# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-dilla
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:29:24.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-dilla"
name: "J Dilla"
slug: "j-dilla"
description: "James Dewitt Yancey, better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, rapper, and composer. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip-hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village. He was a founding member of the Soulquarians, a musical collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Yancey and Madlib collaborated as the duo Jaylib, releasing the album Champion Sound. Yancey's final album, Donuts, was released three days before his death. He was also known for producing the Pharcyde album Labcabincalifornia."
tagline: "American record producer and rapper (1974–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MF_Doom%2C_J_Dilla_mural.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-02-07"
deathDate: "2006-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump