Timberlands.”
The talent show was in this
little community hall attached to
nothing in the middle of nowhere.
When we got there, Tom was going
around, shaking hands, chatting
with everybody. There was singing,
dancing, some poetry. Then the
host got up onstage and said, “Re na
le modiragatsi yo o kgethegileng.
Ka kopo amogelang...Spliff Star!”
“We’ve got a special performer, a
rapper all the way from America.
Please welcome...Spliff Star!”
Spliff Star was Busta Rhymes’s
hype man at the time. I sat there,
confused. What? Spliff Star? In