Ricky Powell Interview
© Ricky Powell didn ’ t affect him like me . I started walking in circles in front of Run DMC on the couch and I remember them cracking up at me . I had to go shoot Public Enemy . I went out there and I was bugging . BUGGING ! But I did get some classic pictures from that set . I ’ ve smoked many weird joints .
Can you tell us about the time you interviewed Eazy-E ?
I ’ ll tell you this . Homeboy was at the Hilton on Sixth Avenue and 50th . I knocked on the door and he answered it with a big fucking cannon rolled blunt . At that time , these cognac leaf papers were popular . He said , “ For you , Ricky Powell ,” and I said , “ Whaaaat ? This is gonna be a good interview !” I came in smoking weed together and taking pictures . I brought my camcorder that I just bought with the money I made from Run DMC ’ s Greatest Hits album . Profile gave me $ 1,000 bucks . I went and got a camcorder in ’ 91 and used that footage for my public access show I was doing at that time , Rappin ’ With The Rickster . Eazy-E was funny . We were passing the camera back and forth and doing weird shit filming each other and I dubbed him the black John Cassavetes .
He was cool , very nice . The interview came out dope . Sorry he went so early . He lived buck wild .
Ricky takes out his iPhone and shows me some photos ...
You see this pic of me ? I used to model . I used to be a swashbuckler back in the day . I used to doink a lot of older ladies when I lived on 5th Avenue and 9th Street . When I was seventeen , eighteen , nineteen , I used to run into older women in the elevator and they used to just invite me into their apartments . Trust me , my young lad friend . It used to be like that . I used to walk into Washington Square Park , my backyard . I would walk up to a chick and say , “ Would you care to smoke a joint ?” I ’ d be walking out the park with my arm around them , back to my place . I used to get blowjobs at will , if I may .
That ’ s cool . What are your plans for the future ?
I ’ m going to keep shooting until I leave the planet . I ’ m working on the Ricky Powell time capsule .
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