on Instagram he said: “This has been in the works, in many ways, before a word of the book was written. There were two things I knew for sure”.“First, that Questlove had to be a part of it, because he is storyteller number one when it comes to explaining Dilla’s genius; he really precedes us all”, he continued. “Second, that any film had to seek the cooperation of the estate, the only entity that represents all four of Dilla’s heirs and owns his intellectual property”.“I took a long break from thinking about telling a visual story while I wrote the book, because getting the book right was more important than anything”, he concluded. “What we’ve done here is preserve the independence of the storytelling while making sure that the people Dilla loved are connected to the project in a meaningful way”.This is not Questlove’s first foray into film.
Last year he released his directorial debut, ‘Summer Of Soul’, a documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. He is also currently working on a documentary about Sly Stone.J Dilla died in 2006, aged 32, due to complications arising from rare blood disease TTP and lupus.
He was a founder member of Slum Village, and released a number of solo albums, as well as working with numerous other artists.
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