Method Man has made the most of his time in the spotlight over the last 30 years. He co-founded arguably the greatest group in hip-hop history, worked with everyone from 50 Cent and Eminem to Forest Whitaker and Pete Davidson, and toured around the world. His appearance on the cover of Men’s Health’s Hip-Hop 50 Issue had people (digitally) salivating in public. But all of that is in the past. He tells us in a new episode of The Rewind that he has a new purpose for his life: an in-shape grandfather.
“I feel pretty accomplished, but you can never be too comfortable,” Method Man explains. “I would say [I want to be] the best grandpa—the most fit grandpa.”
The loving 52-year-old father of three credits his grandson, Jordy, for his constant motivation to reach his new life goal. Even though his physique has been fawned after for generations, he explains that he’s only been prioritizing his fitness since he turned 40. During his peak, when he was performing around the world and creating classic cannabis cinema with 2001’s How High, he says he didn’t care about being in-shape and that his youth shielded him from the truth of his unhealthy lifestyle. “When you’re young, your metabolism is so fast, you don’t even think about, ‘Am I gaining too much weight?'”
One group of people on the wrong end of Method Man’s youthful power was *NSYNC. Back in 1998, when Justin Timberlake was a platinum blonde teeny-bopper, and MTV had the cultural cache to collide different worlds of pop culture, N’Sync played a basketball game against a team involving Method Man, Redman, and rapper Cam’ron for MTV’s Rock N Jock program. It was all fun and games until Method Man began doing more than just taking the biggest boyband in the world to the paint. “I remember we were beating the shit out of *NSYNC that day because the producers came over saying, ‘Guys, can you take it a little easy on the guys?” Method Man remembers. “Maybe their PR person saw something and said, ‘They have a show tomorrow. Method Man is out there elbowing Timberlake in the face.'”
Thankfully, no one was injured, and all went on to have long and successful careers. As for the elbow-swinging blacktop combatant, he’s perfectly fine with that part of his life being a far-away memory. He’s ready to enter the latest phase of his life: Fit Grandpa.
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Keith Nelson is a writer by fate and journalist by passion, who has connected dots to form the bigger picture for Men’s Health, Vibe Magazine, LEVEL MAG, REVOLT TV, Complex, Grammys.com, Red Bull, Okayplayer, and Mic, to name a few.
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