# When your name is Johnson... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341 "2014-04-17T14:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/41 "2014-04-19T17:41:48Z")
Still no word from the guy on the first floor who likes to eat pickles, or the guy on the second floor who likes to paint things green… ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/42 "2014-04-19T20:04:11Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > This just in! > > E! reports: Source “close to the situation” says he used a serrated steak knife, cut it off in several separate pieces, and was on PCP. > > [Rapper Andre Johnson Used Steak Knife to Cut Off Penis and Testicles While on Drugs, Source Says](http://www.eonline.com/news/533546/rapper-andre-johnson-used-steak-knife-to-cut-off-penis-and-testicles-while-on-drugs-source-says) Today (April 18), 1:54 PM PDT > > He sure gon’ be surprised when he finds out what he did to himself. That’s PCP, angel dust, Sherman Helmsley, love boat, ashy larry. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/43 "2014-04-20T01:05:19Z")
He should go get some mental health tests. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/44 "2014-05-11T20:21:17Z")
He has explained why he did it: “A bad combo of depression, weed and literature about monks and vasectomies drove a Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated rapper to slice off his penis — which has since been reattached.” > **[Wu-Tang affiliated rapper reveals why he cut off his penis](https://pagesix.com/2014/05/11/wu-tang-affiliated-rapper-reveals-why-he-cut-off-his-penis/)** > > A bad combo of depression, weed and literature about monks and vasectomies drove Andre Johnson to do the unthinkable. Note the drug involved was marijuana–not something like PCP. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/45 "2014-05-12T00:45:39Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > Assuming he comes down to earth I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/46 "2014-05-12T00:56:27Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > He has explained why he did it: > “A bad combo of depression, weed and literature about monks and vasectomies drove a Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated rapper to slice off his penis — which has since been reattached.” > [Wu-Tang affiliated rapper reveals why he cut off his penis | Page Six](http://pagesix.com/2014/05/11/wu-tang-affiliated-rapper-reveals-why-he-cut-off-his-penis/) > > Note the drug involved was marijuana–not something like PCP. Note some of the surrounding headlines. I really doubt the story is real. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/47 "2014-05-12T03:23:00Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Now that _that’s_ settled… > > …I wonder if Ginsu will ask him for an endorsement. Oh. Hells. No. There is no possible way On This Earth that I’d want to know if it cuts like a tomato. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/48 "2014-05-12T03:51:26Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Source “close to the situation” says he used a serrated steak knife, cut it off in several separate pieces… :: every guy within 50 km of this thread winces :: ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/49 "2014-05-12T03:58:34Z")
Some women are wincing too. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/50 "2014-05-12T19:30:23Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > E! reports: Source “close to the situation” says he used a serrated steak knife, cut it off in several separate pieces, and was on PCP. Group forevermore to be referred to as “Two Wang Clan” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/51 "2014-05-13T13:47:13Z")
[He did it cause he misses seeing his two daughters](http://www.bet.com/news/music/2014/05/12/andre-johnson-explains-why-he-severed-his-penis.html) Makes twisted sense. I doubt he’ll have any more children. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/52 "2014-05-13T13:56:11Z")
The initial reports stated very clearly that the surgery was unsuccessful. Of course initial reports are often wrong. But I can see him lying and saying “No really I totally have a penis.” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341/53 "2014-07-16T10:36:03Z")
Johnson has confirmed that reattachment was unsuccessful and has provided some further [explanation](http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/15/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/rapper-severed-penis-andre-johson/index.html?hpt=hp_t2): > [@](#): > > “Yes, I was using drugs that night, but I was in complete control,” he said. “I cut it off because that was the root of all my problems. My solution to the problem was the realization that sex is for mortals, and I am a god. …Those kinds of activities got me into trouble, and I came here to be a god.” > … > > “I didn’t want to kill myself,” Johnson said. “That was just my response to the demons. They were doing their best to get to me, but being alive solidified my thoughts. …I’m alive, penis or no penis.” To me, this sounds like a schizophrenic who is a danger to himself. He has been discharged from medical custody, though, and he is seeing a psychologist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-name-is-johnson/686341.md?page=2)