My first cousin I grew up with is 6 years older than me. She had her 3rd child in 1996. So he works in a cancer center. I just discovered tonight he worked in the center where D'angelo passed. His sister, also my 2nd cousin, was at my house earlier with her baby and we were talking music and looking at vinyl and D'angelo came up. She said, "_____ worked at the cancer center he was at.." My jaw dropped.. I said, "call that mf right now...". He told me it was confidential for the patients, and I understand that part, but he also said, "I had no idea who he was. My co worker was crazy about him and made sure he had everything he needed while he was here. I would just speak to him in the hallway and he was very nice, but I had no idea who he was..." . I tried to refrain from calling him every MF in the book. I basically told him, "However big and talented you and your generation think Chris Brown, Drake, and Kendrick is, all of their talent combined doesn't equal his talent.." . I started running down movies that he liked and would explain... "Scream 2 opening scene.. That's his song... Jason's Lyric theme song, that's him. Belly scene when they are bagging up the coke, that's him...." and on and on. Then it was silence over the phone in that he was a fan and had no idea what he was working with...
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