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Almost Famous: Dorky Writer Rolls With Rapper's Posse

Posted Oct 5, 08 11:46 CDT in Arts & Living,  Glossies 

(Newser) – You can't pick the music, but you won't pay for a thing. Such are the ups and downs of life in a rapper's posse, Joel Stein writes in Time after tagging along with Flo Rida and his crew for a night out. Stein's role? "To be the one who looked really white in case we got pulled over by the cops."

The night started outside Flo's Miami pad, hammering out the logistics. "It's like constantly trying to leave and arrive at a Jewish wedding," Stein writes. Next mission: Buying rims for Flo's Bentley, which is "exactly as boring as shopping for women's clothes." From there, it's dinner (with Dom) and a strip club (with 5,000 $1 bills). Stein was sad to leave. "Sure, there was a lot of waiting around and being very sensitive to Flo's moods, but it was fun being in a really tight group. Especially because I didn't pay for anything."

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Flo Rida arrives at the BET Awards in Los Angeles June 24, 2008.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Rapper Flo Rida performs during MTV's "Total Request Live" at the MTV Times Square Studios March 18, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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As a gift, I brought him some Grey Goose vodka and Patrón Silver tequila. All the products name-checked in rap songs remove the stress from the gift-giving process. - Joel Stein in Time

I told him I loved the song with the sample of "Blinded by the Light" and asked him to play it again. I was becoming a very good posse member. - Joel Stein, Time

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