In honor of Black History Month, Google is honoring Black developers, Black businesses, and Black creatives like the late rapper, producer, and composer J Dilla.
With its latest Google Doodle, “The Art of Hip-Hop Beat Making,” the company made a short animated video that features both music from Illa J—Dilla’s younger brother—and the late rapper. The brief video depicts a caricature of J Dilla composing a track, a la the aforementioned title. It begins with him in the studio, headphones draped around his neck as he tinkers with a beat using equipment like a drum machine and a piano to craft his desired sound.
