Today marks what would have been the 43rd birthday of James Dewitt Yancey, better known to the world as the influential hip-hop producer J Dilla, who passed away in 2006. To pay tribute, the elusive MF DOOM has shared a new video, taken on a boat, where he observes a moment of silence for his friend and former collaborator. DOOM and Dilla linked up with Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah in 2005 and recorded together. Those recordings were eventually released as an EP titled Sniperlite under the name Dilla Ghost DOOM in 2008.

Revisit our 2010 feature, “Got 'Til It's Gone: The Legacy of J Dilla.”