David Johnson has sent more than 262 emails to the same person since March 2010. In them, he talks about his family, ambitions, and career. He sends pictures, song lyrics, whatever he feels like. The person he's sending these emails to? Get this: the one and only Jay-Z.
Yup, Johnson and Jay, they're pen pals. Except well, not really. In fact, Jay has never responded to a single message. Allegedly the man has Jay's ACTUAL email address, and has been carrying on a one-sided conversation for more than two years now.
So how does he know that it's Jay Z's actual email? Well, he doesn't. Except thanks to a fancy shmancy tracker/receipt thingamajig, Johnson knows that the emails have been opened. Not just that, but opened in locations Jay-Z's set to perform in hours before he hits the stage. Sounds legit, I'd say.
It makes me wonder: What would you do if you had the email address of one of your most idolized stars? Would you use it? I would, hands down.
I'm gonna go along with the assumption that, yes, Johnson has Jay-Z's actual email address. So what if he isn't answering his messages? The important part, I think, is that Jay-Z is reading them. Jay is a man of massive power. Whether or not he responds, I'd say that the fact that he's seeing what Johnson has to say is a victory. What if something Johnson says in an email inspires some lyrics one day? With the sort of stage Jay-Z has, knowing that something you say could have an impact on him is a huge thing. And of course there's always that small possibility: What if ONE day, Jay-Z write back? That alone would keep me writing forever.
There are a whole slew of people I wouldn't mind one-sided emailing. Justin Timberlake for one, mostly because I think he's hilarious and beautiful. I'd email Julia Roberts to ask what it's like to lay with Richard Gere in bed. I'd email Billy Joel and tell him that his music has shaped my entire life. What would I say after that first message? Well ... I'm not so sure.
Hey, someone wanna hook me up with one of their email addresses? I'll report back, I promise.
Whose email address would you love to have?
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Stephen Kings! i would love to write to him, tell him that hes right. i need a lil fictional horror to get through my day without screaming lol. that, and i wish he made Andre Lenoge the dark man. that would have been awesome.
blah King* dunno why i added the s lol
I wouldn't. I may want to, but I would never actually do it. Sending a ton of fanmail is one thing, but sending someone a ton of emails is completely different. Its weird and creepy and seems like a huge invasion of privacy!! I'm not famous, so I can't imagine what celebrities must go through every day but I know how I, as a regular non-celebrity, would feel about a person that I didn't know consistently emailing me about themselves, their family and their career. It would creep me out!!
It doesn't matter how excited you are to talk to your favorite celebrity, have some common courtesy.
Celebrities must get e-mails by the ton, if you don't mind me mixing a metaphor. If Jay-Z is reading them all, Jay-Z is doing very well.
No ones that is ridiculous who cares if he is reading them and who cares if he was inspired by you. If he reading them why can he not at least send him something back once in a while. I mean if this makes him happy more power to him. Not something I would do and i think it makes Jay-Z sound kind of like a dick, too.