IF YOU BUILD IT, HE WILL DRUM
May 31, 2022
3 minutes
BY MIKE MILLER
Photography by Kevin A. Roberts
et list, busker Derrick El-Sumadi, a.k.a. D-Adi, rips into Nelly’s “Hot in Herre” on the drums. It’s Opening Day at Busch Stadium, and D-Adi and his homemade stage are posted beneath a flickering BALLPARK VILLAGE sign at the corner of Broadway and Walnut. The sick beats catch the ear of a man in a light-blue Nolan Arenado jersey. He approaches the rolling rig, turns his backside to D-Adi, and starts twerking. D-Adi (pronounced “dee AH-dee”) laughs as he keeps the beat. An hour
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