My original plan was to name this chapter Fairfax High. Since fellow Fairfax alumni, Anthony Kiedis (of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers) beat me to the punch, I find it fitting to set this segment off by paraphrasing a quote from Anthony`s book "Scar Tissue" as a scene-setting backdrop.

"Fairfax high, a sprawling school, on the corner of  Fairfax and Melrose. Fairfax was a true melting pot. There were Chinese immigrants, Korean immigrants, Russian immigrants, Jewish kids, and tons of black kids along with the…

In 1987 the only other "Hit Man" I knew of in Hip-Hop was Hit Man Howie Tee, who was a dope D.J. and Producer (who came to prominence during the "Roxanne" craze of the mid-80s). Since I knew that he spelled his name the usual way, I chose to add another T to mine. I loved the way it looked on paper too with an extra T and all. Then, I thought it needed another name to go along with the HITTMAN part of it. I ended up calling myself HITTMAN Delancey for a spell. I got the name Delancey from a Dana Dane song…