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Hip Hop musician and producer James Dewitt Yancey used the pseudonym “Jay Dee” during the earlier part of his career, before switching to the alias J Dilla. The remainder of this entry refers to J Dilla:
James Dewitt Yancey (later known as J Dilla) who passed away on February 10th, 2006, produced songs for such artists as A Tribe Called Quest, Common, De La Soul, Erykah Badu, The Pharcyde, Slum Village and many others. He called Detroit home, but produced in New York and Los Angeles (where he passed away) as well.
As a result of Lupus, Dilla had battled kidney problems since 2004 after he returned from a tour in Europe where he ate a lot of food that apparently did not agree with his body. Upon his return, doctors told him that his kidney had ruptured and he was malnourished. He was kept in ICU for several weeks, but began to recover (even producing while in the hospital). Unfortunately, he was not able to overcome the illness and passed away just three days after his 32nd birthday (which was also the release date of his final album, Donuts).
Jay Dee’s complete discography can be found here: http://www.stonesthrow.com/jdilla
James Dewitt Yancey (later known as J Dilla) who passed away on February 10th, 2006, produced songs for such artists as A Tribe Called Quest, Common, De La Soul, Erykah Badu, The Pharcyde, Slum Village and many others. He called Detroit home, but produced in New York and Los Angeles (where he passed away) as well.
As a result of Lupus, Dilla had battled kidney problems since 2004 after he returned from a tour in Europe where he ate a lot of food that apparently did not agree with his body. Upon his return, doctors told him that his kidney had ruptured and he was malnourished. He was kept in ICU for several weeks, but began to recover (even producing while in the hospital). Unfortunately, he was not able to overcome the illness and passed away just three days after his 32nd birthday (which was also the release date of his final album, Donuts).
Jay Dee’s complete discography can be found here: http://www.stonesthrow.com/jdilla
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DgDynasty wrote:
vote to merge with dilla
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Bram_F. wrote:
woop woop
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SICKDATRUTH wrote:
HE SURELY CHANGED MY LIFE...
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BeenInsane wrote:
You can vote by clicking on 'Suggest a correction' under the Groups and More Information bits. Its to the right of this
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ziggyiggy wrote:
J Dilla
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yokashaakstra wrote:
so voting, i dont know how to do that, but i really do not care if they were merged. i guess it would be ok.
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T-101 wrote:
vote to merge with dilla
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Prody-G wrote:
You juste have to vote to change it....
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rvg wrote:
agreed.
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AFROMAN117 wrote:
they really need to make J Dilla and Jay Dee on the same page
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CrimeRadio wrote:
can they please combine this with J Dilla?
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eyerin wrote:
what a stupid thing... it's obvious that Jay Dee and J Dilla it' the same there are thousand of artist who have few nicknames from the past but they are marked as one.
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crackinkid wrote:
Anyone here who got the 64 bit Beattape? It's the only one I haven't gotten yet. Would be awesome if someone could upload this, of course i would be open to trade for another tape or something ...
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Tehpaco wrote:
The Stakes is high!
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insideoutwater wrote:
Album: The Rough Drafts. Song: Pillz 3:00 in. WHAT IS THAT BEAT?! Does it have a name? Is it on 3BeatTapes? (It's also at the end of The Heist off Jaylib Champion Sound) Anyone? ANYONE?
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5thEye wrote:
Both should be merged into Jay Dee.
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eMeFCe wrote:
True, but MF DOOM aliases are like other persons. Jay-Dee and J Dilla should link to the same artsist. It's like 2Pac and Makaveli or Showbiz & A.G. and Show & AG.
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KyleSme wrote:
As long as Welcome 2 Detroit and Ruff Draft are tagged under "Jay Dee" then there's really no problem with this page. Like the guy below me mentioned, MF DOOM has different pages for his different personas.
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juzz-e wrote:
There are seperate pages for MF DOOM and Viktor Vaughn, so leave this as it is.
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Aider wrote:
Aardvarked, it is not a spelling mistake, Jay Dee is the name J Dilla used early in his career
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