De La Soul, Slum Village, DJ Premier and Pete Rock are among the artists scheduled to appear at Dilla Day Detroit, which is slated to take place February 7 at The Fillmore in Detroit.
DJ Premier and Pete Rock are set to participate in a face-off battle, while De La Soul and Slum Village are scheduled to perform.
Phife is also set to show the video for his “#dearDilla” song at the event. Phife has diabetes and Dilla died in 2006 from complications from Lupus. He was 32. Phife and J Dilla first worked together in the 1990s, when J Dilla produced for A Tribe Called Quest, of which Phife is a member.
Dilla Day Detroit is set to take place on what would have been Dilla’s fortieth birthday. He was a member of Slum Village and also produced for Common, Busta Rhymes and Erykah Badu, among others.
The Dilla Day Detroit flyer and Phife’s “#dearDilla” are as follows:
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#DILLADAY !!!!!!! BEST PRODUCER OF ALL TIME! Your favorite producer’s FAVORITE PRODUCER! BEST PRODUCER ON THE MIC! CREATED THE NEO SOUL SOUND!
yo no wonder why madlib said to burn all his records, smh. All for profiteering. RIP DILLA he doesn’t deserve people trying to live off of his legacy.
Thank you, after he died none of the artist he worked with put out anything respectable.All you washed up bottom feeding motherfuckers
chuuch…
Stones throw exploited him too. If his kids and family dont get the money from this shit i hope all yall rot in hell
Where is Madlib in all of this?