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Episode 3 - Dilla Day Featuring Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey Smith
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Episode 3 - Dilla Day ft. Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey Smith - Lemme Ask you This Podcast with Talib Kweli & Tef Poe On episode 3 of Lemme Ask You This with Talib Kweli and Tef Poe, the LAYT gang celebrates Dilla Day 2026 by having J Dilla's mom, Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey Smith, as a special guest. Ma Dukes reminisces with Talib about Dave NY and then talks about her love for classical music. Ma Dukes talks about helping children reach their full creative potential and then talks about finding out that both her and Dilla had lupus. Talib talks about meeting Nina Simone. Ma Dukes talks about how Detroit inspired Dilla and breaks down how he heard samples differently. Ma Dukes tells us about Dilla's spiritual side and breaks down how her generation misunderstood hiphop. Ma Dukes tells us what she learned while running a daycare center. Ma Dukes shares a story about Amp Fiddler and then Talib asked her about how she deals with interlopers who seek to exploit Dilla. Talib and Ma Dukes talk about how Dilla was not impressed with awards and Tef brings up how Dilla's music sounds like love. The show ends with shouts out to Reggie "Combat Jack" Ossé and the J Dilla Foundation. https://www.jamesdyanceyfoundation.org