Exactly 20 years ago. It’s three o’clock in the morning when the black Lexus pulls out of the lane of the Los Angeles Highway. A 25-year-old hip-hop producer is at the wheel. He’s on his way home from a studio where he produced late-night beats for US rap greats Jay-Z and Ludacris. His dream of becoming a rapper began the moment he fell asleep at the wheel on October 23, 2002, his car swerved and collided head-on with an oncoming car.
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