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Daughters of Dilla is a new project of Beats Rhymes and Life, Inc. that aims to, "Help young women of color build power through Hip Hop." 

Daughters of Dilla (DOD) is an idea born from a late night conversation between Art & Music enthusiasts Lexx Valdez & Devoya Mayo. It was one of those conversations that smart women engage in and then move on to something else.

At the core of this conversation in particular was, “What does it take to maintain who you are and still be approachable and available to the idea of love”? In other words, if the brotha don’t know who Nina Simone is, is it even necessary to continue the conversation? Better yet, are our daily lives just an extended exercise in youthful innocence or just plain old grown up hesitation? After more words and a moment of silence Lexx proclaimed “We don’t sell ourselves to fall in Love, We are Daughters of Dilla.” And that’s how it all began.

The name is derived from the song “Fall in Love” by JDilla & Slum Village. It makes sense to us. We’re going to keep fleshing out the ideas and concepts and share them with you via this Blog and other arenas. 

Sometimes a necessary idea can get lost or forgotten in the midst of daily operations. We promised ourselves that wouldn’t happen with this endeavor. We need it too much. Maybe you do too.

For more information on DOD, please contact: daughtersofdilla@gmail.com

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“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.”  “Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair is actually easier to face than the reality that love is a real fact of life but is absent from their lives.” “As females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing— yearning for a master who will set us free and claim us because we cannot claim ourselves” Beats, hooks, and Love: daughtersofdilla.com

“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.” 

“Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair is actually easier to face than the reality that love is a real fact of life but is absent from their lives.”


“As females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing— yearning for a master who will set us free and claim us because we cannot claim ourselves”
Beats, hooks, and Love: daughtersofdilla.com

Posted on Monday, December 5th 2011, by LEXX DIGS

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