James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), [5] [6] better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, composer and rapper. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village.

Nov 27, 2006 · Three days after its release, he died. Yancey, better known as Jay Dee or J Dilla, is acknowledged as the father of the Detroit hip-hop sound.

Feb 7, 2012 · Dilla and Ghostface had impeccable chemistry, as Jay Dee brought the heart and soul out of Tony Starks, giving him some of his best and most creative sounds since Supreme Clientele.

The following list is a discography of production by J Dilla (also credited as Jay Dee), an American hip hop record producer and recording artist from Detroit, Michigan. It includes a list of songs produced, co-produced and remixed by year, artist, album and title.

Feb 14, 2006 · Detroit musician James Yancey -- also known as J Dilla and Jay Dee -- was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists, working for big-name acts like De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and...

Feb 1, 2022 · In Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, Dan Charnas’s excellent new book on the producer and rapper born James Dewitt Yancey, collaborators...

J Dilla （ジェイディラ、 1974年 2月7日 - 2006年 2月10日）は、 アメリカ の ミュージシャン 、 音楽プロデューサー 、 作曲家 、 歌手。 本名 James Dewitt Yancey。 ミシガン州 デトロイト 生まれ。 アメリカで ヒップホップ と R&B を中心に幅広く活躍したプロデューサー（ビートメーカー）、MC（ラッパー）である。 初期は Jay Dee （ジェイディー）、後期は J Dilla の …

Aug 1, 2010 · After being entrusted with co-production duties on the Pharcyde's long-awaited sophomore album Labcabincalifornia, Jay Dee took advantage of the alt-rap group's idiosyncratic...

Feb 1, 2022 · The life story of James Dewitt Yancey—the influential hip-hop producer from Detroit who rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s first as Jay Dee and later as J Dilla—is...

J Dilla aka James Yancey, Jay Dee (1974-2006) Stones Throw began working with J Dilla in the early days of his solo career in the early 2000s. He would soon collaborate with Madlib in the group Jaylib, and eventually releasing the solo album Donuts on Stones Throw in 2006, which has come to be regarded as one of his signature works.