J Dilla

Biography

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.

Also known as

Jay Dee aka J Dilla, Jay Dee, James Dewitt Yancey, Dilla, James "J Dilla" Yancey, Slum Village, The Ummah