His label, Mass Appeal, in collaboration with Pay Jay Productions, would release the long-lost J Dilla album in April 2016: The Diary. “He’s rapping his ass off on this record,” Nas told ...

J Dilla wasn’t just a producer—he was a visionary. In this video, we explore how his iconic album Donuts was born in a ...

The legacy that J Dilla left behind after his tragic death in 2006 is largely as a producer but his newest posthumous album, The Diary, gives a boost to his power as an MC. J Dilla is regarded as ...

J Dilla’s “Welcome 2 Detroit” ain’t just an album; it’s a statement. When it first dropped in 2001, it was a raw, unfiltered love letter to the D and a showcase of Dilla’s next-level ...

Black Sheep’s Dres announced plans to release an album produced by J Dilla, but the late producer’s estate said nothing’s been approved. J Dilla’s estate may stop Black Sheep’s Dres from ...

It was 2006, and a wheelchair-bound J Dilla was still working, putting the finishing touches on Donuts, his solo opus. But he passed away in his mother’s arms three days after the album came out.

J Dilla was a Detroit-based music producer-musician-rapper who lent his innovative production technique — unorthodox sampling, idiosyncratic time signatures — to albums by artists, including ...