J Dilla

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

February 7, 1974

Age at death

32

Died

February 10, 2006

From

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.