Hayi, hayi I-Basquiat, iJT. utshilo. Wapeyinta kakhulu, wapeyinta kakhulu.
Ewe, uyenzile ngokumunca u-Andy Warhol's dick, utshilo uTaki. Andisiqondi ukuba kutheni inkwenkwana yodidi oluphezulu, umama wayo enobukrelekrele-
Owu, Thixo, tata, uyalila uJ.
UJohn-Taki Theodoracopulos — uJ. kubahlobo bakhe-ngumthunywa webhayisekile kunye nomculi osengakabonakali. Uhlala yedwa kwindlu yedolophu eRed Hook, eBrooklyn. Utshatile kodwa okwangoku wahlukaniswe no-Assia Baudi de Selve, intombi ka-Count Maurizio Baudi de Selve waseTorino, anabantwana ababini abancinci. Bahlala nomama wabo eManhattan kwaye uzama ukubabona yonke imihla.
KwakungoLwesihlanu ngokuhlwa, kwaye ndadityaniswa noJ. notata uTaki eOdeon eT Tribeca. I-J.T. Ngaba zi-6 iinyawo ubude kwaye uyayama, ubuso bakhe obunemilo buhlwaywe mnyama, amashiya agcweleyo enza imigca enzulu ebunzini lakhe xa ephakamisa okanye eyijika. Wayenxibe ipolo yomqhaphu phezu kwengubo yangaphantsi enemikhono emide etyhalelwe phezulu ezihlahleni, kunye nejean ezimnyama ezisongelwe ngaphezulu kweqatha. Utata wakhe wayejongeka entswetshiwe, ecekisiwe kwaye, kuma-72, zonke ii-intshi umphathi wangaphambili weqela lesizwe lekarate laseGrisi. Wayenxibe isuti emdaka kunye neqhina leseersucker.
Hayi, ngokuzimisela, uTaki uqhubeke. Kutheni le nto indoda imnyama, ilifanasini kwaye inomlenze omnye, ukuyenza? Ndiyathetha ngaphandle kokuba ufuna ukufana noVan Gogh-kodwa naye wazilahlela ekugqibeleni.
I-J.T. wahleka wanikina intloko. Tata!
Ndingakufumanela into? Utshilo umlungiseleli.
Kum, akukho nto-kuba ndilungiselela umntu oneminyaka eyi-27, utshilo uTaki. Hayi, nzulu, kodwa kamva. Ucacisile ukuba ebesandula ukubuya kwisizini yakhe yaseLondon apho, phakathi komdlalo weqakamba oshushu, wayezimisele ukubetha xa wabona umdlali weqonga oneminyaka engama-27 ubudala kwizitendi. Umgcini wewikethi-kumzamo wokuphazamisa ujingi-wamxelela ukuba igama lakhe nguGeorgina kwaye wayelele ebhedini.
Kwakubonakala ukuba ngoku uGeorgina wayeseNew York, kwaye uTaki wayenethemba lokuthandana naye ngorhatya. Umfazi kaTaki, u-a.k.a., umama ka-JT, u-Princess Alexandra Carlota Sophy von Schoenburg-Hartenstein, kunye nentombi yakhe u-Mandolyna babese-Yurophu, beshiya u-Taki isidanga kwindlu yedolophu e-East 71st Street, apho uJ. wavuswa.
Ibhinqa elisetafileni ekufutshane lalikwiBlackBerry yalo.
Andikwazi ukumelana nehlabathi langoku, utshilo uTaki. Wonke umntu esitratweni uhambahamba echwetheza into. Iya kuba yimizwa yam. Kwaye akukho mntu uthetha kwaye uyazibuza ukuba kutheni kungekho mntu uthethayo.
I-J.T. unayo iBlackberry. Umboniso wakhe wobugcisa kutshanje kwigalari yomsebenzi eBrooklyn yayiyingqokelela yeefoto ezithathwe ngeselula yakhe yeNokia ngelixa wayekhwele ibhayisekile yakhe. Uchithe iminyaka elishumi edlulileyo efunda ukupeyinta, ikakhulu eParis naseRoma. Ukubuyela kwakhe eNew York ngo-2007, waqala wabuza ubizo lwakhe. Ke waqala ukuthumela umyalezo ngebhayisikile. Ngoku ukuzithemba kwakhe kubuyile: Ngoku udlala ngobugcisa bevidiyo.
