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J Dilla

Also Known As: Jay Dee aka J Dilla, Jay Dee, James Dewitt Yancey

Birth Date

February 7, 1974

Death Date

February 10, 2006

(passed away at 32)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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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.