If you’re not from Chicago you might not know about Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, but in this city he is a beloved icon. His videos about Chicago history started going viral on TikTok in 2021 and now he has his own tour company Chicago Mahogany Tours, a YouTube show You Don’t Know Chi, and his own merch that bears his popular slogan “Everything Dope About America Comes From Chicago".
Dilla had me over to his office in Auburn Gresham on Chicago’s South Side to do the first ever in person episode of The Guest List. We talked about the songs he grew up with, the songs that remind him of his wife, and the songs his kids have gotten him to listen to.
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The Guest List with Patrick Hicks was created by Patrick Hicks and Ellie Stathopoulos.
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