UJohn-Taki wayedla ngokukhwela ibhayisekile yakhe esiya esikolweni. Waya kubo abaninzi. Wakhwela waya eSt David nge-89 kunye noMadison notatomkhulu wakhe, uPeter Schoenberg, owayezokunxiba isuti. Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-9, ootitshala bafumanisa ukuba une-dyslexia, ke abazali bakhe bamthumela kwiSikolo i-Eagle Hill eGreenwich, eConn. Uyakhumbula emangaliswa yimizobo yegrafiti ecaleni kwendlela. Kodwa iConnecticut yaphulukana nomtsalane wayo xa yaqala ukuqaphela izihlobo ezipholileyo zodadewabo uMandolyna. Uqinisekisile umama wakhe ukuba amyeke aye eDwight eNtshona 89thIsitalato.
Ndingathanda ukukhwela ibhayisekile yam epakini, utshilo. Ndandiye ndibone abahlobo kwiindawo zokumisa iibhasi kwaye ngamanye amaxesha bangene kwimilo kwizitishi zebhasi, emva koko wonke umntu eve ngayo. Abazali bakhe bampakisha babuya baya eConnecticut, kwiSikolo iForeman. Wahamba neblazer neqhina nokuzimisela ukuba ngumfundi olungileyo. Isikolo sithathe indlela yehippie-dippy ayithandayo; waqala ukuchitha ixesha ePines, etshaya ukhula kwaye emosha ngamantombazana. Ngeempelaveki, waya kumaka ngeAstor Indawo. Ukuma ngokulandelayo: isikolo esidume ngokukhethekileyo iLe Rosey eGstaad.
Oku kwakufana no-1995, ke bonke aba bantwana baseYurophu babenxibe amabhanti amnyama onke, amakhulu egolide eVersace, kwaye ndandifana nokuthi, ‘Kuqhubeka ntoni?’ Utshilo uJ. ELe Rosey into ekufuneka uyenzile yayikukukhupha intombazana yakho uyokuya nayo echibini ngephenyane elihamba ngephenyane. Into kukuba, kunzima ukuba ulahlekelwe bubuntombi bakho kwisikhephe.
Ke ngomhla wakhe wokugqibela: Ndizigqibile iimviwo zam, kwaye ndaziva ndonwabile ngayo, ndenze kakuhle, kuba baya kukunika ixesha elongezelelekileyo kwaye abayi kubala upelo lwakho, utshilo. Kwakufuneka abhiyoze, ke waya ngasemva kwelitye. Kwakukho intombazana ejinga phaya emva. Wayenentliziyo ethambekileyo ethangeni le jean yakhe enegama likaJ.T phakathi.
Kwakukuhle, kwaye kwakunzima kakhulu, kuba uqhele ukuphulula amalungu esini, utshilo uJ. Awuqhelanga ukuba nomntu obhinqileyo, kwaye kufuneka ushukume kwaye ndiyakhumbula ndishushu nyhani kwaye ndibile ndibenesiyezi kwaye nditshiswa ngamadolo kwaye ngathi iyaphambana-kwaye oololiwe babenjengoko-kusegadini yeziqhamo, kwaye kukho amatyholo kwaye kukufuphi neziporo zikaloliwe-kwaye bendikhe ndakhohlisa kunye namantombazana ngaphambili, kodwa oku kuyaphambana, emva koko saphuma sahamba. Kwaye kwafuneka siye kwisidlo sasemini, uyazi, ibiyimini yokugqibela. Ndihleli ecaleni kuka Mnu Thompson kwaye ndiyalikhumbula ivumba, ndiyakhumbula ndicinga ukuba wonke umntu anganuka nje isondo, wonke umntu angatsho into eyenzekileyo. Yayilusuku lwam lokugqibela ke olo, ndabuya ndaya e-dormini ukuze nditshintshe ndakhwela uloliwe ndaya eGeneva ukuya kuhlangabeza uTata wam. Amaphepha:1 Mbini
