Earlier this morning, a three-hour slow-speed chase ensued around the streets of Los Angeles ensued, the type of chase that takes over local TV stations and causes people to try and make themselves microfamous via the power of Internet jokes. As the LAPD tailed a white Bentley around southern LA, paparazzi-fueled rumors that the driver may have been a “troubled” celebrity spread around the Internet’s gossip channels, and somehow that celebrity became master of the cameo-studded single DJ Khaled—even though he was some 2,350 miles away at the time. Khaled took to his MySpace blog to dispel any rumors:
This is DJ Khaled and due to recent press and news reports I feel compelled to
release a statement. Just to be clear I am in Miami, FL working on Rick Ross’
album, Deeper Than Rap. I am not in LA where there are reports that I have been
in a police chase. These reports are completely false and unfounded.DJ Khaled
We The Best Music
For some reason, the post is datestamped January 25, but according to my RSS reader it was posted last night:
He also called a LA hip-hop station to let people there know he was OK. So I guess now all we have to worry about is 50 Cent trying to draw more unwarranted attention to himself by making some sort of buffoonish “well if he’s working on the Rick Ross album he might as well be dead” statement.
Police source: Miami DJ not in LA chase [WPTV]
*** OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE [DJ Khaled MySpace Blog]
i was watching this last night on the news and both channels covering it decided to stop coverage in the middle of the night so they could play some george lopez crap or something. 4 hours of my life…gone.
This is a very strange story. How in the heck did the perpetrator become DJ Khaled in the first place?
@Lucas Jensen: racial profiling?
One would assume Khaled was depressed because … you know.
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@Lucas Jensen: @Maura Johnston:
Not only that, but for a minute, some folks heren Los Angeles thought that it was Chris Brown in the vehicle. Yes, Chris Brown.
God I sure do miss the good old days where we waited for all the facts to come out before jumping the gun/to conclusions.
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it was more than racial profiling. the dude does kind of look like him, for one:
but it wasn’t unreasonable to think that the person driving the white bentley in LA one day after the grammy’s was a celebrity, and after the original chris brown rumors got debunked i think internet ppl (myself included) and newscasters were clamoring for it to be a celeb, and idk dude does look like dj khaled if you’re not totally familiar w/ what dj khaled looks like.
i would be interested to know where this started tho, since i doubt that anyone who works for local news in LA has any idea what dj khaled looks like.
well i have noticed that he hasnt been really singing at all? why is that is he like giving up aleady