Detroit hip-hop producer J Dilla (aka James Yancey) passed away February 10, 2006, just three days after he turned 32 and Stones Throw released his solo album Donuts. Dilla had been suffering from a ...

A hip-hop national monument is in danger of going out of business as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dilla’s Delights, the Detroit donut shop named for the late producer J Dilla and owned ...

Donuts was released three days before J Dilla passed in 2006. J Dilla is being sued in a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that he sampled a rock band's song without their permission. Music ...

J. Dilla‘s massively influential, crate-digging 2006 masterpiece, Donuts, is at the center of a new copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that the album included a sample of 10cc‘s “The Worst Band ...

Super7 is honoring one of hip-hop’s most influential producers with a new J Dilla ReAction Figure, modeled after the iconic Donuts album cover. The figure is available now on Complex Shop, bringing a ...

Baked and buzzed are debating who should be baked and who should be buzzed. Great points being made around the board. But Dilla is staying constant for sure. It’s strange that music has been compared ...

In his too-brief 32 years on Earth, Detroit native James Dewitt Yancey emerged as one of hip-hop’s most gifted, sample-based producers. Yancey, stage name J Dilla, was likewise an insatiable archivist ...

J Dilla has been hit with a lawsuit over his Donuts cut “Workinonit” — 14 years after the album’s release and the esteemed producer’s death. The complaint, filed in March 2020 and amended in April by ...

Super7 are paying tribute to hip hop production great J Dilla with a new action figure. His classic 2006 album Donuts is the inspiration for the new ReAction Figure, which features a 3.75″ articulated ...

The 33 1/3 book series from Bloomsbury, which sees authors focus on the creation of specific albums, has produced some real gems, including Nicholas Rombes’ Ramones, Don McLeese’s Kick Out the Jams, ...

It's been ten years since the world lost J. Dilla and yet the producer's presence and influence continue to be felt. Mass Appeal Records issued the posthumous album The Diary last month, and Dilla's ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Juan Pablo Marcos/MiC. When I think of an album that will stick with me for the rest of my life, I ...