Love him or hate him, it's hard to deny that Tie Domi is one of the toughest guys to ever enter the NHL. So, it may come as no shock that in his retirement, Domi did a bit of security work. It may be a bit of a shock that he once provided body guard services to Jay-Z.
Domi joined Alex Rodriguez and CNBC'S Mad Money host Jim Cramer on Barstool Sports' podcast The Corp this week, where it was revealed that he once protected Jay-Z at A-Rod's birthday party around 10 years ago.
“My 34th birthday in 2009, July 27th. Now, the entire team is over there,” Rodriguez said on the podcast. “Front office, and around midnight, now this is a Saturday when we have a 1 o'clock game the next day, someone jumps in the pool, then I jump in the pool, [Joe] Girardi jumps in the pool, the manager. Now I'm talking about 100 people inside the pool. Now, there's two people dry in the entire party: one is Jay-Z, and the other is Tie Domi, who was protecting Jay-Z. ‘Hey, Tie, don't let anybody get near you.' He goes, ‘trust me, nobody will.'”
Domi added "“And guys would come around, they'd try to sneak up. Jay-Z would come over, put his arm around me with a cigar in his mouth."
Apparently Jay-Z is still very fond of the former NHL tough guy, as A-Rod mentioned that every time he sees the rapper, he asks "How's my boy Tie Domi?”
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