Xzibit biography
Internet meme
Xzibit has gained something of a cult status in a pictorial internet meme. The meme is based on the closure of
Pimp My Ride episodes, where Xzibit says to contestants something along the lines of "We heard you like TV, so we put a TV in your car so you can watch TV while you drive". This phrasing has been adopted as the basis for the meme, producing ironic and idiosyncratic phrases such as "Yo dawg, we heard you like cars so we put a car in yo' car so you can drive while you drive" . All of the memes invariably start with the phrase "yo dawg". Two contrasting images of Xzibit's face - one smiling with laughter and one looking confused and taken aback - have also gained popularity as a meme.
Controversy
Rove McManus
In June 2007, Xzibit left the
Rove Live studios in Australia before a scheduled appearance. Media outlets reported that it was due to Xzibit not being given stand-alone billing on the program, even though he had not even been booked in advance. According to Xzibit, he walked off the set after taking offence to comments made by a
Rove staffer, who after informing Xzibit that his performance time would be shorter than the rapper might have liked, allegedly said: "You know, we came a long way just having you on the program." Xzibit took this as a racist remark, although the staffer claimed that they were merely referring to his status as a late booking.
Gumball 3000
In the Gumball 3000 2007 rally, Xzibit drove a black Jaguar XJ220. During the first day of the rally, Dutch police seized his driver's licence for doing 160 km/h where only 100 km/h was allowed. After the penalty, his co-driver, producer Fredwreck Nassar took over the wheel and they were allowed to continue. In an interview with Dutch radio personality Reinout "Q-Bah' van Gendt, Xzibit says that he mistook the kilometers for miles (100 mph = 160 km/h). Ultimately, he never got his license back from the Dutch police and had to apply for a new one in the United States.
Tax evasion
According to public records, as of late 2010 Xzibit owed more than $959,523 in delinquent federal taxes. He also tried to file for bankruptcy twice, in July 2009 and January 2010, but both times his bankruptcy filings were dismissed due to various reasons. The problems started after
Pimp My Ride was cancelled: in 2007 he earned $497,175, and after the cancellation his 2008 income was reported as $67,510.
Discography
- At the Speed of Life (1996)
- 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz (1998)
- Restless (2000)
- Man vs. Machine (2002)
- Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004)
- Full Circle (2006)
- Napalm (2012)
References
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