Jah Jah The Flyest Dude in the Galaxy, Rev. Mcfly

Jah Jah is everything you want to be.  Period.  He's even got a movie about himself coming out soon.  Do you have a movie about yourself coming out soon?  That's right.


Chief: So how the hell are you?

Jah Jah: The Flyest Dude in the Galaxy.

Sounds pretty damn good.

Reverend Mcfly.

(Laughs) You just go ahead and keep listing names. What else you got?

The good ones or the bad ones?

Everything. List all your shit.

Lately I’ve been known as the caveman savage. In high school I was called Snaggle tooth. But only by the kids I couldn’t beat up.

OK, down to business, introduce yourself, who are you, where you from and what are some more of the go-by’s you’ve got?
 
Okie dokie! I'm Jah Jah. That’s what my mom named me. Then in kindergarten it turned to Jah Jah Ga Bore. Then in high school, Jah squared. Then secret code street names, The Flyest Dude in the World, but then I upgraded to the Galaxy and as of lately its the Reverend Mcfly…

Because…

Because… Marty Mcfly is pretty much the smartest dude ever.

Thank you.

And I'm from the Bronx, born and raised. Liger was my side kick but he…(Sighs) Big shouts to Liger! That was my cat last year. He passed away from a crazy like cat ninja dezeeeeez.

Sorry to hear it.

Nah, it's cool that's what we do, we die. Gotta make room for more people and animals and savs.

That’s true, can’t deny it. So what kind of shit were you into when you were growing up? What was the shit you would get excited over, look forward to, spend all your time doing?

I was into racecars. Like match box and trains.  I loved trains... But then when I got friends I realized I needed to learn the ropes of the playground.

Wow you took it back, way back. You got some kind of sick memory?

Yup. So taggin and shit like that came in... Funny thing, I had one friend who carry a lil stupid marker everywhere and he would write, “John was here” everywhere, mind you we were like nine.

Oh shit, there we go.

This kid was ALL city, at least as far as our parents would let us go.

That’s awesome, notorious at nine.

So then one day I started that up too, and it was a weird sensation almost as good as the first time you jerk off and shoot one. Like you don’t know what’s going on and then boom its over and then you sit back and you analyze what happened, why, and why you did it.

From there I stopped caring about a lot of stuff. Toys rather. I mean I still played with them but now I was more into visual shit... I always did art and liked drawing but this was code now.

Shit, at like 10?

Yeah man. It’s funny as years went by I got into different shit, rollerblading... but I never really told people I was into graffiti at all and still don’t.

Damn, so what do you put up? Or you want to keep that shit under wraps?

By the way and quote me on this! Graffiti art is NOT FUCKING HIPHOP! And all the neon nigros on Broadway need to stop it with those stupid hats!!  Sorry I got a lil worked up. But, yeah I’ll keep that a lil mystery

No man, do it. You say what’s pissing you off. Too many people don’t.
 
(Laughing) You know what I hate? I hate when all these kids look me up and down when I’m skating 'cause I’m so damn fly!
 
(Laughing) There you go, pick your battles.

Naw but I get weird looks from the new skate fad kids. Gurls and guys buying expensive shit to walk around Broadway with a damn skateboard

I know, that board makes a nice lookin purse but you cant carry much shit in it.

It’s ridiculous even when I’m tired and don’t wanna skate I refuse to walk down Broadway with a skateboard I’ll jus skate the whole way.

So what kind of shit are you getting yourself into now? Shit you're gassed on and shit you want to plug. Because this is the place, plug the hell away.

Well for some reason I’m a pretty good deejay and I’ve been doing that since I was 16 but recently I’ve been deejayin’ with some pretty big names… prefuse73 large pro... choimatic rob swift jus to name a few .

Pretty damn consistently too, every other day I get hit with a flyer with your pretty face on it
 
Who am I psyched on!? Well let me tell you my daily routine!

Tell me all about it.

www.EdZipco.com, www.antleredlife.com, www.untitledname.com, www.peepgame.blogspot.com, www.suckapants.com... I look at those sites everyday they got me through last winter.

Shit… You hype me right to my face and at the front to boot. And yes, God love them Suckapants. The boy’s got his fingers in a lotta little pies. And his camera is blessed.

