So RTJ recap:

Went with a bunch of friends.

Got to the record signing and the embeded RTJ photographer (idk his name but yeah) saw me in line and asked for a pic of my coat. I said sure and asked if he wanted a picture of the tattoo too. 

When we get up to the signing table, EL signs my record and passes it to Mike. Mike signs it, looks up at me, and gets this big grin on his face. He immediately recognizes me and tells his manager to get my info so I could get on the list. 

Afterwards, we go to the venue to wait. While standing in line, EL sees me and we have a brief conversation about the tat (where it was done, "well done," etc) and then he's on his way to the bus. As he's about to walk away, he notices the jacket and was like oh shit that's cool, took a pic of it, and posted it to IG. 

The shows were fucking awesome. 

They were sold out of a lot of merch by the time I got there. I wanted a RTJ hat, but yeah. The nice lady at the merch table was like "We still have Rap Fan hats" and sees my hat and says "which you already have, so I'll tell you what..." She pulls out a VLNS (Educated Villains) hat. "We only have one of these. Hell yeah I want it

After the shows, my friends and I were hella tired and spent. We settled for the hot dog joint across the street. As we were wrapping up, Trackstar came in with his wife. He asked us if we enjoyed the show. I asked if Mike and EL were still around, EL was apparently at a bar down the street and Mike was thinking about getting food. Only minutes later, Mike and his wife walk in and yeah, he asked us if we enjoyed the show and such. He noticed the VLNS hat and was like, oh damn, you're probably the first in the area to have that, those aren't gonna be sold until next month. Cool stuff. I also gave Killer Mike a flash drive of the pictures and article I wrote about their Analog Migration show as well as my business card.