ugh, what a story. "when keeping it real goes wrong" or what...
thanks for the tape - the deeon mix has gotta be re-recorded cause the mp3 i already is lousy, lousy, lousy. ronny
http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/DJMilton-DJUrban-RowdyRowdy.mp3 NOTE: This is uploading as I send this message and will not be available until 0400 GMT, or 10PM US CST (11PM EST). This tape was produced during the time when Milton was living in Iowa. You can hear him in the first half shouting out a 319 phone number -- that was his home phone # in Cedar Rapids,IA. I don't remember dates exactly but Milton moved to Iowa in 1998 or thereabouts, and became a popular DJ on the Iowa scene. He brought out several of the DanceMania DJs to shows in Iowa. In addition to DJing Milton was working with at-risk teens in Cedar Rapids. Then on, a trip back to Chicago a few years back, he was arrested and convicted of murder. It turns out that before moving to Iowa, someone had stolen a van containing all of Milton's gear. I don't know all the details of what went down, but apparently Milton and others found the guy who stole the van, beat him, and threw him out of an upper-story window in a Chicago project. All of the DanceMania guys grew up in very rough circumstances where violence was common, but every one of those guys I met seemed very chill and pleasant to hang out with, Milton included. I used to hang out with Milton in his studio and help him with software & such on his computers, and he was always a complete sweetheart to me. It's really hard to reconcile the Milton I knew with the crime he was convicted of. Mostly I feel bad for his wife and five children. By the time Milton gets out his kids will mostly be grown. I hope that he survives prison and is able to pick up the pieces of his life eventually.
