SWAy From MTV!
what chu know about the hip hop scene in paris? I walked into the grand palace on friday night and was blown away by the venue. every aspect of hip hop culture could be found all in this space. graff exhibits, graff in progress, a dance arena, a huge performance stage, bball court, half pipe, and skate jumps. there were huge canvas's put up on scaffolding for the graff artists and a schedule full of performances and dance competitions. wow. it was so dope. i checked the scene out then found a spot in the arena to watch these two chics battling it out. they then invited all the people who want to get down onto the floor. with no inhibitions here in paris, i decided to go down and break it down, haha. i saw sway from mtv! on my way to take a picture with him, i met up with my girl Alyssa and she said that he had already asked for her number!Next, i went up and introduced myself and said i was from LA. Hes like "aww gimme some love girl". he told us that he was really happy to meet ppl from home cuz he was in paris for a week already and no one spoke english. apparently he was in paris because he is making a documentary on the history of the hip hop culture in France. he said that the hiphop culutre in the US is lost today and the fundamentals and basics of the culture are never seen anymore or rarely. he said that in france it is still very much alive in the original sense, bboys battles graff all that. i was very impressed with how down to earth and intelligent he was. he used alyssa as a translator for one of the interviews and she got to be in his documentary AND on mtv news.
He then asked what we were doing that night and invited us to a club with him. had our names put on the guest list. dope! i was stoked. we had some beer and then he had to go and do more interviews. he said we were more than welcome to tag along, so we followed him up onto this platform to watch the performances and then backstage. it was tight. we got to meet some of the biggest producers and head honchos in the hiphop scene in paris. we met this one cat who had been in the scene for over 20 years and who knew biggy and mary j back in the day. he invited us to his radio show on thursday when the game was going to be interviewd. sway was going to pre record for him because apparently sway has a radio show here in paris.
after being backstage for a while he invited us out to dinner with them. hell ya. they had a van pulled up and me alyssa, sway, some hiphop producers in paris, his potographer, editor, assistant and producer all went down into le marais and had dinner at this african restaurant. it was so bomb. he goes everytime he is in paris. there were pics of other famous ppl there too. snoop dog, rihanna. i sat next to him and we chatted all throughout dinner. topics such as interracial relationships, the history of hiphop, differences in french/american culture were all hot. i told him about myself because he asked how i ended up here. told him i sing and suggested i hook up with this producer who's email i got. sway was tight. nice to meet another smart man. he was funny when we were talking about interracial relationsips. his first gf was named kim and filipino. LOL. he is a great person to converse with. very intelligent and humble. when i asked how he stayed grounded he said that he just lives his life and doesnt dwell on all that. hes come a long way from growing up on welfare in oakland. also breeds dogs and sells them to celebs like 50 etc, but trains them in swahili so that they cannot easily be stolen. interesting.
we said our goodbyes cuz they had to cut out to do another interview that night. i told him that it was cool to meet him and that he was really down to earth and it was refreshing. he was like u actlike we arent gonna see eachother ever again! and agreed to see us on sunday back at the festival.
sunday comes along and i had some other events going on and i didnt get out of the house till 4pm and by the time i got to the event, they werent letting anyone else in! wack. but as i was eating i got a missed call from alyssa. checked my message and it was SWAY! he just said i was wack for not coming out and good luck and it was dope kicken in. he also threw in a few french words that we were trying to teach him haha. i called back and got to say peace to him. he was like like where u at youre wack! alyssa was with them again on the champs elysees. exchanged info and told him id keep in touch. DOPE!!
check out the pics!
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