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 ...

A feature documentary on the life of late rap legend J Dilla is currently in the works and will be executive produced by Questlove. Titled Dilla Time, the project will be released under Questlove’s ...

We spoke to Dilla Time author Dan Charnas about his extensive new book, J Dilla's complicated relationship with Q-Tip, and why he wants to recenter Slum Village and Fantastic Vol. 2 in the Jay Dee ...

For music journalist Dan Charnas, telling J Dilla’s story was a personal quest. Dilla, the highly influential rap producer, died in 2006. “In the 15 years since his death, journalists and academics ...

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 late music producer worked with top hip-hop musicians of the '90s and early '00s including Dr. Dre, Common, Erykah Badu and Pharrell Williams. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter ...

J Dilla — a.k.a Jay Dee, a.k.a. James Dewitt Yancey — was a pioneering hip-hop producer who never worked on a “hit” record, although his discography includes collaborations with or remixes of songs by ...

Shinola honored the late J Dilla with his own watch. The Detroit company unveiled two versions of its Dilla-inspired timepieces, created in partnership with Dilla’s estate. On Monday, Fake Shore Drive ...

There is a popular meme of J Dilla that encapsulates one of the ways the work of the late Detroit hip-hop producer, born James Yancey, has been celebrated since his death in 2006 at age 32. It shows a ...

O n February 10th 2006, Hip-Hop lost one of its true innovators when James “J Dilla/Jay Dee” Yancey passed away due to complications from Lupus. In a relatively short span of time J Dilla created an ...

The film is based on The New York Times bestselling book about the late music producer, “Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, The Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm.” Ahmir “Questlove” ...