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Today marks four years since the death of influential rapper J Dilla. Dilla – real name James Dewitt Yancey – died on February 10, 2006, three days after his 32nd birthday, at his LA home.
Twitter has been in a frenzy of messages of love for the man who combined his own hugely successful solo work with production duty on critically acclaimed albums by Common, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Pharcyde.
As with many artists, his death sparked significant interest in his work, and he remains as talked about and respected in the wider music community now as ever.
J Dilla – R.I.P
J d will never die his beats will live on forever! I went to a dilla tribute night
last weekend and there must have been 1000+ people there all to show their love for the great man. And this was on a Sunday night! The effect jd had on hiphop will be felt for years to come with producers trying to get that “dilla sound” be it through sampling similar (or as is usually the case) the same samples or putting their snares and claps just before or just after the beat.
James Yancy aka J Dilla was and always will be the king of hiphop beats. The world is missing a great man but heaven has got it’s lost angel back. RIP Dilla we love you.