The late J Dilla will have a street named after him.
The Detroit News reports that the legendary producer is one of five native sons to receive the honor in the Motor City.
Dilla? his mentor Joseph Anthony “Amp” Fiddler, who gave him his first drum machine; Vincent Chin, whose racially motivated assassination in 1982 sparked protests and the formation of the American Citizens for Justice coalition. former Detroit Pistons star Earl Cureton; and local community leader Horace Sheffield Jr. make up the list selected by the Historic Designation Advisory Board after reviewing 13 honorees submitted by petitioners across the city.
Sheffield's granddaughter, Sheffield City Council President Mary Sheffield, said of the honorees: “Everyone here who has been introduced is remarkable, they are honorable, they have done great things for our city and we think it's very difficult for us to choose just five.”
Jay-D's plaque will be located at the corner of Nevada and Charest streets, near his family's home where he recorded in an underground studio. Amp Fiddler's sign will be on the corner of Seven Mile Road and Revere Avenue, the neighborhood where he grew up.
Rap journalist Dan Charnas — author of The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop and Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm — thanked the city council and fans of Dilla's and Amp. “You know some of Detroit's famous streets named for notable citizens: Woodward, John R., Cass. They will now be joined by two others: Yancey and Fiddler. Thanks to the city council and congratulations to everyone who worked to put these two important Detroiters on the map.” he wrote on Twitter.
J Dilla died of a combination of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and complications from lupus in 2006 at the age of 32, while Fiddler died last year after a battle with cancer at the age of 65.
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