Phil Anselmo (Down, ex-Pantera, etc.) recently interviewed rapper/entrepreneur 50 Cent about boxing for Boxinginsider.com. Anselmo prefaced his chat, which you can read in full at the above-mentioned link, with the following:
“I am so far removed from pop-culture, it’s pitiful. My foundations (for those of you who know me) are well laid and stern to the point of outright deafening indifference . . . especially when it comes to boxing . . and music.
But fuck all that, that’s my problem.
So, with an intro like the above reads, I gotta say, when I was assigned an interview with 50-Cent, I had no clue who the man was.
Seriously.
Call me morbid, call me pale, call me a victim of pugilistic dementia, but I must say, speaking to this man was an interesting experience. I was beyond impressed with his smarts, his sense of humor, his accomplishments and his future plans.
Despite my hardheaded “opinions” when it comes to the music that pops up randomly on my i-pod, as people go, 50-Cent was, and is, a super class act, and deserves all the accolades he gets.”
