Last night, we got word that DJ Paul, America’s favorite Oscar-Winning, barbecue sauce-creating Three 6 Mafia member, was arrested somewhere in midtown Manhattan for possessing A) a taser and B) an open container of alcohol. That seems like the most bullshit arrest ever, so we decided to call DJ Paul up to see what actually happened. What follows is a full report of what went down, straight from Paul himself.
As an aside, it seems that incidents like these—ultimately trivial, but amusing in that they present a celebrity with a minor inconvenience that’s similar to something we’ve all dealt with—can only fuel an artist’s push if they’ve got something to promote, and this is no different. At the end of our interview, DJ Paul asked that I mention that his album, A Person Of Interest, will be coming out on October 22nd. You should probably buy it, because DJ Paul is the best.Noisey: Hey Paul!
DJ Paul: What up?How are you feeling?
My back’s hurting from laying on that metal bed, but I’m cool. I’m cool.Can you walk me through what happened last night?
I was just walking down the street! I had just left the Food Network: Food and Wine Festival and was trying to get some Chinese. When I walked out I had this beer in my hand. I wasn’t even drinking that beer. It was done, and it had a bag over it. But it was still in my hand. So they looked and saw it and tore it off, then they were running up behind me, flashlights and all.They started swearing me about the beer then asked if I had anything else on me. I was all calm; “No doubt, I have a taser on me.” Next thing I know, I’m handcuffed.I heard they sang “Stay Fly” to you—what’s the deal with that?
Yeah, well, they knew me! So once we arrived in to the precinct, a couple of dudes were singing it. They sung that shit all night!What was your reaction to that?
I was just smiling, man. The whole trip, I was just smiling!So you had to spend the night in jail?
Yeah man, I just got out a few minutes ago. I had to head from jail to court this morning around 9. I was posted up in there until just now.What was the jail like?
You know, for the most part it was cool—they kept me to myself. At first I was in the Midtown South precinct, then they moved me to the courthouse, put me in my own cell, kept me cool.What were you formally charged with?
Possession in the fourth degree with a deadly weapon and open container—whatever they call that shit.New York is crazy, though! They told me you can’t even walk around with a knife out here!Really?
Yeah, like those knives you can swing open—not like a switchblade. If it’s over two inches, you can’t have it. Those little pocket knives too! The ones little rockers wear or whatever, you can’t even have that.If I may ask, why do you carry a taser?
I don’t always carry it. I just had it with me because my bodyguard wasn’t with me. I was just walking a block from my hotel. You know, it’s legal in other areas, just not up in New York. Nothing’s legal in New York!So I was just one block from the hotel at this Chinese restaurant and went to my room and got it, because I was gonna be walking at night with no security—that’s it, you know?@drewmillard
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DJ Paul: What up?How are you feeling?
My back’s hurting from laying on that metal bed, but I’m cool. I’m cool.Can you walk me through what happened last night?
I was just walking down the street! I had just left the Food Network: Food and Wine Festival and was trying to get some Chinese. When I walked out I had this beer in my hand. I wasn’t even drinking that beer. It was done, and it had a bag over it. But it was still in my hand. So they looked and saw it and tore it off, then they were running up behind me, flashlights and all.They started swearing me about the beer then asked if I had anything else on me. I was all calm; “No doubt, I have a taser on me.” Next thing I know, I’m handcuffed.I heard they sang “Stay Fly” to you—what’s the deal with that?
Yeah, well, they knew me! So once we arrived in to the precinct, a couple of dudes were singing it. They sung that shit all night!What was your reaction to that?
I was just smiling, man. The whole trip, I was just smiling!So you had to spend the night in jail?
Yeah man, I just got out a few minutes ago. I had to head from jail to court this morning around 9. I was posted up in there until just now.What was the jail like?
You know, for the most part it was cool—they kept me to myself. At first I was in the Midtown South precinct, then they moved me to the courthouse, put me in my own cell, kept me cool.What were you formally charged with?
Possession in the fourth degree with a deadly weapon and open container—whatever they call that shit.
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Yeah, like those knives you can swing open—not like a switchblade. If it’s over two inches, you can’t have it. Those little pocket knives too! The ones little rockers wear or whatever, you can’t even have that.If I may ask, why do you carry a taser?
I don’t always carry it. I just had it with me because my bodyguard wasn’t with me. I was just walking a block from my hotel. You know, it’s legal in other areas, just not up in New York. Nothing’s legal in New York!So I was just one block from the hotel at this Chinese restaurant and went to my room and got it, because I was gonna be walking at night with no security—that’s it, you know?@drewmillard
