The puck-shaped audio remixing tool Stem Player by Kano started its life as a collaboration with controversial musician Kanye West, but it has expanded and partnered with the estate of deceased ...

Tracks by the late Detroit producer J Dilla have been released to the Stem Player, a puck-shaped device that allows fans to remix music and is famous for hosting the only official release of Kanye ...

In large part, it’s because of the changing nature of the album. Welcome 2 Detroithas its genesis in a meeting in Europe between Dilla, then newly freed from his production collective The Ummah, and ...

UK electronic producer SBTRKT continued his excellent BBC Radio 1 Residency Thursday night, spinning tracks from Outkast, Erykah Badu, J Dilla, Grimes and more. In addition to the choice selections, ...

Still battling serious health issues, Yancey relocated from Detroit to Los Angeles in 2004, where he shared an apartment with Common and built beats in the dining room when he wasn’t undergoing ...

On this date in 2006, James Dewitt Yancey better known as J Dilla lost his battle with Lupus and died from cardiac arrest in his home in Los Angeles. The Detroit beatmaker extraordinaire was only 32 ...

The late J Dilla has long been heralded as the producer's producer, capturing the ear of many budding talents by providing bumping back-beats for an endless list of legendary artists: from Busta ...

Fiery hip hop beats will light up Detroit’s Orchestra Hall on Sunday, June 29, for a tribute to one of the city’s favorite sons, and Detroit rapper Big Sean will be leading the charge. “A Night with ...

This year, six of Birmingham’s hip hop veterans -- DJ Modernaire, Suaze, DJ Rahdu, DJ Supreme, DJFX, and Shaheed Tawheed— are gearing up for a new type of J Dilla tribute. In lieu of only an evening, ...