Dilla's Estate Threatened By Bootlegging

When Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1 was released in 1996, few people familiar with the fickle nature of the music industry could have predicted the impact it would make. Twelve years later, the album serves as a major milestone in the legacy of one of Hip Hop's most heralded producers, J Dilla. After his death in 2006, the man born James Yancey left behind a catalogue which cemented him in the pantheon of great producers. He also left behind what the executor of estate says is a "six-figure IRS debt and few tangible assets." While the unfortunate circumstances surrounding Dilla's death are not unique to the Hip Hop world, the mounting problems trying to fix them are.

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