J Dilla dies

10 February 2006: Number 47 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicJames Dewitt Yancey, aka J Dilla, passed away in his bed at the age of 32. His untimely death was the result of a combination of rare blood disease TTP and lupus, which had debilitated the final years of his life. But like his contemporaries Notorious BIG and Tupac, Dilla's posthumous reputation grew to heights far greater than anything he had achieved while alive. Cutting his teeth as a produce...

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