"Not knowing J Dilla as a rapper is pretty sad," one internet user said, unimpressed with the Chicago rapper's lack of ...

Cool Adam teaching G Herbo about J Dilla and Madlib wasn't on my bingo card but even Madlib would say the answer will always ...

Friedland then explained that Madlib was the creative force behind Quasimoto. Herbo, rolling with the new knowledge, picked ...

Artist: J. Dilla ft. Pharoahe Monch Song: "Love" Pharoahe's soulful, sing-song flow gets a lush orchestral treatment with some knocking drums on this J. Dilla cut from his album, The Shining.

J Dilla joins icons like Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Jackie Robinson, and Georgia O’Keeffe as icons featured in Shinola’s Great American Series.

Even though he passed away 10 years ago, J Dilla 's music lives on. Earlier today (Feb. 18) Nas announced on Beats 1 Radio that he is dropping The Diary, a posthumous Dilla album, on April 15 ...

You can watch a short Splice documentary below as DJ Jazzy Jeff, 88-Keys, and J Dilla's mother, Ma Dukes, discuss the Dilla's legacy. And you can check out The Fantastic Sounds of Jay Dee aka J ...

If anyone lived to make beats, it was J Dilla, born James Dewitt Yancey on Feb. 7, 1974, near Seven Mile Road in the Conant Gardens neighborhood of north Detroit.

J Dilla leaves behind two daughters, and younger brother Illa J, who just released his debut album Yancey Boys last November.

J Dilla’s brother believes that Kanye West wouldn’t have reached the level of success and popularity he attained as an artist if his late sibling was alive. Illa J, the younger brother of J ...

J Dilla was our teacher. And what he taught us was how to feel rhythm in a way we had never felt before. I’m so honored to be a part of bringing his story to the world through this documentary.” ...

Since J Dilla’s passing in 2006, the late, great Donuts auteur has been honored with a slew of posthumous releases. This year alone, Jay Dee has been revived via a handful of newly unearthed ...