Post by fugees-online on Feb 16, 2009 10:02:10 GMT 1
Theres a new interview with J.Period over at okayplayer.com in which he talks alittle bit about Lauryn Hill...
check out the full interview at
www.okayplayer.com/interviews/latest-interviews/embellish-on-the-cut:-an-interview-with-j.-period-200902127352/
OKP: That’s interesting. Alright, let me ask you something from left field. You were Lauryn Hill’s tour DJ, right?
J.PERIOD: Uh, yeah.
OKP: It breaks my heart — she still carries around this stigma, the whole: ‘I’d rather have my kids starve than white people buy my records.’ The infamous and fake quote. As a white dude, DJing for Lauryn Hill, do you have an anecdote or something to help dispel that shit?
J.PERIOD: I don’t even feel like there’s a need to dispel it, because it was never true. I know people who went to junior high and high school with her who would laugh if I said that to them. She went to a high school in the suburbs of New Jersey that was probably 60% Jewish. There’s just NO truth whatsoever to that [rumor]. Lauryn Hill is one of these people for whom there are 8 million rumors, and that’s a consequence of her being so famous, so fast, so young. I think that’s also one of the reasons why she’s had problems, or sort of receded from the limelight. But there’s no truth in that whatsoever. She came over to my apartment one time and hung out for like four hours when we were preparing for the tour. She’s probably one of the most ivy-league-smart and insightful people that I’ve ever met in my life. So yeah, there’s nothing at all to that [rumor].
OKP: Yeah, thanks, it always bothers me to see that come up.
J.PERIOD: There are a lot of rumors about her with more merit than that one, and I don’t even lend credence to all that, because no one has a sense of how difficult it is to be in that position—particularly when you’re young.
OKP: Thanks. Any word on what she’s up to these days?
J.PERIOD: Honestly, I haven’t really communicated a whole lot with her recently. My stretch [of DJing for her] was brief. From what I’ve heard, it’s more about her family now than music. But if I was standing at the sidelines looking at the music industry now, I probably wouldn’t want to make a come back if I was her either. [Laughing]
check out the full interview at
www.okayplayer.com/interviews/latest-interviews/embellish-on-the-cut:-an-interview-with-j.-period-200902127352/
OKP: That’s interesting. Alright, let me ask you something from left field. You were Lauryn Hill’s tour DJ, right?
J.PERIOD: Uh, yeah.
OKP: It breaks my heart — she still carries around this stigma, the whole: ‘I’d rather have my kids starve than white people buy my records.’ The infamous and fake quote. As a white dude, DJing for Lauryn Hill, do you have an anecdote or something to help dispel that shit?
J.PERIOD: I don’t even feel like there’s a need to dispel it, because it was never true. I know people who went to junior high and high school with her who would laugh if I said that to them. She went to a high school in the suburbs of New Jersey that was probably 60% Jewish. There’s just NO truth whatsoever to that [rumor]. Lauryn Hill is one of these people for whom there are 8 million rumors, and that’s a consequence of her being so famous, so fast, so young. I think that’s also one of the reasons why she’s had problems, or sort of receded from the limelight. But there’s no truth in that whatsoever. She came over to my apartment one time and hung out for like four hours when we were preparing for the tour. She’s probably one of the most ivy-league-smart and insightful people that I’ve ever met in my life. So yeah, there’s nothing at all to that [rumor].
OKP: Yeah, thanks, it always bothers me to see that come up.
J.PERIOD: There are a lot of rumors about her with more merit than that one, and I don’t even lend credence to all that, because no one has a sense of how difficult it is to be in that position—particularly when you’re young.
OKP: Thanks. Any word on what she’s up to these days?
J.PERIOD: Honestly, I haven’t really communicated a whole lot with her recently. My stretch [of DJing for her] was brief. From what I’ve heard, it’s more about her family now than music. But if I was standing at the sidelines looking at the music industry now, I probably wouldn’t want to make a come back if I was her either. [Laughing]