And I started a blog, www.rev-mcfly.blogspot.com

Oh that’s right… goooood stuff.

You know what makes me think and progress? JAPANTHER!

You gonna come to the music video? Of course you are.

I don’t care what anyone says, that’s the best band I ever heard ever. Retract that statement the best art project I’ve ever seen… Every installation is amazing.

That’s the way they'd be proud to hear it talked about. And that’s the way we're printing it.

WORD!!!!! ‘em ups! Hmmm… Other stuff I’m working on? Hmm... Zines! I think Zines are the shit.

You started one?

About to today!

Awesome, big day.

Yeah man, I’m glad it started with you and my headache! Well, this one is called “Won of One.”
 
Happy to be listed as a part of the big day. What were you saying about band practice the other day? You got a band now?

Ahh, well…  I’m in a band called Hawijah… I play drums. I usually play way too fast and we sound like shit sometimes. Most the time. But as long as I drink sparks while doing it I don’t care. By the way my record is 23 sparks one night. Seven witnesses.

Jesus fucking god. What the hell happened? Because after that much, something must have happened.

Yeah I’m surprised I’m not dead I wrote on every thing I saw, kicked down every garbage can or newspaper kiosk I saw, and almost fought some one... And I was provoking the fight too.

That sounds about right…

My friends told me to chill and I’m like nah fuck that, I hate when people fuckin look at me all crazy and shit…

I drink six of those fucking things and black out.

It becomes a blur, right?

Yeah. Shit’s dangerous.

And also take note, I do pee on myself when I’m really drunk. I’m not ashamed. But it has to be worth the moment. My mom told me “Never ever hold it in.”
 
(Laughing) I swear to Christ, I used to talk shit about that, then I met these girls that get wasted and giggle till they squirt and suddenly its just part of the drunk experience.

(Laughing) I need to meet them.
 
Yeah, I love those girls. So who else is in your band?
 
Dan Waldron. Friends of Meneguar and Keith Zacowithzhfgbdkdyu those Jewish last names can get tricky. Also friends of men. And gospel. I used to work with Dan and he came over to my house to play music with me and be drunk… so we started from there. I’ve kinda been slacking a bit though because of deejayin and I don’t really have the time to practice much.

(Laughing) That’s the most honest "how did your band get together" answer ever.

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What do you do with your days? How you earn a buck?

Deejayin. I’m looking for a day job but DEEJAYING is where it’s at for me.

That’s Amazing, you pay your bills off it? CONGRATS. That’s ill.

I like the feeling of freedom. Ya know, wake up late, work on shit you wanna do. And then play music occasionally at night. Yeah man, it’s pretty sweet.

Right the hell on.

I played last night at “home sweet home.”
 
And how did that go?

It was a great time. I love the feeling when you play a song you like and every one else feels the same. Or play some smiths! It’s great to primarily be a "hiphop" deejay and flip shit like the smiths

Yeah that’s so good when the Deejay knows what up. So, tell me about your involvement with Sweatshop?
 
Ah yes! I’m a slave for sweatshop labor!

Hey, sounds great.

(Laughs) Naw my homie Lucas started SWEATSHOPLABOR NYC and I started out just helping him do parties and stuff like that. I honestly do very little. I just support and give him advice about graphics and stuff like that. Ya know... Talk to some stores I know and see if they wanna support. And so far so good ya know, the reedspace is carrying it... rival is carrying it and I’m currently talking to a store in S.F. to see if their down.

That’s cool, their shirts have been pretty sick, pretty damn consistently.
 
Thanks bro! We look at Sweatshoplabor as a family ya know... We all work live a sweatshop life. Meaning: Work everyday to live. Breath, eat, drink, fight, fuck, but u gotta work hard for everything you do. Even the kid that racks those pants worked hard to do it. It aint easy stealing if you don’t know what ya doing.

Sounds about right.

So we got love for everyone!

So what you looking forward to right now? Like what cool shit is on the horizon that’s got you gassed?

Well, I might go to Europe to deejay on a lil mini tour, in January. I’ve also been thinking about screening my own stuff. Zines, art, just being progressive and my documentary is just about done.
 
