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Dilla Day Detroit Winning Weekend

Win tickets all weekend long to the illest hip hop show this year payin tribute to the one of the illest beat makers of all time… J Dilla.

Featuring Busta Rhymes, Jay Electronica, Phife (A Tribe Called Quest), Phat Kat, Danny Brown & more.

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HOT 107.5 Welcomes Dilla Day 2012

Although ‘J Dilla Day’ will be celebrated in over 20 major cities worldwide, only one venue will play host to these events in the hometown of one of the greatest producers in music history. ‘DILLA DAY DETROIT’ will be held at The Fillmore in the heart of downtown Detroit.

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Big Greg

Apr 5, 2011 at 9:00 am

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J Dilla’s Mom Reveals Details Of Upcoming “Rebirth Of Detroit” Album [VIDEO]

Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey recently revealed some details about the forthcoming release of her son J Dilla’s latest posthumous album, The Rebirth of Detroit.

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Big Greg

Feb 28, 2011 at 1:15 pm

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Kanye West And Mos Def Freestyle @ Blue Note Jazz Club [AUDIO]

Kanye West and Mos Def were searching for some drunk and hot girls but ended up at Lupe Fiasco’s show at The Blue Note Jazz Club. The frequent collaborators had more than two words for the audience as they freestyled over J-Dilla instrumentals courtesy of the Robert Glasper Experiment.

Mr. West took a few moments to vent on everything from

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Shorty Da Prince

Feb 22, 2011 at 7:00 pm

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Illmatic: Hip-Hop And Health Insurance

Words By Jonothan “Gotti” Bonnano

“I think it’s funny how record labels don’t provide health insurance but have life insurance policies on their artists.” -Crooked I

When DJ Premier announced on his “Headquartez” radio show on Sirius Satellite radio that Kool Herc, widely known as the Father of Hip-Hop, was “sick and needed financial assistance because he didn’t have proper health insurance to cover

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Shorty Da Prince

Feb 11, 2011 at 5:45 pm

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The Top 10 J-Dilla Rhymes

James “J. Dilla” Yancey will always go down as one of the greatest producers to touch an MPC, as seen by the yearly Dilla tributes and the loads of beats he’s contributed to the likes of Common, Busta Rhymes and others. But as Jay Dee, he was nice on the mic as well. Boasting a

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Shorty Da Prince

Feb 7, 2011 at 10:38 am

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Life Of J Dilla Remembered In “Still Shining” Documentary [WATCH NOW!]

The documentary “Still Shining” was released today and tells the story of J Dilla’s life through interviews with his family, friends, and artists he worked with.

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