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 ...

Dearest J Dilla disciples, this year we celebrate what would have been the late legend's 43rd birthday. It's a bittersweet one, no doubt, but it's vital we raise our glass to pioneers even after they ...

Splice, the music creation platform used by over 2 million musicians, announced the release of "The Fantastic Sounds of Jay Dee," a collection of sounds cut from the original recordings of Jay Dee aka ...

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. From DJ ...

Blaaqgold is an architect in the manipulation of sounds and samples. Originally from Detroit, Blaaqgold grew up surrounded by the soulful sounds of The Temptations, The Stylistics, J Dilla, and more.

Over the past few years, long time J Dilla collaborator HouseShoes has been paying homage to the late producer’s creativity with a mix series called The King James Version, which collates samples ...

It’s been 11 years since the legendary rap producer James “J Dilla” Yancey passed away. Dilla was an absolute pioneer and master of his craft, but to talk about a Dilla record is to talk about the man ...

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 ...

The artist born James Dewitt Yancey went from an in-the-know talent from Detroit's underground scene to working with some of hip hop's most influential names - including De La Soul, The Roots, Q-Tip, ...

Earlier this week, Nas crashed a Run the Jewels listening party to play fans his latest single, “The Season.” Now the rapper has shared the smoothly soulful song online, making it available to stream ...