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He left this earth at such an early age on Friday 10th February as this latest album, Donuts had only been released the previous Tuesday, the day of his 32nd birthday.

He was born in Detroit and made a name as the producer with The Pharcyde, Common, A Tribe Called Quest and as founder of Slum Village. In addition to his solo career, he and fellow rapper-producer Madlib produced the highly acclaimed Champion Sound as Jaylib in which each rapped over the other’s beats. On a personal note, this was the first white label I ever got marking the start of my journalistic exploits.

He moved to Los Angeles to live with his mother since he was found to have the immune-system disease Lupus about three years ago. Lupus is a disease in which a person’s immune system goes into overdrive and attacks the body’s normal, healthy cells (see links below).

He’d also recently had also finished a compilation album called Welcome To Detroit, Vol. 2 which will be released on BBE.

There’s going to be an official Jay Dee Tribute Night with the backing of Stones Throw records at:

WESTBOURNE STUDIOS, SUNDAY 5TH OF MARCH (1900-0100) with DJs Benji B (1Xtra), Eric Lau, Daz-I-Kue (Bugz In The Attic, Silhouette Brown, etc) + more to be confirmed. For up-to-date details check www.jaydeetribute.com

A Worldwide thank you, Dilla Forever, RIP.

Links:
J Dilla www.stonesthrow.com/jdilla
www.jaydeetribute.com
BBE www.bbemusic.com
BBC Radio4 - Our Lives In Our Hands - 15th February “A two part series looking at the latest research into improved treatments for Lupus [and Asthma]”.
R.I.P to my man Jay Dee: posted by: Nathan Rabin (February 13, 2006 - 5:19pm)