James Dewitt Yancey died nearly two decades ago, but his outsized influence on hip-hop is still a hallmark of the genre’s most forward-thinking groups.
For this Seminole Heights, no-cover tribute to the icon best known as J Dilla, Bay area DJs will spin his records, songs he sampled, and the music his brilliant mind borne—all while Hampton Station slings some of the best pizza and beer in town.
There's no cover for Jay Day: A Tribute to J Dilla happening on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at Hampton Station in Tampa. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.
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Seminole Heights pizza and beer bar hosts J Dilla celebration on Wednesday
Donuts and pie collide.
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Ray Roa
Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...
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