Mos Def's Big Band Tribute To J. Dilla At Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor

In honor of MLK day, Mos Def brings together a Big Band in Tribute to J Dilla @ UM Hill Auditorium, 7:30 pm, 1-21-07.

"UMS and the U-M office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives will co-present this Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day concert featuring Mos Def in a tribute to Detroit's most influential and respected producer, J Dilla, who died in February, 2006 at age 32 from complications from lupus. Through poetry and hip-hop, his infectious rhymes — infused with an acute social consciousness — reclaimed hip-hop's revolutionary soul, critiquing the violence and deceit found in "gangsta" rap and examining head-on the issues of the Black experience in the U.S. This concert tribute will be presented only in Ann Arbor."

Proceeds to be donated to Maureen Yancey and the J. Dilla Foundation.

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