aner l/lorrb CHnut: pretty. probabty who's read The Art of Wat one loo many times. I had a few chor'ce words prepared, but I de- _, HeS a lttUe too I'd r rEnt to stare at cjd€d not to particjpate in the Jedj mind tricks. He already showed his true "family" vatues jn tr6t hlm. _. Jacksonviltej there's nothing more for me to say. l'd al5o like to thank the guy who dumped his Dll Dre: drink on my camera at Trina's birthday party. Thanks for offering to buy me a new one, too. I tike otder rnen, ard ke tools Sood > slrEe tF to6t a tot ofwelglt. Pt6, scaB Anyway, il's been said that fame is a sexuaLly transmitted djsease- lt'5 true; why etse woutd are se$ names like Monica Lewinsky, Paris Hilton, and GLorja Vetez appear jn our pop culture vo- cabulary? So, who better to talk about sex than celebrities for our lecond annual sex edition? we weren't interr'iew everyone. and Shawnna both declined < Common: Unfortunateiy, able to Ciara to EMdr lsa plmp. discuss their goodies and pussy poppin'. The queen of dancehatl fitth, Lady Saw' was in a bad mood when we asked her to tist ten vrays to steal someone elses' man, and Lil Jon declined to f,Hhod discuss his recent bachelor party on the record. BLrt, we do have some controversial. groupie > qE of ol.r^4an: arcft confessjons, Jacki-O's extensive sexuaL dictionary and some interestjng stories from artists yrnoua groupier tjke LjL Scrappy, Camron, and Lil Wayne. AIL jn all, this month's sex issue witi excite you, but d€scribed him as ultimately leave you feening for more - just Like the reat thing. "coitJolLirB'ln L en With Urdque bed, wfiidr - Julia BeverLy, [email protected] (Tyson Beckford & Benny Boom photos by Ray Tamarra) Faclat Haln sdri& good to I coddn't flrd a me. good plctue of D'AEeto: ,,l{lts or Tedr NirE, wb all htlha\€as€rlor6 rctrgnb€r lttakrE6 for scrag- the vldeo. gty [o6tee3. < Tlle Gar€r LilJon & ESB f/ Usher & Ludacrls "Lovers & Friends" ,{ike Jones "Feel Good" diay, prdtymrdr Jacki-O f/ Betty Wright "Sleeping With the Enemy" Lyfe "l{ust 8e Nice" anybody ln G"Unn Trick Daddy fl Khia & Tampa Tony "Jump On lt" Lil Boosle & Webbie "Glmme Dat" cou[d get it, o(cept The Roots "Somebody's Gotta Do lt" Joss stone "You Had ,{e" Ltoyd Saris' borlr{ Oowee f/ Petey Pablo "Chain Swangin"' T.l. "You Don't Know lrle" s. Gangbangln' b Zap Mamma f/ Erykah Badu "Bandy Bandy" Trillville "Some Cut" €sp€cialty sery.
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01 , Bun B and Cash @ Vision Sound Studios (Jacksonvitte, FL) 02-Scott Johnson, David Banner, and Jeremy Mccassy @Aer (NYC) 03 - Davey D, Latin Prince, Charles Dixon, and Cipha Sounds @ Exit (NYC) 04 - Four and Freezy @ Tabu (Ortando, FL) 05 - Mekkah, Swift, and P-Nukktes . @ TJ's DJ's (Tattahassee, FL) 06 , Damion and friends (Jacksonvitte, FL) 07 Kardinat Offishat and dead prez @ Lit Jon's retease Party (NYC) 08-Lit Fate and Jaycee @ Visions (Atlanta, GA) 09 Pitbutt reppin' Crunk Juice @ Exit (NYC) 10 - Kid Capri DJing Jay'Z's afterparty (Jack- - sonvitte, FL) 1 1 - Big Bodie and I,\aMn Dixon @ Yardfest (Tatlahassee, FL) 12 LiL Jon and the East Side Boyz with Doug E. Fresh @ Exit {NYC) 13 - Mike Jones, DJ Mettow, White Boi Pizal, Pautwatt, and Shoeb @ CtienteLL car show (Orlando, FL) 14 - Rashad Tyter and friends @ AM Lounge (Ortando, FL) 15 - The cheapest gas station owner in OrLando, Dawgman, and Tampa Tony (Ortando, FL) 16 - Tony Hattand friends @ 238 West (cainesvitte, FL) 17 - Poe Boy street team reppin' Jacki-O (Jackonvilte, FL) 18 - Toni B and L.A. of Trittvitte @ Visions (Attanta, GA) 19 - Jacki-O and the WTMG crew (cainesvitte, FL) 20 - Kwasi Kwa and Len Wootfotk reppin'Crunk @ Exit (NYC) 21 - C. Wakety and Phingas - @ TJ's DJ's (Tattahassee, FL) 22 - Big Weazie and Scorpio (Attanta, GA) 23 Lit Scrappy and Vince Phittjps @ Visions (Attanta, GA) 01 - Tampa Tony, Tom G, and BtoodRaw @ TJ's DJ's OaLLahassee, FL) 02 ' Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz repptn' Oaktey and Crunk Juice (Los Angetes, CA) 03 - Armageddon, Fat Joe, and Prospect @ FIAMU Homecoming (Tattahassee, FL) 04 ' Suga D, Disco and his son, and Pimp J @ Tabu (Ortando, FL) 05 - B.G. and fans @ Fjrestone (Ortando, FL) 06 - Ric Ross, Ed the Wortd Famous, Ati Muhammad, and DJ Dap @ Vibe/ Boost's Yardfest (Tatlahassee, FL) 07 - Rasheeda @ Yardfest (Tattahassee, FL) 08 - DJ Watly Sparks and Lit Phit @ Kaos (Chattanooga, tN) 09 - Mike Jones and Lit Wyte @ TJ's DJ's (Tattahassee, FL) 10 - Fetisha Foxx and Frank Luv @ Yardfest (Tattahassee, FL) 11 - Ace