Talk:DJ Lethal
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[edit] 69 or 72
which one of those following years was he born in?
DJ lethal is cool.--OleMurder 20:56, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
MD: I don't want to get into a flame war with the anonymous author who claims Lethal is Jewish. Just wondering -- why is it relevant? As far as I can tell, Lee doesn't comment on his "Jewishness" or his Latvian ancestry, for that matter, in any of his work. I'm quesy about any identification of sombody as a "Jew." I can't tell if the author is a defender or a hater. Through my work, I've met Lee several times -- as the previous talker said, DJ Lethal is cool. That about says it for me.
Use your signatures, people. Don't post anonymous. And P.S., DJ Lethal is just fictional..a toy of Fred Durst's mind.
- The relevancy is that his Jewish background was a factor in determining his family's emigration from the USSR when he was a kid. People couldn't just leave the country then, if they didn't like it there. However, the 1970s and 1980s was a time when many Soviet Jews—or people identified by the Soviet state as ethnically Jewish—were allowed (encouraged, even) to leave the USSR. Many people, even those who did not particularly identify themselves as Jewish, took the opportunity to emigrate to Israel, while others chose, for example, the US. — Zalktis 16:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- According to the quoted DJTimes article, he and his parents fled the country illegally, meaning that there was some impetus for them to do so. The combination of a Jewish background and participating in the "subversive" rock scene was a recipe for trouble in the USSR at that time. — Zalktis 09:40, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Boston?
House Of Pain have nothing to do with Boston or ever did...
And this is not Boston, or the friggin' tea-party, this is DJ LETHAL! Get on the correct page! HOP = Elsewhere.--OleMurder 20:56, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Punk
Heard he used to play punk, anybody knows about that? 80.167.85.23 00:32, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Forced Latvianisation
Mcbouncy, why do you keep insisting on trying to make DJ Lethal ethnically Latvian? 1. He he doesn't call himself Latvian. 2. His name is Leor, a Jewish name. 3. His name is Dimant, which according to people who know about these things, is a Yiddish name. Finally, have you actually read the interview in DJTimes:
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- Is this the same 27-year-old Latvian-born Leor DiMant? The one who was expelled from his Jersey City grade-school Yeshiva for flinging yarmulkes like Frisbees down the hallway?
"Latvian-born" in English means the same as "born in Latvia"; it does not neccessarily mean "ethnically Latvian". Also, most ethnic Latvians are not known for attending Yeshiva. — Zalktis 16:05, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
He's stated previously (i.e. TSM Radio Show 45) that he was born in Latvia and that his parents are of Latvian descent, so yes, he does mention his heritage, both Jewish and Latvian. It is in no way "forced" he freely admits to and is proud of his heritage.68.147.5.148 (talk) 18:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)DJ Lethal Myspace Fanpage
