![]() ![]() "And I don't blame him."ĭilla died from a lupus-related illness nearly five years ago in February 2006. ![]() "He didn't really want to fuck with none of that," Tribe rapper Q-Tip told Vibe magazine a few years later. In 1996, Tribe were Grammy-nominated for their Dilla-produced album Beats, Rhymes and Life – but he had to be strongly persuaded to even attend the ceremony. By the time he was in his early 20s Dilla's music – full of rich, utterly unique drum sounds, warm, muzzy instrumentation and endlessly inventive melodies – was so popular he was getting called at home by A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Busta Rhymes. His mother was a singer and his father, Beverly, played piano and bass together they had an a capella jazz group, and there would always be singing at home. ![]() Born in 1973, James Yancey grew up in the Conant Gardens neighbourhood of Detroit and began making beats at home when he was just 11 years old. ![]()
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