we all fought for that shit hard before Dilla and Big Proof passed away. Dilla's heirs are getting their money now. The soldiers are the ones that spend their time and money to obtain the resources, the tapes, the records, the CDs, the experiences, and the knowledge to be able to be a subject matter expert on something like Detroit Hip-Hop, which is something that is loved, but exactly a money making subject at the time.Īnd now, after all these years, Dan Charnas was able to write a book 'Dilla Time' that is widely popular from fans and academics alike.
The soldiers are the ones that put in the time to learn about this shit and pass it on. The words came easy, but having to write them in this way was the hard part. I'm a soldier of Detroit Hip-Hop and everyone that helped me build the knowledge to be able to write this article during such a hard time for our city. I was a part of the team and they knew I was the person for this job. Not to make this about me, but there was no question I was doing this article for Real Detroit Weekly. My roommate Tate had to help me collect my thoughts for it because of the grieve so he got the byline too. They ended up publishing the 2000 words, and even that wasn't everything I wanted to put into the article.
That was a tall tasked to put in the 1000 words I was assigned, so I did 2000 words and told them to do whatever they wanted with it.
Dilla passed away on February 10th of that year, I was tasked with writing a piece on the legendary emcee/producer for the publication. In 2006, I was writing for a local weekly alternative press called Real Detroit Weekly, a place that brought me a lot of acclaim in the area from my coverage of the Detroit Hip-Hop scene.
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