J Dilla
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James Dewitt Yancey, better known by the stage names J Dilla, Jay Dee, or simply Dilla, was an American record producer, rapper, and composer. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip-hop scene i
J Dilla in 2004
A Minimoog Voyager, as owned by Yancey
A mural in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, Florida depicting MF Doom (left) and Yancey (center) as Peanuts characters Charlie Brown and Schroeder
Donuts (album)
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Donuts is the second studio album by the American hip hop producer J Dilla, as well as the final album to be released in his lifetime. It was released on February 7, 2006, by Stones Throw Records, on
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…during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Yancey and Madlib collaborated as the duo Jaylib, releasing the album Champion Sound. Yancey's final album, Donuts, was released three days before his death. He was also known for producing the Pharcyde album Labcabincalifornia. Yancey died at the age of 32 from a…
Original vinyl edition cover, referencing Randy's Donuts in Los Angeles
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Dilla's Akai MPC: it was donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2014.
Peanut Butter Wolf (pictured in 2025), the album's executive producer