Boom Koon @ TheMoon(Tattahassee,FL)'12-DJB-Lordreppin'OZONE@TJ'sDJ's(Tattahassee,FL) 13 - Jermaine Dupriand Ciara @ his hattoween party (Attanta, GA) 14- David Banner and the Goodfettaz (LosAngetes, CA) 15-Btockwear@ Birdtand (Jackson, MS) '16 - DJ Prostyte and reppin' OZONE @ Firestone (Ortando, FL) 17 - C.0., Trjck Daddy, and Money l,{ark @ Rory (Ortando, FL) 18 - Trillvitte and PiccaLo @TJ's DJ's (Tatta- hassee, FL) 19 - Mannie Fresh showing off his OZONE cover (Chattanooga, TN) 20- E and co. @ Firestone (Ortando, FL) 21 -cypsy Gattaredo and Antonjo Tarver @ Skye (Tampa, FL) 22 - DJ Nasty and Dee Sonoram (Ortando, FL) 23 - Big L and King Ron @ Firestone (Ortando, FL) -- JF'F woRptJ{lafq BEVFRLY TPfiX MANY ffiWS gF T.I, PHoTOt flWcJailNtaN Rreparing for his photo shoot in an Atlanta recording studio, T.l, our chief of staff, They keep the shit moving, make sure shit is in order Pis all business, His entire crew is on-hand, including his business for us. Ctay brings in different opportunitjes and Doug [Petersonl does as I partners in his label Grand Hustle Entertainment; his posse, the wett, They're tike two different reatms of the company, CLay deats more PSC (Pimp Squad Clique); and Grand Hustle's female rappers Xtaci. DJ with promotions and endorsements, things tike that. Drama's Gorgsto 6rillz: Down With the King mixtape is blaring through the speakers over and over, a constant reminder of T.l.'s lyrical assault You stirred up the streets with your DJ Drama/Gangsta Grillz mixtape on his current rival Lil Flip. Despite being locked up for part of the year, aimed at Lil' Fllp, Down with the King, There's been a lot of contro- T.l. certainly knows how to keep his name current ln the streets. still, versy around you calling yourself the "King of the South," so how can you get a glimpse of T.l. the famity man when he takes a quick lunch you justify that? break in the studio lounge with his youngest son and longtime girl- Man, the peopLe support me, period. I'm the King of the South because friend, former Xcape singer Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, A few weeks later, I said so. we caught up with T.l. by phone while handting some business in NYC for his upcoming album, Urban Legend. Did Scarface know that the conversations you had with him about Lil' Flip were being recorded? when we were doing your photo shoot, you were commenting that Yeah, yeah. He knew he was being recorded. there's "nice T.1." and "cocky T.1." ls there some truth to that? I have a hot head sometimes, but I don't think I'm hatf as bad as peopte Now that the South is finally getting recognition in the hip-hop world, think I am. lt's ying and yang. There's positives and negatives to everything do you think it hurts the South to have two of lts biggest artists against you do. each other? I don't give a damn if you're in the South, North, East, or West, if two men You had one of your children there with you at the studio. How do you have a probtem they gonna have to handle the situation. Att this shit about balance having a career and having kids? "unity," man, you just unify with whoever you wanna unify with. Ain't It's a sacrifice. t have four kids, and basicatty, l'm being there for them none of your business what the next man do. You can't telt me who not to less now so I can be there more latet That's a mission, making sure they muthafuckin' have a disagreement with, Where the fuck were you when have everything they need. Luxuries and necessities. They're not gonna this bitch was on stage sayin' "Game Over"? I don't give a fuck about what be spoited, though. They're gonna have the things they need but they witt none of these niggas say. That's how shit gets btown up to be bigger than underctand and respect the vatue of a dotlar as long as I'm there. it reatty is. There's other peopte comin' in sideways, puttin' they nose where a muthafucker don't betong. I don't need no hetp, no muthafuckin' You made a joke that your son should be on the magazine cover - would peanut galtery Shit, man, anybody who knows me knows that anything I you encourage your kids to rap, or be in the entertainment business? say, pimp, it's cause I mean it. I ajn't never said nothing that wasn't on I want my kids to do whatever they want to do. I want them to have access my heart. I ain't never said anything that I didn't stand behind, whether to anything they want to do. ldon't want their options to be limited. it's "King of the South" or anything I've said on the record.
