James Worthy
Superstar
Quotes from article:
Redman: While everybody was trying to show a lavish house, the lavish life of living, that’s not always the case. Not every entertainer’s living lavish. They may have a more lavish set on the street, but it’s still real for a lot of cats out here in the entertainment game. We’re okay, but we’re not rich, and that’s what I wanted to display to my fans... I always try and think about what the 'hood would say when I do things.
Nina L. Diaz, vice president of MTV News and Documentaries; Cribs creator and executive producer: We didn’t know exactly what we were getting into. We knew we were going out to Staten Island, which was kind of like uncharted territory other than going there for something for Wu-Tang. So we drove, and honestly he lives very far, it’s like the boondocks. I was like, “Where are we going? Where does this man live?” And then we were like, “This is it? We must have the wrong place.” Then it was like, “Holy shyt, this is where he lives.”
Dawn Reinholtz, unit manager and camera operator: It was definitely different. Usually we’ll set up in a garage or something, because you have all the audio equipment as well. I think we set up in the kitchen, though, because I don’t believe he had a garage. And you couldn’t even ring the doorbell.
Diaz: It was clearly cold, too, because I remember how hard it was to rub the wires together to get the doorbell to ring.
Redman: It was supposed to be my first real-estate project. I bought the place for real cheap, and I was going to fix it up and rehab it and put it back on the market. But I ended up keeping it because I just loved the space, and I loved the seclusion of it. They show up fukking early. I wanted to at least clean up a bit, since I ain’t have any real furniture in there and shyt, and I thought I had a little bit of time and I didn’t. When they knocked on the door I was still sleepy-eyed and they were like, “You know what, this is good, let’s just roll with it. You just get back into bed and we’ll make it like we just disturbed you,” and we played it right on out from there. Not too much setup, not too much dialogue to go over. We just winged it.
Redman: When they were in there filming, I did have a moment of thinking, “I don’t want to show that my city can’t live the good and lavish life too.” But then I was like, “fukk it, this isn’t about nobody else but me. I invited these guys to my house and now I got to go with it.” This is just something that we do. Everything you see was real. It’s just everyday life for us.
Diaz: His cousin (Mr. Cream) was sleeping on the floor with a comforter wrapped around him, and everyone was walking around him while we were setting up the lights. It was hilarious; he had no shame in his game.
Mr. Cream: I actually was sleeping, and I remember waking up and it was just cameras and shyt in my face and they were like, “Sign this for me.” It was some kind of release, and I was like, “Oh, there’s some shyt going on?” I was out, but I woke up to sign the release paper.
Redman: They say it’s definitely the best one ever. People coming up to me about this just encourages me to make solid decisions all the way down. They said it was the highest-rated. To me, it means it worked for me. It taught me a lesson to stick to my guns, and to be true to myself. Don’t be somebody you’re not; don’t do things that’s not you.
http://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/inside-the-redman-mtv-cribs-episode-an-oral-history
Redman: While everybody was trying to show a lavish house, the lavish life of living, that’s not always the case. Not every entertainer’s living lavish. They may have a more lavish set on the street, but it’s still real for a lot of cats out here in the entertainment game. We’re okay, but we’re not rich, and that’s what I wanted to display to my fans... I always try and think about what the 'hood would say when I do things.
Nina L. Diaz, vice president of MTV News and Documentaries; Cribs creator and executive producer: We didn’t know exactly what we were getting into. We knew we were going out to Staten Island, which was kind of like uncharted territory other than going there for something for Wu-Tang. So we drove, and honestly he lives very far, it’s like the boondocks. I was like, “Where are we going? Where does this man live?” And then we were like, “This is it? We must have the wrong place.” Then it was like, “Holy shyt, this is where he lives.”
Dawn Reinholtz, unit manager and camera operator: It was definitely different. Usually we’ll set up in a garage or something, because you have all the audio equipment as well. I think we set up in the kitchen, though, because I don’t believe he had a garage. And you couldn’t even ring the doorbell.
Diaz: It was clearly cold, too, because I remember how hard it was to rub the wires together to get the doorbell to ring.
Redman: It was supposed to be my first real-estate project. I bought the place for real cheap, and I was going to fix it up and rehab it and put it back on the market. But I ended up keeping it because I just loved the space, and I loved the seclusion of it. They show up fukking early. I wanted to at least clean up a bit, since I ain’t have any real furniture in there and shyt, and I thought I had a little bit of time and I didn’t. When they knocked on the door I was still sleepy-eyed and they were like, “You know what, this is good, let’s just roll with it. You just get back into bed and we’ll make it like we just disturbed you,” and we played it right on out from there. Not too much setup, not too much dialogue to go over. We just winged it.
Redman: When they were in there filming, I did have a moment of thinking, “I don’t want to show that my city can’t live the good and lavish life too.” But then I was like, “fukk it, this isn’t about nobody else but me. I invited these guys to my house and now I got to go with it.” This is just something that we do. Everything you see was real. It’s just everyday life for us.
Diaz: His cousin (Mr. Cream) was sleeping on the floor with a comforter wrapped around him, and everyone was walking around him while we were setting up the lights. It was hilarious; he had no shame in his game.
Mr. Cream: I actually was sleeping, and I remember waking up and it was just cameras and shyt in my face and they were like, “Sign this for me.” It was some kind of release, and I was like, “Oh, there’s some shyt going on?” I was out, but I woke up to sign the release paper.
Redman: They say it’s definitely the best one ever. People coming up to me about this just encourages me to make solid decisions all the way down. They said it was the highest-rated. To me, it means it worked for me. It taught me a lesson to stick to my guns, and to be true to myself. Don’t be somebody you’re not; don’t do things that’s not you.
http://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/inside-the-redman-mtv-cribs-episode-an-oral-history
