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J Dilla to Have Street Named After Him in His Hometown of Detroit
The Motor City rapper and producer is highly regarded as one of the greatest beatmakers in hip-hop history.
The late Motor City rapper & producer is highly regarded as one of the greatest beatmakers in hip-hop history. Dilla; his mentor Joseph Anthony “Amp” Fiddler, who gave him his first drum machine; Vincent Chin, whose racially motivated murder in 1982 spurred 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 chosen by the Historic Designation Advisory Board after they reviewed 13 honorees submitted by petitioners across the city. Amp Fiddler’s street sign will be on the corner of Seven Mile Road and Revere Avenue, the neighborhood where he was raised.
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