In his blog, Sacha Frere-Jones turned me onto this "gorgeous piece of writing" by David Ramsey in Oxford American. The New Yorker writer probably just says that because Ramsey references the 2007 piece Frere-Jones wrote about Lil Wayne.
Interestingly enough, the music writer managed to write another piece about Weezy in June, and references the rapper about once a week in his blog.
In any case, Ramsey's piece is worth a read. It also reminds me that the effects of Katrina are extraordinary, but the world has looked away. I watched a documentary called Faubourg Treme at the Vancouver International Film Festival last week about America's oldest black community, located in New Orleans. The history and welfare of 'Treme' has been all but demolished. In 2008, we've all but forgotten Katrina happened. If you wander around the Oxford American site a little more, there are provocative voices on the meaning of Katrina three years later.
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From an interview in early 2006:
AllHipHop.com: On the album, did you ever contemplate doing a whole track dedicated to the Hurricane Katrina tragedy?
Lil Wayne: No, because I’m from New Orleans, brother. Our main focus is to move ahead and move on. You guys are not from New Orleans and keep throwing it in our face, like, ‘Well, how do you feel about Hurricane Katrina?’ I f—king feel f—ked up. I have no f—king city or home to go to. My mother has no home, her people have no home, and their people have no home. Every f—king body has no home. So do I want to dedicate something to Hurricane Katrina? Yeah, tell that b—h to suck my d—k. That is my dedication.
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Lil Wayne on safe sex: “Better wear a latex, cause you don’t want that late text, that ‘I think I’m late’ text.”
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