Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. J Dilla, born James Yancey, died on February 10, 2006, three days after his 32nd birthday. While he was a successful rapper, ...

Black Thought once called J Dilla the greatest hip-hop producer of all time but if you asked the average hip-hop fan, they might not be able to name one song the Detroit beatmaker produced. That’s ...

After winning both an Oscar and Peabody Award for his Summer Of Soul documentary, Questlove is ready to embark on new filmmaking projects. Today, The Roots drummer has been announced as an executive ...

The legacy that J Dilla left behind after his tragic death in 2006 is largely as a producer but his newest posthumous album, The Diary, gives a boost to his power as an MC. J Dilla is regarded as one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. J Dilla's daughters Ty’Monae Whitlow (left) and Ja’Mya Yancey (right) model items from the new "Detroit Pistons x J Dilla" retail ...

Perhaps we should start this list off by saying, technically, no one J Dilla song is better than the other. When we think about our fallen brother in beats, we don't have one negative thing to say ...

Common showed his gratitude to Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and J Dilla on the anniversary of his critically acclaimed album, Be. Over the weekend, the Chicago native took to Instagram to look ...

Last spring, a Michigan record store owner named Jeff Bubeck hit the jackpot when he stumbled upon thousands of lost items in a storage unit that once belonged to the late J Dilla, including thousands ...

“This project came about by a lot of soul searching and meditation as to what can I do now that my son has so many bootleg projects out by unknown artists without my approval,” Yancey tells Rolling ...

Hip-hop fans across the world are celebrating the life of James Yancey, aka J Dilla and Jay Dee. Feb. 10 marks the sixth anniversary of the producer and Slum Village member's death. He'll be about ...

Something interesting is happening in the “Progressive R&B” category at this year’s Grammy Awards. Four of the six nominated albums contain songs that bear the unmistakable rhythmic signature of a ...