I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.
Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.
I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.
I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.
I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