As you've been promoting your new album, it seems Did you get the reaction you were hoping for from the like you've been working hard to brand your label IT'M mixtape? Grand Hustle more so than the label you're signed to, THE Man, I ain't looking for no reaction. l'm lookjng to un- Atlantic. cover the truth and tett peopte what's reaLty going on. lmean, Attantic don't need my hetp. Attantic was the KING OF There's a lot of muthafuckers faking and flossing and home of Patti LaBetle and a tot of other tegends, if l'm tying for so long, l'm showing peopte what the real is. lf not mistaken. THE you choose to betieve [Lit' Ftip] then continue on, but if you're the kind of person I am, you'tl want to know the Do you plan to rerease arbums rrom Grand H"'rt BECAUTE I truth for reaL and l'm just putting r't out there for you. through Atlantic? 'AUTH Muthafuckers are lying, man. I wanna show how they are That's possible. lt hasn't been discussed yet. We've got when they ain't actin' tike they hard. Man, quit mutha- Big Kuntry Mac-Boney, AK, and C-Rod. $AID tA.n fuckin' flexin'for the cameras and microphones and be a reat person. I ain't lookin'for no muthafuckin' reaction, Do you think it's gonna be harder for them to establish their own identi- I don't give a fuck. I gotta say what's on my heart. That's the way I Live ties, if they come out kind of under your wlng? A lot of people are tired and operate. of rappers putting on their friends. It's gonna be easier for them. They don't have to go through the shit I One of the arguments Lil' Flip has made is that he'! sold more records went through. They're spoited, to tetL you the truth. But it ain't just me than you. coming out and trying to put my friends on, Even back when we first met Man, he Lyin'. That man sotd tike 1.4, 1.3 mittion right? This man got a each other, I toLd 'em I couLd rap and they were tike, "Shit, us too." We double aLbum, which means it gets doubte scans, That means he's got two atways had a common goat, it just happens that I got there first. We've albums beinq sotd for 512.99, the same price as one of mine. 5o this man spent a significant amount of time together; we've known each other since ain't so{d but 700,000 records, man, Right now we've lsoLd] Uke 910,000. we were ten, fifteen. It'5 smoke and mirrors, man. lt's that buttshr't that niggas be puttin'out there. What's the first release coming from Grand Hustle? It's gonna be a group atbum, PSc. Pimp Squad Ctick. We're gonna put Do you think bootlegging has anything to do with it? that out the beginning of 2005. lt's catted 25 to Lr'fe. That's what the guys Bootlegging hurts everybody, not just me, lt hurts everybody's potentiat. wanted to name the atbum. They've reatly got control of this project. At I mean, if you come out today and soLd 10 mittion, you coutd've sotd 13 the end when it's crunch time I might add a tit'something, but they've de- mittion if it wasn't for the bootLeggers. That's just part of the business cided what songs they want to be on the aLbum and what artjsts they want right now. to work with. I ain't reatty tryin' to dictate this project. From what they totd me, they agreed on the atbum titLe 25 to Lile 'cause they att turned What other side income do you have besides music? 25. and they gon' be on this shit for tife. I do my thing. I have several sources of income, but I'm not gonna put 'em atl out there. I do shows, I setl cars Hea\ry Chevy Ctassic Chevys - that we On Nelly's song "Pretty Toes, " you've got a line where you said, "l don't restore. I'm about to open a new restaurant with my uncte in Bankhead. wanna rap no more, l'm C-E-O." What's the advantages and disadvan- We got att kinds of things we're working on. tages of being an artist and being an CEO? The advantages of being an artist is that everywhere you go, peopte know When you put out sonEs like "Look What I Got," do you think the aver- who you are. More recognition, more special treatment. The groupies are age person who doesn't have a lot of money can relate to that? good (ioughs), and you get in ctubs free. But the disadvantage is that you I feet tjke its 50/50. Hatf of 'em Like to hear that shit 'cause jf they had neyer know where the money's going untess you take extra special tjme to the money they'd do the same thing. But you can't oversaturate the find out. You're not reaLly connected with the ins and outs of the profits market with bragging about what you've got, because you've got to have and tosses of the company. some kind of substance and meaning other than that. So, I feet tike your messaqe shoutd be 50/50 or maybe 60/40 depending on which qroup of Who's involved with Grand Hustle as a labet besides you, and what are peopte you're trying to reach. When I say, "Look what I got, " l'm speaking their roles? on material things and atso "respect from the niggas and G's." l'm tatking Me and Jason lceter] own the company togethet and Ctay [Evans] i5 like about my fottowing, my admiration and presence in the ghetto, not just
OZONE MAGAZINE NOVET.^SER 2OO1 19 anybody. They're onLy worried about themsetves and how they could make their famiLr'es Uves better.
What would you do if you were President? l'd try to provide substantiat emptoyment for peopte so there woutd be less crime. You can't just teLt peopte, "Don't selt dope." lt's just a way to pay the bitts. You can't tetl peopLe, "Don't go rob." I don't rob or setL dope, I don't do anything iltegal for money anymore. But if I had to choose between setting dope or my chitdren starving, guess what l'm going to be doing? lt's not reatistic to expect someone to make that choice. 5o, I feet tike pro" Clockwise from above: Grand Hustle's viding adequate emptoyment shoutd definitety be high on the Presidentiat Jason Geter, Ctay Evans, & Doug Peter- priority tist. I atso feet tike education shoutd be equal in the ghettos and son; Tl. & his girtliny (photo: Sandra the suburbs. Just because you're from the ghetto, that doesn't mean you RoseJ; T.l. performing in TaLtahassee, FL shoutd have a subpar education. I think your educatjon shoutd be just as extensive and advanced as someone who Lives in a rich neighborhood.
