House Shoes told them almost everything: How he dropped out of college and spent the rest of his tuition money on records. How he began working in a record shop and started his career as a DJ in Detroit. And how he began releasing his own records with production by J Dilla. One of the Secret Service agents put up a hand to stop Shoes. “Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait,” the agent said. “Hold on. You put out one of J Dilla’s first records?!” The rest of Michael Buchanan’s conversation with the Secret Service consisted of him sharing his Dilla memories and memorabilia.
