J Dilla
| 7 Feb 1974 | Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Death date: 10 Feb 2006
Biography
James Dewitt Yancey, better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, drummer, rapper and songwriter. He emerged in the mid-1990s underground hip-hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village.