Phonte (of the highly acclaimed rap duo Little Brother) is no stranger to porn. Like many other red-blooded humans, he joyfully dabbles in the viewing of lewd videos and online clips: there’s no surprise there. But When DX had the honor of meeting fetish porn star Ms. Sinnamon Love at the AVN Awards in Las Vegas, we were pleasantly surprised to hear that she herself was a Hip Hop head. A real Hip Hop head, none of that wack shit. Her list of favorites included The Roots, Talib Kweli, and (you guessed it) Little Brother! Sinn can even be seen jammin' to an LB track on one of her many YouTube video blogs from months ago, so rest assured she’s the real deal, not just all talk.

When DX realized that these two interesting characters shared a mutual admiration and respect for one another we thought, "Why not get the two of them together and see what happens?" After some initial shyness and small talk the two really opened up and got into it. Witness Sinn and 'Tay get more personal than ever, sharing their thoughts on politics, sex, love, Hip Hop, the dark side of the porn industry, and…powdered sugar farts? Catch a rare glimpse into the human lives behind the larger-than-life personas:

Sinnamon Love: If you could live anywhere [besides your current home in North Carolina] where would it be?
Phonte: Um, I don’t know…shit…probably somewhere oversees like Stockholm, Sweden…that place is gorgeous. It’s pretty, it’s real clean…people are real friendly. It’s just really cool. And the black people I’ve talked to over there say it’s aight. [Race] relation-wise, it’s pretty cool…I’ve definitely thought about leaving [North Carolina] though.

SL: Have you? I know [I would leave Los Angeles] just because it’s a little hectic here, but why would you leave [home]. What’s the one thing that would make you just up and leave?
P: I mean, depending on what this next [political] administration does…some of the laws that have been passed in our country have been kind of Draconian I guess. So if it got to the point where my kids were being subjected to something crazy…fuck it, I’m out. I don’t know, we’ll see. Me and my wife have definitely talked about possibly living in another country. And 10 years ago, I never would have imagined [wanting to leave]. But now as I travel I’ve seen how other people live…

SL: Right…well since you brought up politics: do you think that Barack Obama’s policies are enough to [elect him as president] or do you think his [race] will keep him [from being elected]?
P: For me, personally, I’m not really a political dude. I’m not nearly as political as my music may lead some people to believe. I’m not a dude watching CSPAN and CNN, so I’m truthfully not really into politics; I just study people. Feel me? So from what I’ve seen, I just think—well, first of all, the whole election process in itself is really just like… niggas runnin' for senior class president but on a much higher level. It’s all about who got the prettiest posters, who gonna give out the most cupcakes at lunch…the shit is really a popularity contest. It’s American idol for the presidency. Might as well have Simon [Cowell] up there critiquing niggas speeches and shit.

SL: Yea I know. I was on a flight coming back from Puerto Rico and I was watching the Democratic debate. It was a spat between Barack and Hillary the entire time.
P: Yeah, they was going at it…

SL: It was funny to me because John Edwards was totally out of the whole conversation; it was like he wasn’t even there. He had to come back with some snappy little comment about them bickering in order to even get back into the debate because he wasn’t even a consideration at that point. I mean, the ticket he was on that he could win was four years ago. So, what makes him think that he can win now?
P: The dude I was fuckin' with [back then] was that gotdamn Howard Dean!

SL: Oh for sure!
P: Yeah, but when that nigga did the “YAAAAAH!” shit, it was over. [Laughs] That shit was dead after that…but with [Obama], I think it’s gonna come down to his ability to inspire people. Mu’fuckas wanna believe that they can make a difference. People wanna believe in something. This mu’fucka had an old white lady crying and shit…like an old desperate housewife crying like, “Oh my God, he was so [inspirational]” crying over this nigga! They want another Kennedy, know what I'm saying? A white woman in Georgia I think was talking [on the news] and she said, “I was undecided before...but after hearing [Obama] speak my vote is clear. I want a president I can look at on the TV and be proud of.” And that’s really what it comes down to. She said, “The past four years, every time I heard [President Bush] speak I would just turn away because I don’t even wanna look at him. I don’t want to hear what he has to say.”

SL: [Bush] makes a fool of himself…he really makes it sound like he’s a fuckin idiot and you have to question if [the other leaders] look at him like “Are you serious? You’re trying to tell us how to run our shit and you can’t even use proper grammar!” And we got a vice president who runs around shooting people. Who can’t tell the difference between a deer and a human being? [Laughs]
P: [Laughs] Yeah, that’s bad…people just need [a president] they can feel good about, so for Obama, he just needs to figure out how he’s gonna get the Latino vote. I don’t know what the disconnect in his campaign is between him and Latinos… Continued on page 2 »