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Do you think Wayne was right to kick out the reporter?

posted 14 years ago by TheChikinGuy
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The scene where the interviewer starts asking Wayne about New Orleans music, and his place in the city's musical tradition, I thought it was kind of unfair that Weezy just shut the guy out after losing patience with his questions.

True, I thought the guy's questions were a bit pretentious (about jazz and all that), but I think he was trying to get a serious interview about Wayne's thought and artistic process. I think the guy asked those questions in a way that clearly rubbed Wayne the wrong way and he just dug a hole for himself, instead of meeting Wayne on his level and asking him questions that appeared more rap-related.

Do you think Wayne was justified to end the interview, or was he being spoiled? My heart did go out to that awestruck interviewer sitting there as Wayne zoned out on his phone.

[–] BrunoAntony 14 years ago

Totally. Part of interviewing someone is being able to gauge their moods ... the guy should have realised that he was rubbing Lil Wayne the wrong way with his concept of "New Orleans" music. You could tell Wayne was thinking "is this guy asking me if I like brass bands?".

[–] HSpride 14 years ago

Wayne gave him like 3 chances lol the guy just asked the same question just a different way a whole bunch of times...it would get annoying i bet, it most have been something about that guy because all of the other interviews ive ever seen wayne in he has been cool

[–] trippin_04 13 years ago

this scene was awesome

the interviewer was a moron

dude sounded german or austrian or somethin

wayne gave him plenty of chances, interviewer just kept messin things up, his questions were asinine

[–] yourconscience 13 years ago

I think the interviewer was asking him if he was like jazz musicians and let the moment decide where the other moments would come from, not so much do you like jazz, or second-line, or brass music. I felt bad for the reporter because wtf was he gonna do after that, write an article about how Lil Wayne got pissed off at him when he started to ask him about the tradition of N.O music and where he fit into that.

Granted I know Lil Wayne sees himself in no way connected to "New Orleans music" but, he references his upbringing a lot, he references traditons of New Orleans (as seen in the doc), and like a jazz musician he does have a stop and go recording process, where he plans something out, stops, plans something else and goes.

It could be that he didn't like his rap to be preferred as "poetry", since he writes nothing down, but he could have asked the interviewer to skip the traditional New Orleans stuff, like jazz and poetry, because he doesn't see himself in that vain and he comes from (x), explained that, and the interviewer (to whom English is a second language, and American music is of a different culture) would have a sturdier ground to continue his interview from.

I felt like Lil Wayne might've denied that dude a paycheck, an article, an interview, and answers.

[–] Shane30794 13 years ago

He was totally justified to kick him out. I wonder if thats the only questtion the reporter had going in there, cuz he just wouldnt let it go, adn if thats the case then hes a terrible reporter. As a reporter u have to have a huge aresenal of questions cuz u never know if ur gonna get a one word or a one hour response.

The syrup withdrawals probably didnt help the situation...