James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip-hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. According to his obituary at NPR.org, he "was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists, working for big-name acts including A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, MF Doom, The Pharcyde and Common." Yancey died in 2006 of the blood disease Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
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- Official homepage at j-dilla.com
- MySpace at myspace.com/jdilla
- Wikipedia article on J Dilla
- Last.fm page on J Dilla
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/J Dilla
- MusicBrainz entry on J Dilla
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BBC Reviews
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Donuts 2006
Reviewed by Mike Diver
Dilla had a Midas touch which has reached beyond his tragically short lifetime.
