DJ Jazzy Jeff
How did they come up with the idea to throw you out the house every time and what did you land on a trampoline or something?
Nah it was a mat and I did it the first episode and they liked it then they did it again and all of a sudden they were like people like that we want to keep doing it. It was funny but that’s how the show was. They’d try stuff get a response, try it again and again it just keeps going. I was really shocked when it came to a situation where I might have been like the third most popular character on the show. I’m in denial. I said I was gonna do this and leave it alone and now you trying to tell me i’m getting fan mail. I’m not understanding that. I’m not looking at it like I’m acting. You give ne a script I read it and everybody laughs. I don’t understand it, but hey I’m going to do it plus the money was good.
What’s fine ass Hilary doing now?
I talked to her one time after we left the show. I know she got married but it was cool because those people became family.
So how much did you prepare for the acting since you didn’t take it seriously.
I didn’t prepare at all and its crazy because I got so many offers to do movies and I was terrified. More than anything music was so much of my life I needed to make sure the music thing wasn’t going to work before I tried something else. I hit a crossroads where it was like music is my love and your music is doing ok, but what about this acting thing. That was one of the first lessons I learned about happiness. Sometimes what is most financially lucrative may not be what makes you happy. Success doesn’t always have to mean money and it took me a minute to understand that. I turned down a lot of money because it wasn’t something I was gonna be happy doing.
What were some of the ideas fools were coming with like let’s make a whole series of you flying out of different houses?
None of them ever went as far as development. I was more so I’m not with that. They wanted me to do one of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, they wanted me to do this Toy Soldiers movie, there were a couple movies they wanted me to do. I didn’t even get to the point of reading the script. They would call and ask if I was interested and I would kinda play it off and not call them back.
You mentioned the old white ladies coming up and recognizing you. What’s the most unusual or craziest encounter you’ve had based on your tv celebrity status?
This lady might have been 65 or 70 years old and she came up to me and I’m real friendly. She came up like oh my god Jazz how are you doing and I’m like hey how are you doing? Then she is like aww you’re a cute little something and I’m like oh thank you and she kept saying you need to meet my granddaughter and I’m going along with her like yea. Then her granddaughter came up and she was trying to introduce me to her and I took a picture with her granddaughter and she is like get her number, get her number. Now we’re starting to get a little awkward and what happened was she came up to and grab me by my cheek and stuck her tongue out and was gonna try and tongue me.
The old lady or the granddaughter?
The old lady
Ahhh!
I put my hand up in front of my mouth and pushed her face away and her granddaughter grabbed her embarrassed just shook her head and walked her away. I was walking down the street shaking. I was like oh my god this 70 year old lady tried to tongue me down.
What’s your perspective on the Sixers?
If we can get over these injuries we gonna be all right but that’s been our shit the last four years. Everybody is hurt. Allen ain’t playing tonight, Derrick Coleman, ain’t playing, Marc Jackson etc. but for us to be leading the division with all the injuries I think with allen healthy and Glenn Robinson back and Marc Jackson we can win the east. Ain’t nobody beating the Lakers though. They need to break the west up.
Eagles might get a Superbowl.
I hope so. We always click at the beginning of the season and sputter at the end. I’m happy that we sucked ass at the beginning and we clicking at the end. We give up shit on the run, but we don’t give up touchdowns. Who do you prepare for on the Eagles you got three running backs that will do you, you got Donovan that will do you, Donovan passing to nine receivers you don’t know who to prepare for.
