J Dilla

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American musician DJ hip hop producer human rapper record producer songwriter

J Dilla was a highly influential American hip-hop producer and rapper renowned for his innovative, soulful, and off-kilter approach to beat-making.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musician → DJ → hip hop producer → human → rapper → record producer → songwriter →
alsoKnownAs	J-Dee → Jay Dee →
associatedAct	A Tribe Called Quest → Busta Rhymes → Common → D'Angelo → Erykah Badu → Madlib → Slum Village → The Pharcyde →
birthName	James Dewitt Yancey →
causeOfDeath	cardiac arrest →
collaboratedWith	A Tribe Called Quest → Common → Erykah Badu → Madlib → The Pharcyde →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1974-02-07 →
dateOfDeath	2006-02-10 →
genre	hip hop → instrumental hip hop → jazz rap → neo soul →
hasInfluenced	9th Wonder → Flying Lotus → Kanye West → Questlove →
influenced	alternative hip hop artists → lo-fi hip hop producers → neo soul movement →
instrument	Akai MPC3000 →
legacy	considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time →
medicalCondition	lupus →
memberOf	Slum Village →
notableFor	innovative, off-kilter drum programming → soulful sample-based production →
notableWork	Donuts → Ruff Draft → Welcome 2 Detroit →
occupation	DJ → rapper → record producer → songwriter →
placeOfBirth	Detroit, Michigan, United States →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States →
style	off-kilter drum patterns → soulful sample chopping → swing-heavy quantization →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Be → Be → Electric Circus → Finding Forever → Like Water for Chocolate → Phrenology → So Far To Go → The Light → The Light → Things Fall Apart →	producer
Common → Common → Common Sense → Erykah Badu → Karriem Riggins → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ("Dilla") →	associatedAct
Coolaid → Go! → The Light →	hasProducer
Bilal → Madlib →	collaboratedWith
KAYTRANADA → Robert Glasper →	influencedBy
So Far To Go →	composer
The Light →	hasComposer
Big Sean →	hasInfluence
So Far To Go →	hasProducerRole
So Far To Go →	hasSongwriterRole
Soulquarians →	member
The Light →	writer