The Legacy of J Dilla (FX/Hulu) is the latest entry in the ... he and James had hip-hop on the brain as kids, whether it was Whodini, Salt-N-Pepa, or Big Daddy Kane. Whenever his dad would bring ...

J Dilla, the late Detroit producer responsible ... on Rebirth Of Detroit in 2012 alongside Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids on the song “Detroit Game.” His prior works and origin certainly ...

In 2002, J Dilla had been diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), an incurable disease of the blood, while also battling lupus, which had been diagnosed a year previously.

When James Yancey aka J Dilla died on February 10, 2006, at age 32 following a battle with a rare blood disease, the hip-hop community was stunned as many peers and fans weren’t aware of the ...

Super7 are paying tribute to hip hop production great J Dilla with a new action figure. His classic 2006 album Donuts is the inspiration for the new ReAction Figure, which features a 3.75 ...

Shinola, a Detroit-based luxury brand, is releasing limited-edition watches and a record bag honoring the late producer J Dilla. Dilla's daughters, Ja'Mya Yancey and TyMonae Whitlow, expressed ...

Woodhaven High School has been selected to receive the highly sought-after J Dilla Music Tech Grant from the Save The Music Foundation. This significant grant will bring tens of thousands of ...

J Dilla’s daughters were little children when the acclaimed Detroit hip-hop producer died in 2006, too young to know him as really anything but dad. Now Ty’Monae Whitlow, 24, and Ja’Mya ...

The late Detroit hip-hop producer J Dilla was beloved for his unique sense of rhythm and time feel (explored deeply in Dan Charnas’s aptly named recent biography Dilla Time), so perhaps it’s ...

On a special episode of Hard Knock Radio, I had the honor of sitting down with Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey, the mother of legendary producer James “J Dilla” Yancey, in celebration of J Dilla Day. With ...