Two blocks away from his Harlem home, 88-Keys sits back and recalls the day Q-Tip introduced him to a little detroiter named Jay-Dee during a Beats, Rhymes and Life recording session. Back in 1994, Dilla hadn’t accomplished much yet, but somehow skillz recognized skillz, and 88 gave him a beat-tape with his beeper number on […]

Back in 97, young Charles is living in West Hempstead (Long Island) with his folks. Still in college, he hasn’t produce any track yet, doesn’t even have a single slice of pizza to his name. Too cool for school, 88‘ll soon get kicked out of home. All of a sudden, he has to prepare for […]