On Celebrity
Though Intern Amelia and I are terribly famous ourselves, we had a real brush with fame the other day at lunch.
Running some errands in the neighborhood we stopped into Chanterelle’s and headed straight for the cafeteria-style line. I already knew what I wanted, so I was glancing around in line and did a double-take.
Sitting nearby was none other than Young Jeezy.
Some of you old folks may not be familiar with this thing called hip hop, but let me tell you, the kids love it. While it may not be particularly relevant to the Wren’s Nest, hip hop is terribly relevant to West End.
Plus, as I’ve touched on a little bit here before, many hip hop artists are inextricably linked with the trickster hero. For the most obvious homage, look no further than Eminem’s character in 8 Mile: B. Rabbit.
Or, really, look no further than Brer Rabbit’s big road on the plantation and B. Rabbit’s 8 Mile Road in Detroit.
While running into Young Jeezy at lunch may not be as relevant a celebrity encounter as, say, having Sir Salman Rushdie ask to have his picture taken with Brer Rabbit, it’s pretty sweet nonetheless.
By the way, who is the celebrity here?
Rushdie is great, but I’m pretty sure Brer Rabbit is the original gangsta in this case. Thanks to Steve Enniss for the photo.
Hey Profess – Sir Rushdie, wanna hang out at the Wren’s Nest when you get back in town?
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Amelia Trace Lerner
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Lain Shakespeare
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7 Comments to On Celebrity
by Gabe The Babe On June 29, 2007 at 12:03 pm
awesome!
by lain On June 29, 2007 at 12:07 pm
That is the appropriate response.
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by ATL On June 29, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Okay, okay- stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Young Jeezy, Lain Shakespeare, Amelia Trace, and Salman Rushdie walk into a Southern-French cafeteria-style restaurant and Salman tries to order the creamed spinach. The server says- oh, you’ve heard it? It’s a great one, right? Man, I’m laughing already.
by lain On June 29, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Yeah! Except I thought that Salman requested “cauliflower au gratin.” Oh well.
by Russ On July 2, 2007 at 8:27 am
Nice, bringing the Eminem/8 mile reference ’round full circle. In my halcyon youth college years, I did a paper pulling out all the 8 mile literary references…there’s a lot of Updike in there, as well.
by Samantha On October 12, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Chris Brown Is Toooooo Good 4 Rihanna He Needs 2 Get Wit Ciara
by lindy On April 22, 2009 at 4:29 am
ah pple chris brown is the quites guy i’v ever seen