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J Dilla

1974 - 2006

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James Dewitt Yancey (born February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), 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 also a founding member of the Soulquarians, a musical collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He additionally collaborated with Madlib as Jaylib, releasing the album Champion Sound. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. J Dilla is the 2,610th most popular singer (down from 2,396th in 2024), the 14,000th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,030th in 2019) and the 730th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, J Dilla ranks 2,610 out of 4,381. Before him are Pedro Fernández, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Adelaide Ferreira, Glen Hansard, Guildo Horn, and Dennis Brown. After him are Magnus Carlsson, Claudia Leitte, Younha, Geir Rönning, Lena Belkina, and Stephen Gately.

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Among people born in 1974, J Dilla ranks 483. Before him are Takashi Hirano, Madeleine Peyroux, Yuko Morimoto, Geta Burlacu, Vladimir Beschastnykh, and Joy Bryant. After him are Magnus Carlsson, Frank Schmidt, Javier Otxoa, Tarik Oulida, Maria Fernanda Cândido, and Twinkle Khanna. Among people deceased in 2006, J Dilla ranks 399. Before him are Sybille Bedford, Irving Kaplansky, Tamara Dobson, Sandy West, Nandini Satpathy, and Esther Victoria Abraham. After him are Isaac Gálvez, Noor Hassanali, Sarah Caldwell, Adrienne Shelly, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Kenneth Richmond.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J Dilla ranks 14,004 out of 20,380. Before him are Eliot Spitzer (1959), Alex Kurtzman (1973), Peter Scolari (1955), Joy Bryant (1974), Gary Graham (1950), and Gary Collins (1938). After him are Joel David Moore (1977), Joy Behar (1942), Tye Sheridan (1996), Damian Chapa (1963), Cathy Lee Crosby (1944), and Deval Patrick (1956).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, J Dilla ranks 730. Before him are Madison Beer (1999), Becky G (1997), Vaughn Monroe (1911), Victoria Spivey (1906), Kurtis Blow (1959), and Julie Felix (1938). After him are Crystal Gayle (1951), Tim Armstrong (1965), Chynna Phillips (1968), Paul Baloff (1960), Brandon Boyd (1976), and Bhad Bhabie (2003).

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