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Nate “Igor” Smith 🎩
@drivenbyboredom
I took a photo of Steve Aoki and Benji Madden. Story time: Long before Steve was the top signal for every NFT project he was a nightlife friend and occasional client. I photographed a handful of events for him back when I was a party photographer. I was living in NYC at the time and he was based in LA so it wasn't like we were close or anything, but I always liked the dude.👇
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Nate “Igor” Smith 🎩
@drivenbyboredom
So it's maybe 2008 and I am in LA and Steve's label DimMak threw a party every Tuesday at a place called Cinespace. I reached out to the label and got on the list +1 because I wanted to impress this girl I went to high school with who I always had a crush on. She was out in LA and I figured I could use my hipster nightlife cred to show her a fun night. She was already impressed I was on the list for this "cool" party so it was going well so far.
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Nate “Igor” Smith 🎩
@drivenbyboredom
The party probably started at 9 or 10, but I wouldn't be caught dead at a club before midnight like some nightlife tourist, so we hit a diner for late night dinner before walking over to the club a few blocks away. We got there at maybe 12:15am and the door guy tells me the list is closed. You had to be there before midnight. I tried to explain that I knew Steve and had worked for the label and all that but the door guy did not give a fuck. They would still let me in, but a) I would have to pay and b) I would have to take my camera to the car which was a few blocks farther than the restaurant and she was in heels. Anything I cool points I had were gone.
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Nate “Igor” Smith 🎩
@drivenbyboredom
Before I could embarrass myself any further the flash of a half dozen paparazzi lit up the block. I had no idea what sort of A-list celebrity was coming to the party when they got closer I could tell it was Steve with Benji Madden. The paparazzi were interested because I believe Joel was dating Paris Hilton at the time. She wasn't even with them, but it didn't matter for the paps.
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Nate “Igor” Smith 🎩
@drivenbyboredom
As the club was trying to rush them inside, Steve saw me and I told him what happened. He grabbed me and my friend and brought us up to their table and poured her a drink. My cool points had been reactivated. After that it was smooth sailing and we had a great night... at least until we got back to my rental car...
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Nate “Igor” Smith 🎩
@drivenbyboredom
When we get back to the car an incredibly drunk old man is stumbling down the street and falls onto my car. He only spoke spanish and I could barely make out what he was saying anyway. I helped him up and was trying to figure out what to do when a member of the notorious street gang MS-13 ran up to me and started screaming in my face for touching him. If you are wondering how I knew he was in MS-13 it was because he had Mara Salvatrucha tattooed to his face. Needless to say I was terrified. I told him I was just trying to help the guy, but he kept yelling at me until I got into the car and got the fuck out of there. Good times in LA. The end.
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
steve saves the day
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