J Dilla

Detroit doughnut shop set up in memory of J Dilla announces closure

The late rapper and producer's uncle opened Dilla's Delights in 2016

“It’s crucial to teach self-confidence and the knowledge to survive”: inside the UK’s first School of Rap

Many of your favourite artists studied music, but rap has been absent from the curriculum – until now

The NME Guide to Detroit

A brief history lesson Detroit has had something of a fractured past. Once the thriving motor hub of America, car manufacturing brought mass employment and...

Listen to unreleased demos made by a teenage J Dilla

Previously unheard Dilla juvenilia debuted on Boiler Room podcast

Listen to an unreleased J Dilla mixtape from 1999

The tape is finally getting an official release after 17 years in the vaults

J Dilla – ‘The Diary’ Review

If James Dewitt Yancey has been all but canonised by a certain corner of hip hop fandom, it’s easy to see why. In part...

J Dilla equipment to be donated to Smithsonian museum

Equipment includes Dilla's custom-made Minamoog Voyager synthesiser

Unreleased J Dilla track ‘Give Em What They Want’ surfaces – listen

The song is taken from forthcoming 'The Diary' LP

J Dilla’s record collection goes up for sale on eBay

The late hip hop producer's mother is selling a random selection of LPs online
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