KNOWN AS J.DILLA TO MOST FANS, JAMES DEWITT YANCEY WAS AN INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC PRODUCER. HE MADE MANY HIP-HOP/NEO-SOUL BEATS BUT WAS VERY UNDERGROUND IN THE MID-1990S. HE WAS BORN IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN AND PRODUCED SONGS FOR WELL KNOWN ARTIST SUCH AS, DE LA SOUL, BUSTA RHYMES, THE ROOTS AND COMMON. JUST AS HIS MUSIC WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR, YANCEY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE BLOOD DISEASE KNOWN AS TTP. WHEN J.DILLA FOUND THIS OUT HE BEGAN TO PUT OUT SAMPLED BEATS KNOWN AS "DONUTS". SINCE HE KNEW HE WAS DYING HE DIDNT REALLY FINISH ANY OF THESE SAMPLED BEATS. HE LATER DIED IN 2006. MANY HIP-HOP STARS PAID RESPECTS TO HIM THREW THEIR OWN MUSICAL TRIBUTES TO HIS WORK. SOME ARTIST SUCH AS, DRAKE USED HIS BEATS FOR MIXTAPES, YOU MAY KNOW THE SONG "WHERE TO KNOW" BY DRAKE WHICH WAS ONE OF J.DILLAS "DONUTS" ENTITLED "THE DONUT OF THE HEART". IT'S ABOUT 4 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH AND HIS NAME IS STILL IN PEOPLES THOUGHTS AND WORDS. J.DILLA WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST PRODUCER IN MY EYES. WE MISS YOU AND WE LOVE YOU DILLA.
