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MIAMI BEACH — On the 12th hole at Normandy Shores Golf Club, beyond the private gate, amid lush green fairways and clusters of palm trees, Luther Campbell steered his cart past several ibises. He mentioned the yacht he once owned. He cackled.
Those were the days: The U and 2 Live Crew, Tipper Gore and the Supreme Court, censorship and free speech and parental-advisory stickers. The boat was a 50-footer. Campbell named it Scandalous. He put "from Liberty City," his Miami neighborhood, on the back, so the "police would know why there's all these black people partying on this boat and that we didn't steal it."
They took Scandalous to the Columbus Day regatta most years, the party to end all parties, an event the writer Tom Wolfe recently called the "most hedonistic" he ever witnessed.
Campbell drained a 20-foot putt from the fringe. "You'd put on a life vest, jump in the water and go from boat to boat," he said. "People having all sorts of wild sex. All these lawyers and politicians and executives. That's when I knew white people were crazy!"
These were the same people, Campbell said, who tried to put him in jail. Yet there they were, "out here with a big freakfest!"
Three hours after standing on the green, Campbell, 51, paced the football field at Northwestern High School in Liberty City, a whistle around his neck. He won the right to be on one in a familiar venue: a court of law.
His players, who sometimes refer to him as Coach Crazy, are only vaguely familiar with his music, with one album declared obscene, another titled "Banned in the U.S.A." and the song "Me So Horny" among the more printable titles. Here, they know Coach Luke, not the rap nicknames Uncle Luke or Luke Skyywalker.
They know him as the coach who spends late-night hours analyzing game film, not the man who once made music and drank until sunrise. They know he will drill them, over and over, on their defensive assignments. He will blow that whistle. He will implore them to set the edge and mind their gaps. He will say in a postpractice talk: "Forget football, gentlemen. This is about life. You have to decide how bad you want it."
He will tell them not to swear.
One player, Joseph Robinson, a junior committed to Florida State, said: "My uncle and my mom used to play 2 Live Crew at home. They said he's the reason there's explicit music right now. I hope he's a reason we win a state championship."
This is Luther Campbell now: married to a lawyer, raising a 3-year-old named Blake, living on a lake, starting his own line of rum. He loves the album "Jagged Little Pill" by Alanis Morissette and the song "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by the Verve. He is asked how this all ties together, Coach Luke and Uncle Luke and Mr. Obscenity turned molder of young minds, despite his past, the reputation, the rapsheet. He does not see this as a redemption story. He does not view himself as changed. Same guy, different job. Same play, next act.
"I'm a fighter," Campbell said.
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Q: How much have you spent, lifetime, in court costs?
A: Oh, man. I spent too much.
Q: Hundreds of thousands?
A: Probably a million.
Q: How many days have you spent in court?
A: Probably about six months.
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Campbell arrived for golf wearing a white University of Miami visor. The course manager, recognizing him, said: "You can never defeat a Hurricane. You can only hope to survive one."
"That's right," Campbell replied.
Years ago, when Campbell lived on a golf course, his doctor suggested that he learn the game to relieve stress. He whittled his handicap to 5 and had "white hot" emblazoned on his putter. He sold Scandalous to play more. The obsession only added to his stress.
He plays little during football season. Too many responsibilities.
"I ain't out there for X's and O's," he said as he chipped a 7-iron onto the green. "I'm out there for Jimmys and Joes. I say that all the time."
He laughed and said, "It's about accountability and responsibility."
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