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Friday, January 23, 2009

Out of Town Can I Ask a Dumb Question?

Posted by on Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:35 PM

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Is this P. Diddy? (I identified this guy as P. Diddy in something I wrote on Slog the other day. He was definitely getting celebrity attention. This photo isn't great, he's making a weird face, and I don't really know my rappers, so I need a Diddy expert.)

 

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1
Nope, it's Jay-Z. Or possibly Lil Wayne.
Posted by Nick on January 23, 2009 at 12:37 PM
2
no, it's not.
Posted by qwerty on January 23, 2009 at 12:39 PM
3
IT"S KANYE WEST!
Posted by bob on January 23, 2009 at 12:42 PM
4
Gotta go with no. Don't recognize him at all, in fact.
Posted by Brilliant Corners on January 23, 2009 at 12:43 PM
5
R Kelly isn't it? Or Fiddy with a big afro.
Posted by Barky on January 23, 2009 at 12:43 PM
6
common?
Posted by katie on January 23, 2009 at 12:44 PM
7
No, p diddy is not that attractive.
Posted by mmb on January 23, 2009 at 12:44 PM
8
No. P-Diddy was at the inauguration but he was a little better dressed than that. Not Jay-Z or Lil Wayne either.

http://gs0009.photobucket.com/groups/000…
Posted by Gern Blanston on January 23, 2009 at 12:45 PM
9
No, its Wyclef Juahn.
Posted by X3SoB on January 23, 2009 at 12:46 PM
10
Lookit all the white hipsters trying their darndest to name the black dude in the crowd!
Posted by whitey on January 23, 2009 at 12:47 PM
11
r. kelly
Posted by i think on January 23, 2009 at 12:52 PM
12
and how whitey. I laughin' my ass off. who's the black guy? hmmm... let me run through all the black rappers I can think of cause it must be one of them - problem is that they all look the same.

dipshits.
Posted by ho' know on January 23, 2009 at 12:55 PM
13
No, this is.
Posted by breklor on January 23, 2009 at 12:56 PM
14
p diddy is standing up in the central aisle a couple feet behind denzel washington. they're pretty much dead center of that entire ground-level VIP section.
Posted by Judith on January 23, 2009 at 1:07 PM
15
well if he's not a rapper then clearly he must be a professional athlete of some sort. let's start with basketball. anybody?
Posted by brandon on January 23, 2009 at 1:08 PM
16
it's not p. diddy or common or kanye or wyclef or r. kelly or jay-z or lil wayne.
Posted by but i don't know who it *is* on January 23, 2009 at 1:08 PM
17
12 - was thinking the same thing.

michael jordan? bow wow!!? ru paul????!!?! malcolm jamal-warner from the cosby show?? c'mon, it's theo, isn't it!?!!
Posted by Judith on January 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM
18
definitely luther campbell. g.o.p. down, dems up, that's the way we like to vote.
Posted by cosby on January 23, 2009 at 1:12 PM
19
Why isn't it just an ordinary black man at the inauguration?

If he's black does he have to be a rapper? An athlete? An actor?

I think the subtlety of racism by white people in the Northwest is profound.
Posted by 21st Century Plutocrat on January 23, 2009 at 1:13 PM
20
When I was 17 and at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, a bunch of stupid 17-year-olds I was with were convinced this guy dressed all in white with lots of gold and diamond jewelry was P. Diddy (but that was nine years ago, so I think he was Puff Daddy then.) He CLEARLY wasn't, but he let them all take his photo with him anyway like a bunch of losers.

This is the same phenomenon at work. WHY?!
Posted by i'm snitting next to borpoh on January 23, 2009 at 1:14 PM
21
When I was 17 and at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, a bunch of stupid 17-year-olds I was with were convinced this guy dressed all in white with lots of gold and diamond jewelry was P. Diddy (but that was nine years ago, so I think he was Puff Daddy then.) He CLEARLY wasn't, but he let them all take his photo with him anyway like a bunch of losers.

