Trivia Tuesday: Damian Lewis goes from RSC to Jay Z :)

brodyandjayz

Did you know that the Jay Z album Magna Carta… Holy Grail, had a track “F.U.T.W. (F… Up The World)” with the lyrics going on like this?

Feeling like a stranger in my own land

Got me feeling like Brody in Homeland”

source: tv.com
source: tv.com

Ha, ha, of course, you know… especially if you saw Damian Lewis’ appearance on Jonathan Ross Show last year.

source: GQ.co.uk
source: GQ.co.uk

Damian jokingly revealed on the show that he knew he made it “across the pond” when he found out about the Jay Z song: “He referenced Brody in one of his songs which was, I don’t know, if you want to arrive anywhere, that’s where you want to arrive isn’t it? In a Jay Z song.”

When asked if he had spoken with Jay Z about the song, Damian joked: “It’s ‘Jay’ now between us two but no, no I haven’t.”

Damian had spoken to Esquire about the Jay Z track in 2013. When asked about whether he was aware of FUTW track in the Jay Z  album Magna Carta… Holy Grail, Damian said:

source: esquire
source: esquire

“I was aware of that, yeah.”

“That’s quite a cool thing, isn’t it?”

“It’s one of the coolest things that’s ever happened to me.”

“Are you serious? It’s pretty good, right?”

“My natural habitat is quite a long way from, you know, a gangster rapper. So the fact I’ve somehow straddled popular culture to find myself name checked… From the RSC…”

“To the Jay Z?”

“To the Jay Z. I did actually walk around playing it on-set to anyone who’d listen: ‘just in case you might be interested… have you heard this?’” 🙂

If you want to listen to the track, here it is — with VERY explicit lyrics, please listen at your own risk.

Author: Damianista

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