D.I.L.E.M.A. was born, raised, and played on the streets of South Carolina but moved down to the Atlanta area to make forward progress in his musical career. He began trying to make it as an artist and is now JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT.
From the age of 15 on, D.I.L.E.M.A. has had both a job and a hustle and this can be heard in listening to his music. He speculates on everything from hustlin' to make ends meet to getting a legal gig as a part of maturity to making it big while still being humble. His versatility shines and he makes his music by the mantra that is also the acronym for his name, "Delivering Ill Lectures Entrapping My Audience."
D.I.L.E.M.A. has shared the stage in explosive, crowd-moving performances with the likes of JIM JONES, TYRESE, LIL JON, D4L, and others and has appeared on mixtapes hosted by LUPE FIASCO & M-1 of DEAD PREZ in addition to hosting his own mixtape.
With his singles "Seat Reclined" and "Single File" already spinning area Atlanta clubs like The Poole Palace (of DEM FRANCHISE BOYZ Lean Wit It fame), Club 714, and T.I. owned Club Crucial, the "captain of hooks'," debut album, Hittin' Home, will be hitting the streets the first quarter of 2008.
You can download his mixtape, I Can Say What the Fuck I Want, FREE by visiting dilemamusic.com/music.htm. Both the LUPE FIASCO & M-1 mixtape can be downloaded by visiting illhill.com. You can also go to 1.fm and request his hit single, Seat Reclined.
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In 2006, D.I.L.E.M.A. hosted his own mixtape with 27 tracks with guest appearances by Ava Dinera, Poppa Sim, MdoubleOK, Metatron, Poppi Don, and J-Dank. The mixtape is an explosive showing and includes the track that first started gaining D.I.L.E.M.A. notice and coined the popular phrase that is also the title of the track, "ButHerFace."Download the mixtape for FREE by clicking here.
In anticipation of M-1's (of DEAD PREZ) album, Confidential, IllHill.com released a mixtape hosted by M-1 that featured D.I.L.E.M.A.'s track "Single File", a popular club track you can hear in Atlanta-area clubs. You can download that mixtape for FREE by clicking here.
LUPE FIASCO teamed up with IllHill.com to host a mixtape in preparation for the release of his album, Food & Liquor. This mixtape featured D.I.L.E.M.A.'s, "Somethin' Ain't Right, a testament to D.I.L.E.M.A.'s great story telling ability and comic personality. To download the LUPE FIASCO hosted mixtape FREE click here.
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