Hip-hop fans sporting De La Soul T-shirts and J Dilla hoodies excitedly streamed into Sweet Chick, a Lower East Side eatery and cocktail joint, Wednesday evening. They weren't there for the food, ...

Visionary hip-hop producer J Dilla never found mainstream success during his brief lifetime. But in the seven years since his death, Dilla — who would have turned 39 today — has come to represent a ...

Today, Feb. 7, the late and great hip-hop maestro James Yancey, aka J Dilla, would have celebrated his 40th birthday. Sadly, the influential producer passed away on Feb. 10, 2006, after a long bout ...

J Dilla wasn't just your favorite producer's favorite producer, he was also your favorite rapper's favorite producer — and these beats are a testament to that. Drums, percussion, bass, samples, synths ...

Artistic geniuses are often not fully appreciated in their time. We are only now beginning to reckon with the sublime beauty of the music of hip hop producer J Dilla, who died of a rare blood disease ...

The first time you hear an instrumental track produced by the late beatmaker J Dilla, it will likely sound a little … wrong. Drunken bass drums. Swaying snares. Off-kilter cymbal crashes. Vocal ...

This year, six of Birmingham’s hip hop veterans -- DJ Modernaire, Suaze, DJ Rahdu, DJ Supreme, DJFX, and Shaheed Tawheed— are gearing up for a new type of J Dilla tribute. In lieu of only an evening, ...