It was just announced at the DC Loves Dilla event that Dilla’s MPC and custom-built Moog will be placed in the Museum of African American History and Culture. The Smithsonian is currently building the museum which is set to open late next year/early 2016. Formal announcement on the J Dilla Foundation’s FB page. Video from the event below.
via okp
Please join us in playing Secret Santa for Dilla’s daughters Paige & Ja’Mya. We’re hoping to buy them some cold weather wear. Make a donation here. (thanks in advance…people have always been really great about helping Dilla’s family & children!)
Finally got a chance to catch up with Madukes this morning…she is busy as usual. She’s concentrating on a new project called,The Rebirth of Detroit, and very excited about the next round of scholarships for the J Dilla Foundation beginning July 1st. She also mentioned that she’s going to have to pry Dilla’s MPC away from Illa J because it will hopefully be in the new African American Smithsonian set to open in the next year or so (this may be old news, but I was like, “WHAT?!”)
She’s been trying to get her social media on, so you can follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/officialmadukes or connect with her on Facebook.
Luckily Stones Throw writes blog posts so I don’t have to…I can tell you that every time I speak to Madukes, she is completely humbled and appreciative that people all around the world work to keep her son’s spirit alive.
J DILLA: BEHIND THE BEAT
Stones Throw joined with the J Dilla Estate to produce this poster of the 2005 photo of Dilla at work, photographed by Raph Rashid.
http://sthrow.com/jdilla
BEHIND THE SMILE: J DILLA’S DONUTS
A clip from the video that turned into the cover of Donuts, with a back-story from the director.
http://sthrow.com/donuts
THANK YOU JAY DEE
Streaming audio from the definitive J Dilla mixtape by J. Rocc
http://sthrow.com/thankyou
Just spoke to Madukes…she once again wants to thank everyone for their positivity and keeping Dilla’s spirit alive. She’s getting ready to attend a number of events in Dilla’s birthday month (sorry, I’m not sure about all of the venues):
Feb 3rd NYC with Illa J & Slum Village
Feb 6th London
Feb 12th Detroit
Feb 18th Toronto
Feb 25th Cleveland
It also reminded me to post the International J Dilla Tribute Art Contest winner entitled, “J Dilla the SpeciaLIST” done by none other than Joe Buck (damn, that man is talented). More info on the contest & how to buy the print etc:
Official Contest Site/ Order Prints, Posters and Shirts: http://www.art4dilla.com
For more information about The J Dilla Foundation go to: http://www.jdillafoundation.org