What’s the doc?

My boy documented my life for a few months.

No shit? Tell me more about that.

It’s called, True Story: Back to My Future.

That’s fucking brilliant.

Starring... Marty Mcfly--that’s me!  Basically how we got the idea was from Mark Gonzalez, who’s my hero. Every time I see him he makes me feel good.

What does Mark do?

Well he’s jus always himself. He’s that grown up kid that will never grow up. I mean as far as Gonz most people are psyched on him because of his art or skating but it’s beyond that. The way he carries himself is amazing... and my boi said its something about me that reminds him of Gonz... So he started bringing his camera out with him and shooting footage of me just being myself witch is funny 'cause you start to think... man I’m a silly mutha fucka.

(Laughing) That’s wild. I'd love to see that shit. It’s good to know people like that. They keep you sane. So wait, is the doc almost done shooting or editing?
 
Editing.

Ohhh cool, that means that shit's gonna be around soon.
 
Yeah man, you’re getting a copy of that, for sure!

Damn straight.
 
Yeah dude. Matt and Kim have a copy of it, I believe… they’re also amazing!

I know, god love those two.

I like the way red wears well on Matt.  That’s a weird comment, borderline gay.
 
(Laughing really hard)

I’m cool with that though.

Fuck it he's a handsome boy. They are the cutest damn thing together though, it’s insane. And yes that was borderline gay to mention during an interview. (Starts laughing again.)

I think that guy is the king of chillin’ hard

The two of them are just so damn happy and low maintenance people. Just suuuuper chill.

Yeah dude.

OK man, so now, tell me a quick story about a time that you thought you were going to be killed or a time that you pulled of some shit you'd love at least one more person to know about. It's random I know, but we we're all fuck ups at one point or another and everyone's got this story. Let's hear it.

Sweet, OK... I’m coming home from work with some lumber and bump into a old co worker... he offers me a ride home since I have lumber, right? So we are driving down 23rd street and when we hit Broadway we make a right... Right in front of Union Square all of a sudden boom! Four cars box us in and guns are drawn! I’m being pulled out the car with a gun to my head! I’m freakin out man, like “what the fuck…!”  Turns out my boy was selling drugs heavy, and the boys were following him! He was supposed to meet up with someone but they didn’t show and he ran into me... So I’m guessing they thought I was the meet-up man... Eventually they just let me and him go, and we drive off. All a sudden he says, “Yo, I’m glad they didn’t find my coke!”

I’m like “What the fuck? Let me out! If I wasn’t so shaken up I would fucking break your nose right now!” Then I said, “Yo, do my a favor, never do me no more favors. Peace.” It was bad. People I know at Union were looking like “What’s going on Jah!?!” “Oh, shit!” “Look!” Yada yada.

They drew guns in Union Square? That’s fucking balls out crazy.
 
Yo, all I know, I was like “What the…?” by the time that thought processed all of my belongings were on the floor... and a gun was on my head. I’m like what the fuck is going on! I was just thinking... “Damn. Fresh fish.” Innocent fish at that.
 
Yeah, makes you think twice about catching a ride. I can’t get boxed in and hemmed up as easy if I'm walking.
 
Werd yo... I’m just glad they didn’t put me in the full nelson or something or shot me by "mistake."

I'm glad they didn’t put you in the ground, fuck the nelson. So hell, anything else you wanna talk about/let people know about?

Uhhh... READ MORE BOOKS is killing shit in the streets if you haven’t noticed... I wanna give some shout outs though.
 
Do it.

Cuz that’s what blak people do!

(Laughs) Thank you. Admittedly, that’s what everyone I interview does, but I’m glad you kept it black.
 
Shout to the lowerclass scumfucks... Upperwest side priks the COMMON FOLK s7g pigs crew! Olivia! All the caveman savs out there THOS ONE! Blacklabel! Aliqua! and anyone else thas cool!! And JAPANTHER!!!!!!  And, and uh, a BIG SHOUT OUT TO MYSELF!

Shit you even capped it with an ODB line. Well done.

He’s another hero of mine!

Of all of our’s.

Big Baby Jesus!

Dirt McGirt.

Yes!


 

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