(It's Better This Way). "I don't know, man," he said when asked why exactly the Recording Industry Association of America had targeted him. He began making his own tapes soon after, including one titled Illadelph which featured artists like Black Thought, Dice Raw, Malik B., and others. Where to begin? 3' Mixtape", "Big K.R.I.T. Willie the Kid, who's featured on the record, originally made the Dame Grease-produced song for his debut LP. DJ Kurt Riley is now out the hospital and telling his story. Our positives have outweighed our negatives. ). People this is where it got real. Luckily, he was cleared of COVID-19 due to his test results returning negative for the virus, and he was later transported to another ward. He said, “Dem seh if my body supposed to have 10 gallons of water, i had a tea spoon. Wow this is str8 trash. The news footage looked like something out of "New Jack City," when Ice-T and Mario Van Peebles' characters raided the infamous Carter housing project, and Chris Rock's Pookie character met his bloody demise. Sigh. Tyree Cinque Simmons (born April 22, 1978),[1][2] professionally known as DJ Drama, is an American DJ, record executive and music promoter originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. thank you all for the well wishes, I owe God and you all my life. During his studies, Simmons began making and releasing mixtapes under the moniker, DJ Drama. "I've gotten good support from the community," Drama said. [Given] what mixtapes have meant to hip-hop in the last 25 years, this is a travesty. Future, T.I., Ludacris, Young Jeezy. It was a shock, really. With tears in my eyes as I write this I’m sorry for scaring you all, it all came down suddenly on me and for now, I have to make changes to my lifestyle . He says he doesn't know what's going on with the case and is letting his lawyers handle everything. DJ Drama and DJ Don Cannon were arrested yesterday in Atlanta as part of a police raid that seized 81,000 mixtape CDs, along with computers, recording equipment and four cars. [28] The Academy announced its first roster of 23 DJs in September of that year. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. There, Willie the Kid, Yung Joc and Jadakiss form the lineup. One of their first signees was Lil Uzi Vert, and Drama served as an executive producer on Uzi's 2015 debut commercial mixtape, Luv Is Rage. It’s time to "Wake up and live". Ppl the man seh in the state I was in I wasn’t supposed to be alive basically. He also started experimenting with turntables. Aliquam erat volutpat. He is the co-founder (with Don Cannon) of Generation Now, an Atlantic Records imprint with artists like Lil Uzi Vert and Skeme on the roster. I was told to go get check out but yu know man n doctor. A post shared by DJ Kurt Riley (@djkurtriley) on Oct 21, 2020 at 7:50am PDT, “2 arms string up like sound with needles and crazy plastic bag of things going into my body as well as I was on a ventilator. A tandem on the album that Drama took extra pride in bringing together were Beanie Sigel and Cassidy on "No Rules. DJ Kurt Riley is now out the hospital and telling his story. The reality is, my system shut down. Plain and simple. All now I don’t know how I got here. Ian Howard 1 weeks ago. In the first of a three-part post, he revealed that his over the top birthday celebrations possibly led to food poisoning as well as his body becoming dehydrated. Numerous artists have appeared on DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz tapes, including Lil Wayne, Fabolous, Ludacris, Jeezy, Gucci Mane, and many others. Tears in ma eyes, blood taken every day, dem wake pon mi, trust mi pon dat. “Blood taken everyday from both arms an memba dem string mi up like a country sound.I was loosing it ppl.”, It was after a week and a half out of his two weeks stint that he was made aware of just how dire his condition was when The Patient Care Attendant explained that he wasn’t “supposed to be alive.”, The usually jovial producer who crafted the Jam Be An Riddim to facilitate Charly Black’s hit single “Gyal You A Party Animal” explained he wept at the news of not having COVID-19. "She said why in the club you don't make it precipitate," Dre's recorded voice beckons as Drama stands up and raps along, his Aphilliate Music Group artist Willie the Kid nodding along. The first single was a song that had already been in the works and came to life after the situation had taken place. "It was a shock to walk through there and see everything we've built from the ground up, bringing so much quality music to the game, gone," Drama said. A post shared by DJ Kurt Riley (@djkurtriley) on Oct 21, 2020 at 7:48am PDT.