While the Digable Planets reunion treks on, that’s not all the members are up to this year. Butterfly is busy with Shabazz Palaces, and Ladybug Mecca is part of a new collective called BROOKZILL!

Grammy-winning single, “Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”. Made up of Ishmael Butler (“Butterfly”), Craig Irving (“Doodlebug”) and Mary Ann Vieira (“Ladybug Mecca”), the trio carved out a unique style ...

“You may remember her soft-as-silk flow during her days with Digable Planets, when “Rebirth of Slick” (Cool Like Dat) was a favorite during Hip Hop’s zenith. Ladybug Mecca has been in the process of ...

It was the summer of 1992, and Ladybug Mecca, Butterfly, and Doodlebug—collectively known as Digable Planets—were recording their debut album, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), commuting ...

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but each arrived in the city from elsewhere. Butterfly floated in from Seattle, playing basketball at U Mass-Amherst en route. Doodlebug and Ladybug Mecca from Howard University, and the flourishing ...