What was your education like? ldidn't even graduate hjgh schoot, man,
Where do you think you got your business sawy from? I don't know. I just started reading the newspaper when I was three or four years oLd. My mom is smart as helt, real book smart. My daddy wa5 reaL street smart. I guess that's where I got it from.
Since this is the "5ex issue" of OZONE, I'm going to name some females, and you can tell me how you think they'd be in bed. Gloria Velez? I think she's been through a lot of nasty shit, so she'd be reat open. I don't know, I might wanna try putting her in the same bed with some of the other girls on your List.
Beyonce. She off timits, man. That's my homeboy girt.
Vivica Fox. She seems, uh, experienced. l'd want her to teach me something, When l'm with otder women I wanna learn something, ya dig? tatking about my jewetry and cars. Trina- After an album like Trop ltuzik, now that you're a cetebrity and you She seems ljke she might have a few tricks up her steeve. don't have to be on the streets hustling every day, how can you still speak to that audience? Remy Martin. Because I know what it's Like to be there. I ain't forgot. I stiLt have a Nah, she'd wanna be in controt. lain't with that. lcan't do that. (pduse) presence there. When I say l'm from the ghetto, l'm not just tatking Whoa! Speak of the deviL, there go Remy right now. Let me go hotta at Fat shit. I tived there for the majority of my tife, and it ain't shit to go back. Joe about some business. Hotd on. (long, long pause) I ain't never gonna be broke again, but I stitt go back and show [ove. I try to show peopte that if I made it out of here, you can too. lt means Okay, how 'bout Paris Hilton? somethjng to me, and that coutd change somebody's life. Yo(,t don't gotta She's interesting, yet frajt. I don't think she coutd take it. I don't generatty just accept your fate. Some peopLe feet tjke they don't have a chance, do white women. l've had, uh, encounters, but l've never stept with a white tike they can't do nothing with their tife. You provide hope. woman. lt's just that l'm an ass man. I tike asses, and white women gener- alLy have more titties. Not to say that they're not nice; I tike a set of nice You've got a Lot of fans who aren't from the ghetto. Why do you think titties as much as the next man. I know a Lot of coot white broads and we they relate to your music? can go kick it and drink and have a good time, but you know, that attractjon Trop h'luzik was like 70130. 70% was catered to niggas who don't know just don't be there. I've seen a few on TV that I might consider. nothing but that way of tjfe. With this atbum, I feet tike it's 50/50. lt don't just cater to them njggas. lt speaks to the trap niggas, but at the Like a Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera? same time it speaks to cats that don't know nothing about the trap. Yeah Britney could probabty get it. Chrjstjna coutd get it. Britney got a lit' There's cats in the suburbs going to coLtege who just tike to go party. ass back there! But l've onty seen 'em on ry so I don't know. They may have They don't tike to fight and shoot, they just like to have a good time and added something to make 'em look a tittte more votuptuous. ride around to they big-ass house and tife they happy tife. lt speaks to those peopte. too. lt s very diverse. Do you think there's a difference sexualLy between different races? llike Latin girts, like Puerto Ricans and Brazitians. latso like mixed girls a Who is featured on the album? tot, I don't think there's a difference sexuatty, though. lt just depends on Features, l've got Nelty, 8.G., Lit Wayne, Lit Jon, Trick Daddy, PSC ctique, the person. Jazze Pha, Daz Dittinger. As far as production, l've got beats from Jazze Pha, the Neptunes, DJ Toomp, David Bannet Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz, Has your sex life changed since you became a celebrity? and LitJon. Man, l've atways been that way. lwas aLways a ladies man. When lwas in high schoot, lwas the nigga with atL the girts. I was in the 8th grade tryin' It seems like just recently that they said you'd be locked up for three to hotta at the girLs in 12th grade. lwas in the 5th grade tryin'to hotta at years. the girLs in the 8th grade. Right now, this just shows everybody what kinda I hadn't been sentenced at att, that was just somebody taLkin'about nigga I am. I haven't changed. what they thought was going on. l'm done with that now, l'm just on probation. I was with you in Tallahassee the other day after your performance, and there were a lot of females chasing after you saying they love you and (TI. interrupts the interview, shocked at something he's seeing walking they'll die if they don't touch you. How do you keep stuff like that from down the street in NYC. "Do you know Seon John makes a fuckin' doggie going to your head? sweoter, man?!? l've got to muthafu.kin' holla at Puff...") I know they gon' say that about anybody. lt's not me, it's my position that's making them do that. When you start betieving that it's you, that you're Speaking of Puff, do you have any comments on the election? the reason, that's when you get big-headed and lose sight of what's realty I have two comments. One, y'att shoutd go out and vote. Iwo, jf Bush important, That's what Public Enemy meant when they said, "Don't beueve wins, we're fucked. They're atl for self, man. They have no attiance with the hypel"
