It’s no secret that Antoine Dodson has been Making It Rain On Them Hoes ever since his live news appearance went viral. Now the internet sensation is speaking out about his newfound fame, Bishop Eddie Long and whatever happened to “homeboy” that broke into his sisters apartment.
Check out the excerpts from Antoine’s recent interview with TheRoot.com
The Root: Did BET reach out to you to do the performance, or did you reach out to them?
Antoine Dodson: I am not desperate at all. I don’t call people and say, ‘Hey, I want to be on your show.’ They reached out to me and said, ‘You are the hot topic right now, so we want you to be on the show.’ I thought I was just presenting. I did not know what I was doing until I got there. So I was like, ‘Oh, I’m performing? OK.’ That was my first performance ever.
TR: Do you think your performance obscures the serious issue of the alleged sex-crime attempt?
AD: I hate that people might feel that way, but all I can say is, ‘What if you were in my shoes?’ So what people are saying is crazy. I’m performing the song because it’s such a serious situation. Not only am I performing the song, but I feel that if I keep performing it, it will keep the situation fresh. It won’t die down. People really need to stop and think before they make these crazy comments and these dumb opinions. I’m not trying to make this into a joke. If y’all can make the video viral, then you can make the message viral. You think a bunch of rumors and opinions are going to make me hide in the closet? If anything, I’m going to be on the camera even more.
Hear that ya’ll? He’s gonna be on the camera even more. So you can run and tell that homeboy!
Continued…
TR: The first time you watched your news interview, what was going through your head?
AD: I was laughing like crazy the first time I saw the interview. My whole family was watching it. When I was doing the interview, I was mad as ever, but to see how I was acting when I was actually mad — I didn’t know that I act that way, so it was kind of funny. I’m still upset about the situation, but we feel like when we put it on TV, our voice got heard.
TR: African Americans have a particular, sensitive history with minstrel shows, which made a mockery of the conditions of black folk. Do you think people will connect your performance with minstrelsy?
AD: Of course they will connect it with that. The media is just going try to bring you down, but the whole thing about it is, I’m going to try my best not to be another Britney Spears and not let it take me down. I won’t go through it like she did, but she came out of it. People have jobs where they just dig up stuff, so you better count on it.
We don’t really get the Britney Spears thing, but okay Antoine.
TR: Did the perpetrator ever get caught?
AD: No, he did not get caught, and the crimes are still happening in Lincoln Park. He must think that this is a hit around the world now and that he’s just going to keep going around breaking into people’s houses, thinking he can capitalize on it.
TR: This is in no way related to you, but I’m just curious about how you feel about the Bishop Eddie Long case?
AD: I get that a lot anyway. My reaction is, weren’t they 16 or 17? At that age you are a year or two away from being legal. How do you not know that someone is taking advantage of you? Doesn’t school teach you that? Don’t they teach you about maturity? They teach you how to drive a car — why not teach you about being taken advantage of?
I’m sorry if people may hate me, but I feel like something is not adding up. From the look of it, I saw some of the boys’ interviews, and one of them is well-spoken and intelligent. Maybe they were scared to speak out all of these years. I don’t know, but I smell money.
Hmmm, do you think Antoine is on to something? Or is he just on something?
Just sayin’… It’s amazing how our society can give just ANYBODY a platform to speak. Folks think Antoine is a passing fad, but some of us thought that about Sarah Palin too and two years later we’re still stuck with her!
