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Lakerfan 4 Life Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 5:18 pm Post subject: Pras Michel Homeless in Los Angeles |
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Fugees’ rapper Pras Michel recently spent several days as a homeless man, and he documented his dramatic experience for indie film First Night.
For nine days the multi-platinum rapper lived on the streets of downtown Los Angeles chronicling the trials of the homeless. All he had with him were shabby clothes and a daily budget of $1.
"The dollar a day didn't get me much at all," says Pras. "You have to hustle, steal, shoplift or prostitute yourself. I chose panhandling. People gave me the worst looks. Like I was invisible and at the same time the worst person on Earth."
Passersby were unaware that Pras had a hidden camera following him, and after seven hours of begging he made only $8. But even with that money, he wasn’t able to get a decent meal.
"I went into the Standard to get some food,” he says. "I showed the security guards my money but they threw me right out, because I looked homeless and my money was in change."
Carrying a hidden camera, the rapper also observed homeless people defecating on the sidewalk at 2 p.m. and shooting heroin steps away from an LAPD station. "I slept in the rain. My tent was stolen. I experienced how these people live," says Pras, who hopes to screen the documentary at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
"People aren't going to understand what it was like until they see it," he says. "Human beings should not be sleeping among rats."
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chef Star Player
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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too bad he didn't prostitute himself...that would have been a much more entertaining "reality".
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chef Star Player
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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....and what can you buy for $8 bucks at The Standard? |
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Midnightluv Starting Rotation
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinkin the same thing .... hit that dollar menu at mickey D's and Jack in the crack. |
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chef Star Player
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Or some of those cheap mexican spots around downtown....filling! |
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chef Star Player
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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I mean seriuosly...what bum collects $8 and says to himself....I am REALLY in the mood for a goat cheese arugula salad...i sure hope this is enough! |
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carlosLisboa Star Player
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:30 am Post subject: |
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Make the Knicks Roster do the same!!! |
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uberzev Franchise Player
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:00 am Post subject: |
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99 cents only stores _________________ Lakers Gonna Lake |
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LALfan4life Star Player
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: |
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chef wrote: | I mean seriuosly...what bum collects $8 and says to himself....I am REALLY in the mood for a goat cheese arugula salad...i sure hope this is enough! |
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vvbandit Star Player
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:56 am Post subject: |
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Ive had to live off $8 for a couple days before in my college days and all I did was eat from the dollar menu. Standard? he should be homeless for being suprised $8 doesnt go a long way at the standard _________________ If there is less than a minute to play give the ball to Kobe and let him decide. |
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chef Star Player
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:33 am Post subject: |
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vvbandit wrote: | Ive had to live off $8 for a couple days before in my college days and all I did was eat from the dollar menu. Standard? he should be homeless for being suprised $8 doesnt go a long way at the standard |
Yeah, I ate the $2.99 KFC 3-chicken strip meal for like 8 meals in a row once.....saved a lot of $$$$$. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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chef wrote: | vvbandit wrote: | Ive had to live off $8 for a couple days before in my college days and all I did was eat from the dollar menu. Standard? he should be homeless for being suprised $8 doesnt go a long way at the standard |
Yeah, I ate the $2.99 KFC 3-chicken strip meal for like 8 meals in a row once.....saved a lot of $$$$$. |
I bought my son the new "Laptop Meal" at KFC for $3.29, and that damn thing has 2 chicken strips, a bag of cheetos, potato wedges, a juice box, and a granola bar. And it's shaped like a laptop computer (which little man loved) to boot. Guess where I'm going next time I'm hungry. |
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Midnightluv Starting Rotation
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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If he could find some boiling hot water somewhere, eight buck would get him a $h!tload of top raman. And thats the official food of the bachelor pad. |
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turbulent Star Player
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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uberzev wrote: | 99 cents only stores |
Nothing but the truth..These stores offer plates, pots, pans, car chargers, hot dogs,ham, veggies, drinks, beer(at my local one), underwear, socks, EVRYTHING!!!. Some bums are simoky that; BUMS. Only the lazy seize to survive in this country. _________________ I will HAVE SOME LOVE for Kwame..(keep it up big man) |
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Socks Franchise Player
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Homeless people suffer...jeez pras, tell us something we don't know.
And he did this for 9 days. 9 days homeless in downtown LA could be harsh, but c'mon, he shoulda done at least a month. Trying to capture the extent of the problems a homeless person might go through in 8 short days is almost insulting. |
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ajaxxx Star Player
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:09 am Post subject: |
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chef wrote: | too bad he didn't prostitute himself...that would have been a much more entertaining "reality".
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Wyclef has been doing it for years. _________________ New Orleans Hornets superstar point guard Chris Paul is reportedly headed to the Los Angeles Lakers in a blockbuster trade. |
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mike_dee23 Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Man, I was like, "Are they making a new album to get Pras off the streets?" |
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