Chicago’s Jay iLLA on Staying True Amid National Spotlight

This Chicago DJ speaks about his recent honor from Rémy Martin and what his city gave to Hip-Hop.   
For any dude who got hooked on Hip-hop in the 1980s or 90s, the love affair probably began with a song, moment or an epiphany. 
For Chicago’s Jay iLLA, it was a combination of things. That one time he heard Common’s “I Used to Love H.E.R.” in ‘94 or A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, artists who wielded the sort of sonic sorcery that capt