My homey Brandon hit me yesterday afternoon telling me Kanye and Common were gonna be at Area. I was like “sure.” After Cameron and I had dinner at Foxtail (SBE’s new spot, French bistro style menu, Steak Frites are bomb), I hit up Plain Pat (whattup Cudi) and was like “yo, can you find out if Kanye is really performing at Area tonight cuz I am not trying to go there unless it’s true.” He hit me back like “something’s going on cuz I had to send performance tracks to DJ Reflex.” Cameron and I said “fuck it” and we rolled since it was right down the street. It was madness outside, luckily my homey Julius from Bolthouse was working the door and he quickly let us in. Ran into Don C. so I knew Ye was in the building. He told me he was gonna perform and that I should stick around. Ran into the dudes from Far East Movement, DJ Skee, this girl Olivia who I hadn’t seen since middle school, Jason from Alliance Talent, Tick and Jamie from Warners, DJ Splyce and some other people I know I’m forgetting. At like 1:10 Common came outta nowhere and did two songs. Then Kanye came out to “Flashing Lights” and did “Stronger”, “Good Life” and “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” Shit was off the meat hook.

Sometimes I hate living in LA. But nights like this make me so happy.