J Dilla (front) is pictured here in 2005 at Madlib's studios in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Collaborators MED, Eothen Alapatt and Madlib (left to right) surround him. Roger Ericsson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

J Dilla. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

J Dilla in the studio of fellow producer Madlib. Roger Erickson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Marcus Anderson, standing outside Washington, D.C.'s Black Cat, says the most he's ever paid for a concert ticket was $265. Alex Spoto / NPR hide caption