RG3: 'Music is the heartbeat of the World'

By Reed Johnson

Sept. 10, 2012 12 AM PT

So what does Robert Griffin III, a.k.a. RG3, the Washington Redskins’ overnight-star quarterback and the NFL’s hottest new brand name, listen to in the locker room?

Hip-hop? Heavy metal?

Guess again. According to the Redskins’ official blog, RG3 has been known to stroll around grooving to Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.”

And it turns out that RG3, the No. 1 draft pick who led the Redskins to a stunning 40-32 upset victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in his NFL regular-season debut, is a budding cultural philosopher. “Music is the hearbeat of the World,” he tweeted recently, instantly coining one of the catch phrases of 2012 and, no doubt, a future slogan for Nike, Apple or your other favorite Fortune 500 company.

That only leaves the question of what Griffin will be plugged into for his NFL encore next week. Since this is football, how about Jay-Z’s “XXXO?” Any other suggestions?

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Reed Johnson

Reed Johnson es el ex editor de Los Angeles Times en Español. En 2018, se reincorporó a Los Angeles Times como editor asistente. Johnson había trabajado anteriormente para The Times como escritor de 2000 a 2014, incluidos cuatro años y medio como escritor de cultura latinoamericana del periódico, con sede en la Ciudad de México. También ha trabajado como reportero para el Wall Street Journal, con sede en São Paulo, Brasil; como editor de Zócalo Public Square; y como reportero del Detroit News, el L.A. Daily News y el Times-Union de Rochester, Nueva York.