20 OZONE MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2OO4 How did you originally get into the music industry? they're focused. lwas born into it. I have a lot of famity that are musicians orin the music My brother is industry I guess you coutd say I was a roadie, carrying bags, being on the focused, hewalked scene, being a runner. When I started taking it seriously and putting my me into the game focus into it, my first officiat job was on an internship [evel at Jive. and through the game. When I started What artlsts did you go on the road with? what I was doing it was Brand Nubian, Heavy D, X-CLan, Pac, a lot of different artists. Anybody separate, then I went to lwas cool with who needed somebody just to be on the team and be him and asked him to hetp ..M'NEIRYII{GN(nTAIT focu5ed and hetp promote. ljust started doing street team and regional me because he taught me (nTAIE coLtege radio promotions, and that's hor,v lgot a job at Hot 97.5 in att the groundwork, HISORV, SUPER- Attanta back in the day, I wa5 a programmer during the day and a SIANSWHOAREVENT personatity at night. Chingy recently left DTP. How omtRAllYREhrEl{il' would you analyze or explain that Why did you get out of radlo? situation? I got fired. I trul.y don't know why, to this day. The technical reason that I can analyze it a bunch of different ways, but the onty way I can was given to me was that I didn't do my job sufficiently, but I know that explain it is that dude just felt he wanted to do his own thing separate I did, I guess it wa5 just potitics, or for whatever reason. I love radio, to from DTP The stuff that he's sayjng about me personalty is fabricated. this day. I tove it behind the scenes and on the air. Everyone's gonna ask, "Why woutd you teave DTP when you just soLd three mittion records?" It's an army, a team, He's gotta make stuff up Do you think you'll ever go back into radio? so that it witt make sense. There's peopte getting in his ear. lf there's I haven't reatty teft, because l'm constantLyin contactwith programmers an issue, bring it to the source. Bring it to us. He hasn't talked to me and DJs. I tatk to DJs, I tel,l 'em how to do their breaks better. I come in over ejght months, He never tatked to me about the situation, In up with radio promotions to hetp promote my artists. I woutd tove to get passing I'd always say, "Whenever you're ready to sit down, tet's tatk," back into radio. and he'd say, "Yeah, we'tl get together," but it never happened.
Ludacris was a personality on the same radio station, right? ls that Do you think he would have sold three mil if he wasn't Mth DTP? how you met hlm? It's possibte. There's ptenty of artists that have good records and do Yeah, he used to come to my office and drop off music and ask questions nothing and there's plenty of whack artists that btow up. lt's all about about the industry just to get feedback. At some point, we just created a how you're presented to the wortd, and how they accept you. retationship and a mutual respect. When he asked me to be his manager, at the time I reatty didn't want to do it. A tot of artists had asked me to Does it make you hesitant to sign any new artists? manage them because lwas the music director, so they figured lcoutd I mean, that's the business I'm in. The onty thing that makes me hesitant get their record ptay. Something about him and the way he approached is that l'm a very personat person. it just makes me wary because me me just made me say yes. From there, jt's been history. and his reLationship was business and personat, but it was a definitive Une. I've never crossed it, but to me, he did. When you first heard Ludacrls rap, what appealed to you? The thing that stuck out was that he sounded different than everybody What other projects are you working on? else that was coming out of the south at that time, and he could We just did our futt-fledged tabet deal with DTP through Def Jam for definitety rap his ass off. our new artists Eobby V Sharissa, Norfclk, and a rock band, Lazy Eye. We picked up FieLd Mob through Geffen, we sti(t have l-20 at Capitat, Have you watched him grow musically since that time? and we have Playa Circte at Universat. We have deats at four different l've seen so much groMh it's ridiculous. lt's not even the same artist, labets. We're constantty doing fitms through our production company, in the sense of progression. He's a perfectionist, He atways wants to we've got three movies sold. Ludacris is invotved in some of those, and progress and he doesn't want to be repetitive, he's aLways tooking for l-20 is aLso making his acting debut. We're trying to find the next crop diversity. of up-and-coming btack HotLywood stars, We're trying to create history create superstars who are very cutturatty relevant. We want to continue A lot of peopte speak hlghly of you a5 a manager. What do you think to grow as a company and surpass what my mentors have brought into separates you from everyone else? the game so that the peopte who come behind me can surpass what I don't know. I guess it's just a matter l've done. of perspective. Maybe my approach and how I deal with business sets me What ls the key to success? apart. Everybody's job is to market and Being open"minded and witting to tearn promote their product. The product, in something new every day. this case, is the artist. A tot of peopte can do that wett, and from that point How do you feel about the new on, it's att about retationships. I like managenent at Def Jam? interacting with peopte because it You have opportunjtjes to do business atlows me to transfer and bounce with peopte up-close and personat, things off them and vice versa, and and from afar. Me and L.A. Reid have that creates great retationships. a relationship that spans way back and Retationships are what tife and this he's a good guy. lwish hirn the best in game js buitt upon, what he's doing at Def Jam, and right now he's my business partner, so we're ls lt difficutt to be partners with a approaching the game together, family member? Yes, I have seven brothers and seven Anything else you'd like to say? sisters so I only work with a certani Love the magazine, For real, I do, lt's few of them. Me and my brother Ueff fresh, it has its own format. You move Dixonl are partners, and we're are around a Lot and get good pictures 50 it's atmost direct opposites and we argue kinda tike seeing the worLd from your att the time, but we argue to make perspective. You're everywhere! each other better and to give each other different perspectives. We watch - Julid Beverly, [email protected] each other's backs, and it's a beautifut (Choko is shown dt left with his son thing to work with famity when ond fother)
