This celebrity goo was created by player Erik Bates.
Scott Hardie provided the gooed image, category, and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Erik, and wrote the explanation.

publication date: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 (part of Round XXV)

category: Music

clue: He and his boyz would like me to ask, "who's the king?" Unfortunately out on the east side, they're stuck asking "WHAT?"

explanation: Lil Jon's band is called the East Side Boyz, and they have an album entitled "Kings of Crunk." Dave Chapelle had fun at Jon's expense borrowing phrases from a song on which he collaborated with Usher. People all over can now be heard screaming "WHAT? OKAY! YEAH!" more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Lori Lancaster, Chris McKinnon, Jackie Mason, E. M., Wendy Hampson, Anthony Lewis, Marc Kelley, and Mike Miller

player landmarks: This was the last goo solved by Marc Kelley.

trivia: This goo has the historical distinction of being the first based on a source photograph taken by one of the players: Erik Bates snapped this photo of Lil Jon at an airport in Atlanta, and asked to turn it into a goo to stump players who rely too much on Google Image Search. Erik wrote the clue and the explanation.


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