 MTV.com | Hip-hop producer Jay Dee dead at 32 Detroit Free Press - Hip-hop MC and producer Jay Dee (also known as J Dilla), a founding member of the Detroit rap outfit Slum Village, died Friday morning of kidney failure at his home in Los Angeles, officials at his record label said Friday evening. Jay Dee, Producer For Common, Busta And Tribe, Dies Influential hip-hop producer J Dilla dies at 32 |