OZONE NOVETTBER 2OO4 21 'IAGAZINE Who's on Lil' scrappy! hlt tist? didn't fuck me that night. I don't tike Man, we got Meagan Good on LiL' Scrap- the ones that come at me, I tike the ones py's hit tist. she's somebody I woutd lcan go after. I'm a dog, I tike to chase. tike to fuck with. But who I woutd tove lf I'm tryin'to chase 'em, they gonna to fuck with? Mya. And at The Source feet it when l'm tooking directty in they Awards, Lil' Kim kissed me on my cheek. eyes. They know I wanna fuck. lf I'm l'm a qrown man no$ so you know I've tookin' directty at you, then answer and gotta fuck with the grown women. I come, But if l'm chittin', drinkin', and can't fuck the tit' girLs no more. I meanr you comin' at me, I'm gonna kick you to it's a lot of women on my tist! Anybody the curb tike BArvil that wants the big dick, they coutd have it. Ya feet me? Any beautiful women What's the most interesting place without HIV can have the big dick. you've ever had sex? ln the car. Driving. lt was just a normal Has your sex life changed since you've day, smokin'weed white I was ridin'. I'm become a celebrity? going to the studio with a bitch, and she My sex tife is about the same. I don't hops over - you know, she suckin'the know, I guess I a[ways had God's btess- dick first - | had to have my seats tean ings to be abte to fuck women, you feel att the way back in the Che\y Monte me? l'm a freak. l'm a Capricorn, I'm a Carto. But l'm sittin' there driving and freak the whote way around. l'm fuckin' shit, and the bitch just starts gutpin' every day. tike she's about to throw up on my dick 'cause it's big as fuck. she's going up and Do you remember the first time? down and then I putt over and put the oh! I think any man can remember. I was rubber on. We fuckin', and I start driving tike thirteen or fourteen, dawg. I was in again 'cause I want to see how it feel on junior high school, it was right before I the expressway. We was fuckin'on the stabbed a dude. I had got kept back in expresswayl the eighth grade. lt was my birthday, and my brother was [ike, "l got this bitch On 285? for you. Matter of fact, I got t'/vo bitches 2851 How did you know? for you, and it's fixin' to go down!" I was kinda nervous. These broads came in (aoughing) Everybody fucks on 285, and he left out the room. The hoes got Ohhhhlll! You nasty muthafucka, you! to suckin', I put on the rubber and loi Yeah, it was 285! You already know. to fuckin', and [ike, as soon as I stuck That's the sex highway! it in, it was over! I was tike, "uh, uh!" tike eight pumps. lt was hot, wet, and I What's something you'd like to do was [ike, "Oh, my God!" The shit just came out. wow. Her body is wow, he. face is wow, she's rexually that you've never done? I been hooked ever since. I can't stop, I was so fine. How coutd you tet her go? And she I would love to just go up to a bitch and grab her hotdin' it jn before I even busted, But, before knows everything that I [ike, so where etse am hair and say, "l wanna fuck you right now," and I ever had any pussy or any head, I was already I gonna go? she be coot with it, lt's on. I ain't with the kiss" fuckin' around doing tittte freaky shit, humping ing and all that shit. I'tt suck the titties, though. and shit. So lt doesn't bother her that you fuck around I tove titties, and you can Lick on me atl day, when you're on the road? but kissing is not my thing unless you my baby How does Scrappy like to fuck? Of course. But she get all the money, so why mama. Scrappy Like to fuck jn all the positions, but my should she complain? She's pimpin' right now. main position is from the front with the tegs up lf you got a baby by any nigga that's rappin' or What'' the largest group sex experience you've because you get to go in deeper, From the back trappin'or anything, you pjmpin'l You can sit had? is okay \,vhen the bitch got a big ass, 'cause the back and retax. A foursome. Three girls. I ain't even know if I ass is bouncin'. But that's the only excitement coutd take 'em atl or not, lwas in a hotel room, you get out of that. What would you do in bed with your baby and it was two of 'em doing they thing over on mama that you wouldn't do with grouPies? the other side of the room, and me and shawty, So you're a tltty man? Man, I woutd eat her the fuck out. That's what Then they connected, some kinda way. lt was l'm a titty manl How did you know that? (Lil I wouLd do. Groupies can't even get a kiss on fun, I ain't never had that much fun before, We Jon voice) Yeaaahhhh!!! For reat, though, I'm a the cheek. was taughing, tatkin'about it, that's the best way straight titty man. to do it. I was tike, "You can't do this shit here! What's the craziest thing a groupie has eve. Bitch, watch this shitl" She screaming, "Ahh!" No You're a young dude, so do you prefer women said to you? niggas attowed in my room. Oh, except Pooh Baby! your own age or older women? A bitch came up to me and grabbed my dick Me and my nigga have been in the same room and I tike to fuck with otder women. Them the expe- from my balts and was [ike, "l'm gonna fuck fucked two different bitches and switched 'em rienced ones. Why fuck with muthafuckers that you tonight." And guess what happened? She out! Sho' did, man. That's my nigga. you've got to teach? I am not a teache[ l'm a tearner. I v,/ant to tearn aL[ I can Learn. I guesr that's a male bonding experience, Yes, it is! I tove my nigga, dawg. We skeet on What's the best tesson you ever got? hoes. We skeet on they eyes, they hair, they nose, The best lesson lever qot was when a bitch ticked they ears, you know, they cheeks. Everywhere, my ass, dawg. lwas tike, "Oh, my muthafuckin' everywhere. This is some G's Up shit. lf lcould, I God!" I was tike, (Lil Jor voice, "Whatttt????!" woutd skeet on the stars, dawg. I don't think God 'Cause I used to argue with niggas att day, tike, I couU,l nnaldsl@ woutd permit me to do that, though. "How y'atL gonna tet a bitch lick your ass? That ain't proper, my njgga! That ain't hood!" But on flto'ste*s, dgrlg.I could you ever have too much sex? then I was getting my dick sucked and the bitch Hett yeah! Dawg, just two weeks ago I was tired tifted my teg up and ticked my ass. I coutdn't donVthinkOodnpuld of havin' sex. Now I'm back on it again. l'm teLt- heLp it, I was screaming. oh, I fett tike a bitch. ing you, though, my nigga Pooh Baby do not take Dwttittqd,to doflst, a break! He fucks on the road, goes home to his What's your ideal woman llke? thoryh." baby mama, fucks her, and comes back on the My baby mama. she's so fuckin'fine. That's the -LilScwpp road. That nigga is the Energizer bunny! muthafucker I kicked it with forever. Like in real tife, I have a daughter, and lher mother] is like, - Julia Beverly, [email protected]
