The Saturday, February 15 showcase celebrates the legacy of J. Studio albumĢ003: Champion Sound (with Madlib as Jaylib)Īfter a brief career in the spotlight, he died at age 32 after battling an incurable blood disease and lupus, Friday, February 10, 2006. James Yancey became one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists, working for big-name acts like De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, and Common. The young producer's reputation for bare-bones, "old-school" production and rap styles earned him quick respect in the hip-hop community during the last six years, reports NPR. 2, Yancey became one of hip-hop's most sought-after producers. When his own rap trio Slum Village found a hit with their album Fantastic, Vol. Yancey got his start working in the studio for A Tribe Called Quest. "Dilla carried 45s on his arm and turntables to the park every day, to spin records-and this was in downtown Detroit." After graduating from Farwell Middle School, Yancey enrolled at Davis Aerospace Technical High School. "Dilla's interest in music started at age 2," said Maureen Yancey. Maureen Yancey said their home was filled with music. It was his lullaby music as a child in his nursery.”
“Since he was a couple of months old, he wouldn’t go to sleep unless he heard jazz, so my husband had to sing and play for him to go to sleep. “Jazz was the music he grew up with and was raised on,” says Ma Duke. The family’s musical lineage was strong mother Maureen was an opera and classical music enthusiast and father Beverly a bassist, vocalist, and 25-year performance and recording, veteran. James Dewitt Yancey was born on February 7, 1974, at Zieger Osteopathic Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, the oldest of three children born to Beverly and Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey. “It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats – it was one of the greatest experiences I’ve had.” Yancey, visit the Facebook event page here. Crum, BigFoots Mom, Phantom Janitor.įor more details on the life of Mr. The tribute will feature a lineup of established Omaha artists, including Scky Rei, Marcey Yates & Xoboi (as Dilla Kids), Nate Sky Qahhaar, Stryke, J. When he began dating a girl who worked at Detroit’s Dutch Girl Doughnuts, “he would bring home at least two dozen doughnuts every night after he had already eaten one ,” said his mother, Maureen Yancey. The organizers will offer doughnuts, as it was a favorite of the late James DeWitt Yancey, also known as music producer Jay Dee. He is known as “one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists,” working with notable acts including A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, The Roots, The Pharcyde, Madlib, and Common. Yancey was an American record producer and rapper who gained prominence in the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as one-third of the acclaimed music group Slum Village. I want to thank you so much, Culxr House, for what you’ve done, for reaching out to a sister organization, and paying it forward to our young people. I’ve been very inspired by the work that they do. They are working with the foundation, and they are a nonprofit foundation on their own standing. “They are already wrapped up into youth, education, and all things good to inspire and help our youth to become whole individuals and to steer them in the right direction. I’m so excited,” said Maureen Yancey, the head of James Dewitt Yancey Foundation. This is your official notice that Omaha, Nebraska, will be doing their first Dilla Day celebration. “We have given the blessing to do a Dilla event. This coming Saturday, they celebrate the first-ever Dilla Day show in North Omaha. Local hip hop artists have a special offering for Omaha’s music enthusiasts, audiences, and fanatics. The show is a celebration of the life of the late “great lofi hip hop producer” Dilla for Black History Month. 50% proceeds to the James Dewitt Yancey Foundation. Join the “J Dilla Tribute Show with Friends” at Culxr House, Saturday, February 15th.ĭoors at 8:00 pm entry $10 donation.
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