(As we begin the interview, Jazze is humming “Fenzel”) Is that your official name now?
Yeah. You know when girls be like, “I want your real name!” I tell ‘em Fenzel. They like, “Yo mama ain’t named you Fenzel!”

Any relation to Denzel Washington?
It’s Fenzel Washingtonzel.

You’re kinda known for the sexy strip club-type hooks. If you could make a sex soundtrack, what songs would you put on there?
It’d definitely have “Girls in the Club” by Sho’Nuff. I’d put some Too Short on there, Jodeci, Silk, Genuwine, and some old stuff. It’d be kinda raunchy. You’ve gotta speed it up, then slow it down.

What’s the best strip club in Atlanta?
Magic City isn’t open right now, but they about to open it back up so I’m gonna say Magic City. It’s still official. And Club Cheetahs, they got some real nice lookin’ chicks in there.

What kind of stripper gets the most tips from you?
The coolest one, not necessarily the best-looking stripper. I like somebody that’s cool, not the ones that are tryin’ to play you like you won’t be back. For example, if I go somewhere like Pin-Up’s where the dances are $5, they’ll try to play you like an out-of-towner even though they know you be at Magic City hard. She’ll dance three times and be like, “That’s $30.” I’m like, “No, baby, that’s $15.” They won’t get another dance from me, I don’t care what they look like. But if I come back and they act right, then that’s cool. I ain’t gonna count ‘em out yet.

Should we expect to see Fenzel’s Strip Club anytime in the near future?
Yes. You know what? I think me and Big Boi should do a strip club. You know, he’s got the little personal strip pole at his crib, but I’m talking about an actual strip club with like fifty girls. That’s his thing, but I mean, I think we should. We haven’t really talked about it yet.

How would your strip club be different from the rest?
When people imagine Magic City, they think it’s this big elaborate club with beautiful lights or something like that with girls walking across the bar, but when you get there it’s just a room. I mean, it ain’t hot, as far as the way it looks. As a black entrepreneur, I would take it to that next level. I’d have aquariums and everything. I mean, it’s just the branding of the name and who you bring through and who’s running it. If you’ve got a real hip cat from the streets running it, it’s gonna be a poppin’ club. If you’ve got a square cat on the other side of the city with a beautiful club but he don’t know nobody, people are still gonna go to Magic City. If he don’t know nobody, ain’t nobody going to his club. But, we might go just cause we know he got some quality shit. Plus, we don’t wanna be with the crowd. I don’t wanna be nowhere where you can’t walk in the strip club, that’s crazy.

Like how packed it was at that strip club for the “Get Low” video.
Oh, yeah, that was crazy. That place doesn’t even exist now; they tore it down to the ground.
For celebrities now, it seems like putting out a sex tape is the “in” thing to do.
Oh, that’s old.

So there’s no Jazze Pha sex tapes out there.
Oh, no, not unless somebody else pulled it off. I’m pretty impromptu, though, so nobody could really pull nothing like that with me. I’m not like, “I’m on my way over to your house,” I just pop in.

Who’s the top three on Jazze’s hit list?
Halle Berry, Free, and Melyssa Ford, the girl that just started the show with Tigger on BET.

Anytime a female artist comes in the game under the wing of a male artist, there’s always gonna be some rumors. I’ve heard a few people theorize that you and Ciara had something sexual going on.
No, nothing like that. We’re real close, though, so maybe that’s why people would think that. You know, she might hold my hand or something like that. But it ain’t no thang like that.
Okay, I’m gonna throw a few names at you of famous females and you can say how you think they’d be in bed. Gloria Velez?
She’s a freak. I don’t know, it depends on how she’s talking. There’s different levels of freakiness. I don’t think I would like her cause I’ve already seen her on TV, on sex tapes. I’d probably have to be real drunk. It’d probably have to be a party situation, like, me and the boys. Choo choo train! Yeah, we’d Soul Train on her ass.

Remy Martin?
Nah, that ain’t gonna happen. But that’s Fat Joe’s girl, I can’t say anything bad about her.

Trina?
Trina could get it, you know that. Trina’s a friend of mine, too, but she still could get it. Put it out there and let her know.

Alicia Keys?
Alicia Keys is definitely a candidate. She gon’ get it all. She can get the real first name.

Brigitte Nielsen?
Oh, what! I would climb up on her back. I wanna wrestle with her.

Shawnna?
She kinda sexy, but me and Shawnna kinda like buddies.

Lil Kim?
Naw, cause you don’t know what she gonna look like in the morning. I ain’t into her.

Venus & Serena Williams?
Both of them. They’re so rich they could get it just off that.

Oprah?
Oprah can definitely get it. Oprah could tell me not to look at all them other broads and I won’t. I’ll look straight ahead.

Jacki-O?
I don’t think she’s my type. I think she’s a sweetheart, and we hit it off with a real artist/producer connection. She can rap, she’s dope. She’s got her own little sexy vibe about her, but she ain’t my type.

What’s your type?
I’d have to point it out to you, because I have different types. I like tall girls, though. Sometimes I like a square chick that don’t know who I am. That’s a turn-on. Like, they might have seen me somewhere, but they don’t really know what I do. They just think I know a bunch of people. I like smart girls. I like girls that are into taking care of their man. Not necessarily spending money on me, but just taking care of me in their capacity. Not necessarily catering to you 100%, but just letting you know that you’re the man. And I’m not saying don’t have a voice. Please, have a voice. I love a woman with an opinion. And, somebody who’s kind of a mother figure cause I’ve got a son. He’s seven.

So the square chicks get the real name.
Exactly!

- Interview and photo by Julia Beverly,
jb@ozonemag.com