22 OZONE I,IAGAZINE NovE {BER 2m4 What kind of guy is Teedra Moses into? What do you think about phone sex? Physicatty, I normatly tike very, very I tike phone sex. When you travet a lot dark-skinned guys, but l'm not just reL- sometimes you have to do that. egated to that. I like guys that can teach me something, guys that are confident, Are you into porn? because I thjnk that spilts over into the l'm not big on porn, because when I'm bedroom. I definitely tike an aggressive with a man it's about me. Whatever guy in bed. she's doing is great, but l'm not gonna sit here and compete v{ith her. lf he's Since you've become a celebrity, have gonna get aroused by looking at her and you had any male groupies? have sex with me, no, my ego's too big My criteria for a man is realty, reatly for that. I'm not into other girls, I know high, so I don't date a tot. 50, the guys that's some peopte's thing, but I don't that come try to attach themsetves to want any competition in the bedroom. me because of how I sing or the songs It's atl about me and how I put it down. I sing, they never get ctose. I haven't When he gets up the next morning I want reatly experienced any mate g.oupies. him to be thinking about Teedra, I don't have security so guys can watk up to me after a show and l'tt be cor- lf you could caeate your own porn, diat, but they can teLl by my attitude. what would be the ideal scenario? They'tl be tike, "l tove the way you wjnd When you get on stage and perform, your body on stage and dance. Can we it's orgasmic. I perform with a band, so hookup?" I tett 'em that I'm just focusing there's so many different energies up on my career right now. there on stage. lf it was porsibte, I woutd tove to just be grabbed off the stage at What about your ex-boyfriends or guy that moment and just taken, you know friends, have they changed at all since what I mean? That woutd be perfect. Your career has started to take off? It's not reatty possibte, cause I might go No, cause they know the real Teedra, to jail or something. But that would be I've atways acted the same way, But, great cause it's two of the things I tove their homeboys are tooking at the yideo so much. Fjrst I'd get off just by being like, "Damn, Teedra fine as hel[," and it on stage and then l'd have sex with a kinda makes them feetweird. man. He'd have to be reaLly aggressive, slam me against the watt, that type of How important is it to your career fo. thing. That's how lam on stage, real you to put forth a sery image? aggressive. The onty rea5on it's important is because I'm a very sexual person. I'mnottryingto HaYe you ever had sex in public? be something l'm not, Everything I write about, Do you recall saying anything embarrassing in l've done it in a grocery store before, late at even if it's a serious matter, comes across sen- bed, or having anything weird said to you? njght. My ex-boyfriend and I were in a z4-hour sual. Being sexy is very important because I'm a Wett, there was one dude. I don't know what grocery store. lt was about three in the morning. woman, so why wouLdn't I be? lt's not that I want he was talkjng about, but he kept saying, "Ooh, You know where the yogurt aiste is, kind of in the to sell it and make everything about sex, but it's your sl.omach. your stomach. Have you been grocery section? By the titt(e side yr'att, there's a part of every woman. It's a part of everyone. workjng on your stomach?" lt was tike, shit, did normalty a door or something. We kinda duck€d I have a gut before? He just kept saying it, and off to the side rjght there. I think that having sex Being a woman Ir the industry, have you had he could barely even see my stomach. He was in pubtic is very sexy. I don't think sex is a nasty any glys offer to help you. caree. if you 5lept getting ready to orgasm and kept taLking about thing or a bad thjng, especiaLty when it's two with them? my damn stomach. That was kinda weird. peopte that care about each other. I think you Oh, no. They know l'm a grown woman, not a shoutd do it in public, as long as it's not around littte kid. That stuff doesn't impress me, and I Does size matter? kids and stuff! {loughing., woutdn't want to be stuck with them afterwards. Size is very important. Everybody says it's No, l've never had that problem. lt's never been about the way you use it. No, it's not. lf it I'm going to name some rappers, and you tell an issue with me. l'm a person that truty reties doesn't make you feel tike anything is even me how you think they'd b€ tn bed. Lil Wayne? on my tatent and my gift of gab, lf I run across in there, what is there for you to use? Size Li[ Wayne is cuLe. he's a handsome young man. I somebody that lactuatty am interested in, he is important to me. I don't know about other don't know, he's too young for me. I can't took at might get it. But you're not gonna get jt just womenr I mean, no one wants someone to btow him in that way. cause you can do something for my career. lcan they back out comptetelyr but you do want do that for mysetf. something you can feel (laughinq. P Diddy? I love the yr'ay he dresses, but he's too manicured What's your status right now? What's your favorite position? for me. I like rugged men. I had a realty iong relationship that lasted twe{ve My preference would be me on top. Ot from yeaB, and I haven't had a boyfriend Jince. I'm the back from the side, [ike, layinq down. Petey Pablo? not stressed to be in a retationship right now. He tooks tike he could reaLly put it down. ln a twelve-year relationship, wa5 it hard to Tyrese? keep the sex interesting? He's a very nice looking young man. but he's a No, actualLy it was very interesting. lt's even pretty boy. He's attractive. but just not for me. better when you're with somebody for a tong time because you know more about them. Basi- Who could get it? just jt. catty you've gotta get into character. Some "l dOZONE ,IAGAZINE NoVEMBER 2OO' 23 i 1. "That's like. cut or uncut."
