Jay Dee

J Dilla, alias Jay Dee (born James Yancey), is a hip-hop record producer and MC, who emerged from the mid-1990s independent, underground hip-hop scene in Detroit, MI.

He began his career as Jay Dee but since

J Dilla, alias Jay Dee (born James Yancey), is a hip-hop record producer and MC, who emerged from the mid-1990s independent, underground hip-hop scene in Detroit, MI.

He began his career as Jay Dee but since 2001 has called himself J Dilla, a name not entirely accepted by his public. He has releases under Jay Dee and J Dilla.