David C. Driskell & Friends” at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville highlights Driskell’s artistic legacy and the importance of ...

In “Straight Loops, Light & Soul,” a project evoking Roy DeCarava’s Harlem jazz pictures and the music of J Dilla, Williams ...

Jennifer J. Lee, 47, was one of 10 artists assisting the abstract painter Julie Mehretu on a large-scale commission for the lobby of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art that would lead to the ...

Super7 are paying tribute to hip hop production great J Dilla with a new action figure. His classic 2006 album Donuts is the inspiration for the new ReAction Figure, which features a 3.75 ...

Hip-hop production stalwarts such as J. Dilla, Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, Madlib, and others have sampled from his six-decade-spanning catalog of jazz and funk-laced compositions.

Sampling, the art of incorporating others’ works into new creations, has evolved significantly over time. From its early days with pioneers like J Dilla in the 2000s, artists have taken this ...

PHILADELPHIA — Even by his superproductive standards, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is having an extraordinarily busy start to 2025. The Roots drummer, DJ, documentary filmmaker, author ...

(Johnny Tergo/AP) Every February, Detroit commemorates the life and legacy of the renowned hip-hop producer J Dilla with a weekend full of events. Various activities will take place throughout ...

Every February, Detroit commemorates the life and legacy of the renowned hip-hop producer J Dilla with a weekend full of events. Various activities will take place throughout Metro Detroit in his ...

Whereas most people focused on the lyrics, Flea was more driven to the instrumentals when listening to people like J Dilla. Outside of being one of the holy maestros of hip-hop beats during his prime, ...

A massive bronze sculpture by Thomas J Price will soon stand tall in New York’s Times Square, accompanied at night by his stop-motion animations on the plaza’s famed billboards, in conjunction ...