Tha Dogg father of hip hop – Snoop dogg and one of the original gangstaz of Rap – Ice Cube, came to Freddy Beach this past tuesday (30th). With a crowd of about 4200 ppl filling the University Aitken Centre, the doors opened at 6:50pm to a slow crawl, with security checking everyone for weed, weapons and ofcourse the illegal alcoholic beverages.
OK..let’s rewind tho….it’s now 5 am Tuesday and I have to get to sleep cause I need to be up at 7 am casue I need to get snoops breakfast at 9 am, not sure if I mentioned I was the official chef for this concert. So we get things happeingin with their omlette bar and whatnot. I meet the stage manager and the production manager, and we go over all the necessary agendas and what needs to be accomplished for the day, times, and dressing room/ buss schedules, who needs what, and when they need it.
Aight..soo breakfast went off without a hitch, and now lunch is getting ready to start, I still havent started preparing for snoop’s 3 busses or his dressing room, and not to meniton i still need to get all his drinks. Get to tha booze store…and got the 8 hennesey, the 3 grey goose the beer and ofcourse the Moet champagne….excuse me..i said to tha Cashier…holy…$1500.00
Aight So lunch is served..and ofcourse cube wants his Fried chicken in addition to tha stuff we prepared, and needs it in his dressing room..i get there and ofcourse there’s a lovely cloud of white smoke…i wonder what it can be …hmm..with the red light district lighting scheme and the smoke…everything was blurry enuff as it is…his boys were big..soo i knew they would need more food than this…
It’s now about 3 and my razor..my blackberry AND my radio is going off all at the same time, plus cubes’s manager needs some redbull. I answer all three calls get the eneergy drink, and head out of tha venue, to set up for the after party at NickyZee’s. Oh did I mention I am also the official Dj for the after party?
Get to tha club…with my crew, they set me up in a sweet Redbull Dj table, and do a quick sound check..and everything seems to be working like gold. Rush back to tha venue,just in time to get dinner on tha roll.
Who comes into his dressing room with his spinner bling around his neck, while I was finalizing everything…is Canadian gangsta rapper – Belly. “yo yo whad up fam…everything cool or wha”…Big Apple…says “yuh iz ah Trini or wha”….I laugh…the entire crew and I hit it off fo sho. “yo belly I am the only entertainment reporter for the province, you wanna do a quick interview or wha”…”yeah son, I am tha godfather, that’s what i do”…(Ok…soo official chef…official Dj and official TV entertainment reporter…I think I should just run for Mayor..hahha)
Aight…sooo NOW…we reach to tha point where doors open…concert starts with Belly’s Dj OX hyping up tha crowd, and Belly comming out and doing a remix of “we fly high – Jim jones” SICK joint…the crowd was moving and feeling it for sho.
Cube came out and certianly killed his set doig both new school and ofcourse old school . They killed all the lights and snooped walked up tha stairs to the stage…I said “let’s get this shit poppin son”…he said “yeah fam..let’s do it” ..Snoop came out with his uncle and the entire crowd went CRAZY…ripped tha show in two and then did it again when Cube walked onto tha stage to do piece of the set with him.
Snoop did his show for about an hour and some, walked back to his dressing room to chill out fo a bit. I was vibsing in his room, while he was there, and P.S I never KNEW they made BOUNCERS that make big…HOLY..at least 7 feet tall 400 pounds, he pretty much palmed my bladhead like a baskball. Snoop was sooo sick, and COLD – hey snoop that’s East Coast weather fo ya. We talked breiefly for a bit – we did tha whole black half hug , he loved my food and said everything was good, and then left for the hotel.
After I chilled with cube and belly for a bit still at the venue, we left for the after party. The line up was INSANE, onto tha road, and as soon as the limo pulled up, it was even harder for us to get in. I quickly go on stage, and started doing my thing. A few minutes later Belly and the boys come up next to me..and we announce their presence. The crowd goes crazy. His Dj Ox, gets on my tables..and hype for him…yuh done know by know we getting things poppin.
“yo..it’s yuh boi Dj Nasty Naz..and right now we got Belly…and we also got an internationnaly known on tha microphone superstar in tha building”…i stopped tha music and the crowd starts screaming. I scratch for a bit..using “you can do it” an old school cube joint. “when I say Ice..you say Cube”…ahh boi..the crowd loved that one.
Snoop’s dancers come thru..but snoopy loopy is no where to be scene..still sick and cold in tha hotel room. But we finshed off tha club nite at around 2:45..
i packed up…said my thank you’s and goodbye’s…and headed out to yet another after party…a lil more private for that one…
Aight soo there ya have it…one crazy nite…one crazy concert..one crazy after party….and defintly ONE crazy Dj…
Nasty Naz…out on this one..
Blessings