After landing a weekly residency at Saint Andrews Hall, a Detroit landmark known for hosting everyone from Iggy Pop to Eminem, local artists began to take notice of House Shoes' expanding platform as a DJ. One of those local artists happened to be J Dilla, who he met in 1994 while working at Street Corner Music. "He was a cool cat that liked dope records and played me a tape that changed everything," he says of their initial encounter.
Maintaining a residency at Saint Andrews for nearly a decade, House Shoes says, he became a vessel for the burgeoning hip-hop scene in Detroit, Dilla being the focal point. "He just liked my passion for the shit he was making, and knowing the platform that I had, he was excited. I was basically breaking all the new shit in Detroit, and he would hit me every week," he explains.
At the opposite end of the spectrum was Eminem, who came home after his first national tour to Saint Andrews to find House Shoes playing a mix of his tracks from The Slim Shady LP. Excited to hear his music finding fans in his hometown, Eminem ran up on stage and carried the DJ around in celebration.
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