This is the same phenomenon at work. WHY?!
Posted by i'm snitting next to borpoh on January 23, 2009 at 1:15 PM
22


it's Ice T, you fuckin idiot!
Posted by white racism collides with hipness-25 killed on January 23, 2009 at 1:16 PM
23
WOW, no. laff
Posted by lar on January 23, 2009 at 1:25 PM
24
ITS MADRAD!
Posted by I DO COCAINE! on January 23, 2009 at 1:29 PM
25
Not Diddy. It looks more like Kanye than anyone else mentioned here, but it doesn't even really look like Kanye all that much.
Posted by frank on January 23, 2009 at 1:37 PM
26
I'm 50 years old, and I know that's not Diddy.
Posted by grannycracker on January 23, 2009 at 1:43 PM
27
totally r-kelly, a little hard to recognize without the pee and the underage girl, but that's him
Posted by meks on January 23, 2009 at 1:52 PM
28
Actually Christopher, that's Bill Cosby.
Posted by Wow. on January 23, 2009 at 1:53 PM
29
It's not RuPaul. He was at a drag show in West Hollywood that night.
Posted by jimk on January 23, 2009 at 1:53 PM
30
dear slog,

we already read lineout.

love,

. josh
Posted by josh on January 23, 2009 at 2:01 PM
31
i am very disappointed (and insulted) by this post.

its racist garbage, take it off.
Posted by granvillain on January 23, 2009 at 2:07 PM
32
That's Barack Obama. Duh.
Posted by Matt Fuckin' Hickey on January 23, 2009 at 2:08 PM
33
It's Ben Lashes.
Posted by jon.e.rock on January 23, 2009 at 2:11 PM
34
@8, 10, 12: MOTHERFUCKING WOOSH.
Posted by Nick on January 23, 2009 at 2:16 PM
35
#31 You so crazy. After noticing the guy was GETTING CELEBRITY ATTENTION Mr. Frizzelle simply wondered who the possibly famous (black) man was and wondered if anyone else knew who he was. I find the never-ending overreactions of white people in the Northwest to be profound. Not everything is racist. Seriously.
Posted by marsgirl on January 23, 2009 at 2:23 PM
36
Detroit Free Press says R. Kelly was there at the inauguration. Did he hit on any teens...that's the distinct sign of the Americanus R.Kellyus.
Posted by OutoftheClosetforBarack on January 23, 2009 at 2:25 PM
37
@32 FTW. As usual. Brilliant.
Posted by ha on January 23, 2009 at 2:28 PM
38
If only there was some way to quickly find a bunch of pictures of P. Diddy to see what he looks like. On the internet, say.
Posted by Fnarf on January 23, 2009 at 2:35 PM
39
@19, read the post before you jump to conclusions about the subtlety of racism in the Northwest...he was getting celebrity attention, which is I'm sure what sparked the curiousity..if he was trying to identify a white person, i doubt you would have had the same immature reaction. Now who's the subtle racist?
Posted by Dcal on January 23, 2009 at 2:48 PM
40
"Detroit Free Press says R. Kelly was there at the inauguration. Did he hit on any teens...that's the distinct sign of the Americanus R.Kellyus."

you mean 'shit on' right?
Posted by Stoppin ze throwinze on January 23, 2009 at 2:53 PM
41
Um, so who is it?
Posted by T.v. coahran on January 23, 2009 at 2:53 PM
42
Frizzelle, this is what Diddy looked like when he was watching the ceremony, although I can't find it on the giga picture

http://www.scandalist.com/nggallery/post…
Posted by Non on January 23, 2009 at 3:03 PM
43
I believe that's Chris Partlow.
Posted by Bunk Moreland on January 23, 2009 at 3:04 PM
44
All we know for sure is that he's clearly either a rapper or an athlete.
Posted by Stoppin ze throwinze on January 23, 2009 at 3:16 PM
45
it's luther vandross. god. fucking white people.
Posted by JonPanther on January 23, 2009 at 3:21 PM
46
As the production assistant for the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, I am familiar with Mr. Combs. I am almost certain that is not him. Puff doesn't dress down (he has a fashion label!) nor does he wear a camera (he has people who take pictures for him). Where is his personal assistant? Where are his five guards? That's somebody else.
Posted by Not Walter Lee on January 23, 2009 at 4:33 PM
47
It's Louis Armstrong, and that picture was taken in 1932. Dumbass!!!
Posted by Cookie W. Monster on January 25, 2009 at 3:30 PM
48
So, did anyone ever figure out who this is? There are too many posts with too many comments relating to this post to read all of the comments.
Posted by Callie on January 26, 2009 at 5:08 PM

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