dick.whupped (dik-whupf) v 1. "That's when he put it on you so good that he hittin'that wall and you could feel it way down deep in your stomach." 2. "Even though he's doggin'you out, you still keep going back. You find yourself buyin'him shit thatyou don'twanna buy. You flnd yourself doing things thai you don't normally do." 3. "lt's all about the dick. You wake up, dick. You go to sleep, dick. One night y'all fuck and the next morning you wake up like, 'Damn, that nigga can fuck!"'
straighl.lunch (skraell u n ch) n. 1. "When Isay'straiqht lunch,'that means, 'Mmmmmmm!'The diner is operl"
ltick y'dick (tik-e-dik) n. 1. "There's some big-ass dudes out there with little-ass dicks. That's a tricky dick." I t
24 oZONE i,tAGAZtNE NOVE:IAER 2004 I'm gonna start by naming some names of arwatLs! He make the sugaMatls come down. had 5ex, or would like to have sex? rappers, and you can tell me how you think When you get with him, what he gon' do to you Cherry bush. Middle of Times Square. The [Miami they'd be in bed. Mannie Fresh? is gonna remind you not to forget him, hotell Mandarin Oriental in the Hong Kong room, He's cuddty. He tooks tovable and huggabte. on the balcony, Backyard cherry bush. Uh, I've He looks tike the type of guy that knows what Lil Wayne said you're like a sister to him, and gotta be more creative than this, Something sick- he wants and ain't afraid to tett you what he's he can't look at you that way. ening. ln a saitboat on the French Riviera?Top floor tooking for. And, cho-ching! Tett Lil Wayne l'm not his sister. Lil Wayne, we of the Bettagio in Vegas, on the private crap tabte coutd be kissing cousins (laughing. that they bring to your room. The back of a jet-ski Too Short? on South Beach? Nah, l'm just ptayjn'. Djd I say Ain't he a pimp? Next! Cuban Llnk sald he thought you'd be "tradi- "cherry bush" atready? The last ptace woutd prob- tional" in bed. abty be 35,000 feet in the air, on a private jet. Ludacris? "Traditionat"? What the fuck is that supposed to He got nice tips, and tooks tike he's just the mean? Like, missionary position? I am anything Have you ever been dick-whupped? right size. but missionary sweetheart. Nah, not yet. I try to pussy-whup a nigga jnstead. I just do my thing when I get in the bed with a J-Kwon? What rappers do you think are packin'? man. I coutd teach him a few things, He's a nice-Look- Petey PabLo. Lit' Ftip. Ludacris. They just give ing dude. Young and witting to tearn, me that vibe. Who etse is holding a big package? Lights on or off? Definitety Lebron James, cause he's a young tall Leave the Lights on! He gon' wanna see this! T. t.? nigga with some big feet. Them batLpLayers, tike (laughing) Keep ya eyes open. Don't blink or you Strajght Lunch! Cl.jnton Portis, and Lebron James. Lebron James might miss it!The hands are quicker than the eyes, Look tike he's straight muthafuckin' lunch. And baby. Oh, I have an alter ego in the bedroom. My 50 Cent? now that shaq done moved to Miami, he ain't name is Jacki-o, but my atter ego is Backdoor 50 is a tittte too seasoned right now. He look exempt, neither! But they coutd be trjcky dicks, Bambi. 'Cause my name is Bambi and I tike it in my like a convertibte. I bet he got a teft hook, but they could be foolin' us. backdoor. Nah, I'm just ptaying. Oh, I tike to rote I don't know, he took tike the dick might be pLay. Rote ptaying is when we pretend that we're good. What size shoe does he wear, anyway? Carmelo Anthony? not reatty who we are and we're abte to tet our (loughing) Lunch. When I say it tike that, you ain't gotta hair down and do what we realty want to do. I pre- ask me no more questions. Lunch! tend that I'm not me, and you pretend you're not Young Buck? you. We could att get it down and have [ots of fun. Now, Young Buck is Jacki-O's typicat kind of R Kelly? Let your hair down, swing from the chandetiers, dude, but I shoutda got him when he was fresh. Hard-top with a tit' hook in it. and hotta from the moon. The next day it'tt all be lf I had got to hjm, he woutd be a btur, you won't even have to a whote different type of ptayer, remind me of it. a whole different type of dude. "l heuo a bhck bea wifh a l