2 shows, 1 city.

Thursday, Sept 1 was a big night of hip hop in Detroit. Guerilla Union's Rock The Bells tour brought us Mobb Deep and Wu Tang (in the form of Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Capadonna) @ St.Andrew's Hall. As the Wu Tang set was finishing up I saw Dwele in the crowd and he was headed downstairs to the Shelter. I thought he was most likely headed backstage so I tried to follow just in case I could skirt the bouncer that always seems to want to kill me. I was hoping that I could get my Dilla book in front of Ghostface and Raekwon and they'd be willing to let me shoot a Polaroid. I lost sight of Dwele and managed to get all the way up the back steps and I hear Ghostface coming down the stairs. Unfortunately, the evil bouncer was right in front of him! As he always does, "You need to get out of here now, blahblahblah." I've been working on this Dilla book for two years, I'm used to any verbal abuse he wanted to throw at me. Luckily, I managed to get my book in front of Ghostface and despite not looking to interested, when cut off by a team of bouncers, he turned back and looked at me and said, "Are you comin'?". Success!!!! I'm very happy to add Ghostface to my Dilla book and I will also have the opportunity to shoot with Raekwon in the near future. Making progress!!!! The other show going down in the D was the Royce Da 5'9'' album release party. I got there in time to hear 4 or 5 tracks and snap some pics. Lots of Detroit hip hop in the building!!