The Cause & Effect

D. Black, aka Damian Black, was born into a family of late-'70s/early-'80s hip-hoppers. His father and mother were members of the Emerald Street Boys and the Emerald Street Girls, respectively, who are locally recognized as being Seattle's first hip-hop groups. Raised in South Seattle, Black first went by the stage name Danger when he began recording rhymes in his preteens. When Black was about 13 years old, Seattle DJ/producer and local mainstay Vitamin D moved his studio into his stepfather's basement,...