caption associated_acts death_date death_place years_active alias birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
king of beats slum madlib , dwele , guilty simpson , frank n dank village , phat kat , black milk , mos def , , jay electronica , j rocc , waajeed , bilal , common busta rhymes , erykah badu , de la soul , , a tribe called quest , nas , joey bada questlove , soulquarians , 10 february 2006 los angeles , california 1993 -- 2006 jay dee , dilla dawg detroit , michigan delicious mca , stones throw , bling 47 vinyl , bbe , pay jay productions , j dilla solo_singer 7 february 1974 turntables , drum machine , keyboards , bass guitar , synthesizer , , drums , cello , vocals , guitar mpc 3000 , e-mu sp-1200 , sampler hip hop , neo soul jay dee.jpg j dilla
 james dewitt yancey disc jockey , record producer , rapper
j dilla

james dewitt yancey -lrb- february 7 , 1974 -- february 10 , 2006 -rrb- , better known by the stage names j dilla and jay dee , was an american record producer and rapper who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in detroit , michigan .
according to his obituary at npr.org , he `` was one of the music industry 's most influential hip-hop artists '' , working with big-name acts including a tribe called quest , de la soul , busta rhymes , erykah badu , mf doom , poe , the roots , the pharcyde and common .
yancey died in 2006 of the blood disease thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura .
