J Dilla

Acting

• Born 07/02/1974
• Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Died 10/02/2006

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.