J Dilla

personal-info

known-for

Acting

gender

Male

birthday

1974-02-07

place-of-birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

also-known-as

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

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.