Mickey Avalon’s Immortal Tale: VICE’s Exclusive Interview Reveals the Curse of Living Forever

Mickey Avalon: From Near-Death to Enduring Legend

Mickey Avalon, the notorious rapper whose 2006 hit "My Dick" still echoes, sits down with VICE for a rare, unfiltered interview that probes his brushes with death and the bizarre path that kept him alive beyond his own predictions.

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"I always said I’m gonna die by 25 … I didn’t take good care of myself. But I don’t think I’m gonna die anytime soon. When you try to die and you don’t, the curse is you live forever," Avalon tells reporter Sam Davies.

Sam notes that while Avalon’s hit lives on, collaborators like Simon Rex have turned Hollywood, and Awkwafina’s viral parody propelled her career, illustrating a twisted version of the American Dream.

Heatwave in France Radicals Artist Emma Stern

American artist Emma Stern, currently in Paris, describes a scorching Reuters‑reported heatwave that pushed midday temps to 104°F, sparking a personal crisis she describes as "radicalized by the heat."

"Day two of La Canicule, the midday temperature has hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit… I wonder what I did to deserve this, what anyone did to deserve this," she writes.