Three upcoming events in the LA area will be honoring Detroit record producer and rapper J Dilla. Born James Dewitt Yancey, he died at age 32 in 2006. Although his life was short, J Dilla made an ...

Questlove once described Dilla as “the music god that music gods and music experts and music lovers worship.” To this day, old and new fans alike are still mesmerized by the beats he crafted, leaving ...

Tracks by the late Detroit producer J Dilla have been released to the Stem Player, a puck-shaped device that allows fans to remix music and is famous for hosting the only official release of Kanye ...

Only days after hip-hop’s beloved auteur and beat-charmer James “Jay Dee aka J Dilla” Yancey died of complications from lupus, hip-hop Web sites began selling T-shirts with a new motto: “J Dilla ...

The longtime Fugees affiliate was celebrated by Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill after his death at 50. 13 hours ago J Dilla’s remix of British future soul act Spacek's single “Eve” is a delightfully meta ...

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 ...

Even more than most popular music, hip-hop moves fast. Trends come and go. Styles and subgenres are born, evolve, and fade away. Yet somehow, 10 years after his untimely departure from planet Earth, ...

As red and blue light reflected off the historic home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Sunday night, some of the city's most influential rappers from Detroit gathered for "A Night with the Orchestra" ...

The late J Dilla is among the hip-hop greats being honored at the Kennedy Center’s inaugural hip-hop festival. The late Slum Village member J Dilla, along with Rakim and DJ Jazzy Jeff, is one of the ...