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John Ruskin (born July 5, 1968), better known as Nardwuar the Human Serviette, is a Canadian celebrity interviewer and musician from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the lead singer and keyboardist for The Evaporators and plays in Thee Goblins.
When asked to explain his name, Nardwuar has said it is “a dumb, stupid name like Sting or Sinbad;” and that “Human” came from the song "Human Fly" by The Cramps; and “Serviette” came from the fact that “in the U.S.A. they don’t have serviettes, they have napkins”.
He has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of British Columbia.
Nardwuar was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1968. His mother, Olga Ruskin, was a local journalist, high school history teacher and historian. She published a history of Vancouver historical figure "Gassy Jack" John Deighton. His mother exposed her son to local history by bringing him to historical society meetups. Nardwuar won a public speaking competition while in elementary school, where he was also a long-distance runner.
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper and actor from Long Beach, California. His music career began in 1992 when he was discovered by Dr. Dre of N.W.A and, as a result, was prominently featured throughout Dr. Dre's solo debut album, The Chronic (1992). He has since sold over 21 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide.
Snoop's debut album, Doggystyle, was released in 1993 under Death Row Records, debuting at number one on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release, Doggystyle became certified 4× platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles, including "What's My Name?" and "Gin & Juice". In 1994, Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was The Case, starring himself. His second album Tha Doggfather (1996), also debuted at number one on both charts with "Snoop's Upside Ya Head", as the lead single. The album was certified double platinum in 1997.
[Hook]
They say baby you’re not a star
You’re too underground and too avangarde
Can nobody tell you hot you are
When you’re chillin with motherfuckin nardwuar
I’ve been around the world a couple times
Tsa know my name and then they cut the line
Out tat on the skin, and could you please
Keep the back of your hand off my groind and my butt this time?
My cellphone full of heroes, underground rappers, activists and weirdos
Chuck décor, no rest in mortal jack
I got lou base joint, but I ain’t phoned him yet
And let me tell you what my game about
10 years and my flame never faded out
Ah, I ain’t have to go the major route
I dropped 6 joints, they all show the same amount
07 I was billboard 69,
Same sales, but I’m 44 this time
So with all the whole industry in a decline
I ain’t have to dick rhymes, still sick and just fine
[Hook]
They say baby you’re not a star
You’re too underground and too avangarde
Can nobody tell you hot you are
When you’re chillin with motherfuckin nardwuar
I’m on tour again, hoppin out this spinner van
I’ma ride in early, just to kick it with the fans
Hit the base see the muslims …
I got a lot of fam, that’s my man, 50 grand
Love the road, but I must admit I miss the fam
Hit too many, I’ve been just have to kiss the sand
Rack 50 50 zan,
Brah so … be the dinner plan
On scale, I’m throw all in the sand
Espn 50 man, al bano never get a tan
Hit the band head, spin like a ceiling fan
I calm down, off needing some more sinner man
Got my lady with me, tryina be a different man
The ice blue ocean water, got her in a trance
Bout to get in then, none of y’all
I took a glance in the mirror and I did my dance, shit!
[Hook]
They say baby you’re not a star
You’re too underground and too avangarde
Can nobody tell you hot you are
When you’re chillin with motherfuckin nardwuar
Went from trashy to hash tag tin classy
My most lucrative years I was the least happy
My first tour man bk we coming up
We had to sleep on the floor and split 100$
Every audience we saw tried to front on us
Had to shut them all up and it was fun as fuck
Nowadays it’s like shoppin with the…team
I’m tryina find a happy meeting, in this what I mean
Keep on rockin in the free world
Voice all raspy, the big magazines no longer holler at me
Protest and arrest song in my rapsheet
Homeland security, wild that’s my clan name
Beautiful women always been attracted to them
Off the fact the music matters to em
So when they lift they shirt over they ribs
It’s not to show me they tits
They took a cough that I spit and got it tattered to them
[Hook]
They say baby you’re not a star
You’re too underground and too avangarde
Can nobody tell you hot you are
When you’re chillin with motherfuckin nardwuar