Urban Art Orchestra featuring Slum Village The late J Dilla was a primary force behind incorporating the strong jazz influence into the music of the Detroit hip-hop group Slum Village. Dilla, who grew ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young RJ of Slum Village Young RJ rode around with pre-fame Timbaland, learned from J. Dilla, and produced for Kurupt before he ...

Get ready for a legendary night of music at 9thirtyLA with performances by Slum Village, J. Rocc, and more! This event celebrates the late J Dilla's music legacy. Plus, there will be record and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As rapper T3 tells it, Slum Village has "shaken off the fatigue, shaken off the chill moment, and now it’s go-mode time.” After a ...

On this day in 2001, legendary Slum Village producer Jay Dee officially reintroduced himself to the world as J Dilla, marking the occasion with the release of his debut solo album, Welcome 2 Detroit.

SummerStage, Fusicology and Future x Sounds celebrated what would’ve been J. Dilla‘s 50th birthday with “Sounds of Detroit” at Herbert Von King Park on Friday night (7/12). Breakbeat Lou started off ...

Detroit hip-hop crew Slum Village has changed plenty since their late-90s roots, largely due to line-up changes (for example, original member and highly-regarded producer Jay Dee, who also went by J ...

Though deeply respected among hip-hop aficionados, Detroit underground heroes Slum Village never quite got the historical love like contemporaries like Tribe or Gang Starr. But without question, the ...

(CBS DETROIT) - June is Black Music Month. Every week in June, CBS News Detroit is highlighting a different part of Detroit's Black music scene and showcasing the role that Detroit played in shaping ...

The late J Dilla is among the hip-hop greats being honored at the Kennedy Center’s inaugural hip-hop festival. The late Slum Village member J Dilla, along with Rakim and DJ Jazzy Jeff, is one of the ...

Today would have been J Dilla’s 40th birthday. But James Yancey died too young eight years ago, victim of a rare blood disease. Slum Village, one of the many collaborations that bear Dilla’s stamp, ...

Detroit Pistons power forward John Salley, right, launched a record label, Hoops, where J Dilla got his first break with Slum Village. Credit: Courtesy photo, Shutterstock A new book — Dilla Time: The ...