Exclusive: Ultramagnetic's founder Kool Keith
talks Tim Dog's passing and reveals that he could have been a member of
Boogie Down Productions during the group's formative days.
In a tribute show that consisted of more than 20 songs and lasted nearly two hours, Kool Keith
reminisced with fans in honor of his fallen Hip Hop colleague. On his
way to Columbus, Ohio’s Ace of Cups for his scheduled performance Keith
was informed of Tim Dog’s death, something he didn’t believe when broken the news.
“Tonight,
I really thought it was a publicity stunt. It still hasn’t [sunk] in my
system,” he said. “I don’t know. I still can’t believe this happened.
Once I get with the group, we’ll all really feel it more.”
While
the show was at its peak and about five songs into his set, Keith
interrupted the constant flow of classic tracks for the first time to
tell the audience that Tim Dog had in fact passed and asked for a moment
of silence for his fallen brother.
“Can we just have a moment of
silence in the name of Tim Dog, and after that we going to party in the
name of Tim Dog?” Keith’s hype man Cito said during the interlude.
