J Dilla

Revisiting Common’s ‘Electric Circus’ 20 years later — arguably his most polarizing album

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Questlove to produce J Dilla documentary

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The ‘Black Radio Effect:’ How Robert Glasper helped manifest genre fluidity in Black music

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

J Dilla's mother speaks on late son's hip-hop legacy

theGRIO REPORT – The late Detroit producer/rapper J Dilla is a hip-hop legend whose influence on music is still being felt to this day…
/ March 22, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

After recent deaths, health is new priority in rap

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop may need a checkup. The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to gun violence has in recent years seen a series of notable rappers die of drug- and health-related causes.
/ May 7, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Common would pay homage to J Dilla with a hologram

Common was asked if he would consider a hologram image performance for J Dilla, he said would definitely consider it…
/ April 19, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Nick Cannon illness calls attention to black celebrities with Lupus

SLIDESHOW – Nick Cannon is the latest black celebrity to go public with an autoimmune disease, particularly lupus, which stars like Toni Braxton and the late hip-hop producer, J. Dilla have battled…
/ March 5, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Substitute teacher accused of sexual assault of student

PHILADELPHIA – Remarno Chambers, 27, is charged with sexually assaulting a student after supplying the student with alcohol and/or drugs…
/ January 7, 2011