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Mike Nizza (pictured?), the
biggest Wu-Tang fan in the history of the New York Times, is leaving the paper in order to bring da ruckus to
The Atlantic's web projects. His boss, NYT digital editor Jim Roberts, closes the staff memo on Nizza's departure by quoting a
Gawker comment. With his exit, the
Times loses a rebel, who makes more noise than heavy metal. Nizza will be remembered for that old loco style from his vocals—Bill Keller couldn't peep it with a pair of bifocals. We saw this moment coming, though. Mike was a vandal. Too hot to handle. Now, he's saying Goodbye like Tevin Campbell.
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journalismism
NYT reporter Mike Nizza was
toiling away on the
LA Times' fraudulent Tupac story beat yesterday, explaining to
racist elderly
Times readers what went wrong, and who all these hip hop people are. Then, like a ray of sunlight piercing the clouds over Shaolin, a reader made a joke about Wu-Tang in the comments. Mike was all over it! It really brightened up his day, we think, to know that somebody else out there is available to discuss how cool it is that Raekwon dropped that "I grew up on the crime side, the
New York Times side" lyric on "C.R.E.A.M." Unlike the
dorks in the
Times cafeteria who don't appreciate it at all. Somebody rescue this man! Click to enlarge the key exchange of internet musical acknowledgments.
Gawker
Why Didn't He Invite Us?
Wu-Tang dust aficionado Raekwon reportedly did an impromptu show at drug-infested downtown hot spot The Box at 3 a.m. last night. ""The greatest moment in Wednesday night history...I b-lined for the stage and all i could see was blunt smoke and Raekwon. Someone told me that he started the set with saying that he didn't even know how he got there or where he was. !!!" That explains so much. [Medicine Agency]
