#26 | The D.O.C.: 35 Years Without My Voice, and AI Found It

"On top of the world Monday morning, and lost it all Monday night." Tracy Curry was 21 with a number one record when a car accident took his voice.More on Tracy "The D.O.C." Curry and this episode: thedealtablepodcast.com/episodes/tracy-doc-curryHe spent 35 years waiting for it to come back. It now looks like AI will bring it back for him, reconstituted from old stems in partnership with Howard University's new AI and Black Music department. He wants to release a record in his current voice first, to make the case that this voice is powerful and beautiful too.The D.O.C. wrote for N.W.A and Eazy-E and co-founded Death Row Records with Dr. Dre, shaping the sound of an era while, as he puts it, experiencing success through other people. He is direct here about why it never felt like his, and about the 35 years in between that nobody asks about.What he is building now is in southern Dallas: Dreams Experience Academy, a school organized around gaming, music, the creator economy and software development, where attendance is the price of admission. He is also a minority owner of Radcliffe Football Club and is working on a documentary.Tracy Curry, known as The D.O.C., is a rapper and songwriter who wrote for N.W.A and Eazy-E and co-founded Death Row Records with Dr. Dre. He lost his voice in a car accident at 21. He now runs DOC Cares and is building Dreams Experience Academy in southern Dallas.KEY MOMENTS00:00 The accident, and surviving it at 2100:59 "Go from number 1 to 0"04:21 Why he built a school05:52 Attendance as the price of admission12:28 "It felt like it wasn't my success"18:17 The school's four verticals19:42 Using AI to rebuild the old voice21:18 The documentary, and the Dre scene40:36 "I wouldn't change a single thing"59:35 Happiness over the prison of wealthNewsletter: thedealtablepodcast.com/connectDOC Cares: doccares.org/Lane Carrick on selling a business, The Optima Advantage: amzn.to/48nLElWFollow The Deal Table: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, XThe Deal Table is hosted by Ryan Harper and Lane Carrick, filmed in Dallas, and produced by Harper Belmont Media.Sponsored by Capital Southwest and Vela Wood.