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Mrs. Yancey also has mentioned that Erk was in fact Dilla's accountant and not his business manager in his lifetime, and that he fell into his position because she and Dilla were first and foremost concerned about his health and not with getting paperwork in order.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> She also stated that Dilla's friends in the hip-hop community, such as Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, Madlib, Common and The Roots, have contacted her personally for future projects with Dilla beats, but the estate has vetoed all future projects not contracted prior to Dilla's death.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> She also implied that Dilla would not support the estate's practices, such as their prosecution of bootleggers and file sharers.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> | Mrs. Yancey also has mentioned that Erk was in fact Dilla's accountant and not his business manager in his lifetime, and that he fell into his position because she and Dilla were first and foremost concerned about his health and not with getting paperwork in order.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> She also stated that Dilla's friends in the hip-hop community, such as Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, Madlib, Common and The Roots, have contacted her personally for future projects with Dilla beats, but the estate has vetoed all future projects not contracted prior to Dilla's death.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> She also implied that Dilla would not support the estate's practices, such as their prosecution of bootleggers and file sharers.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> | ||
Due to Dilla's debt to the government, the family receives no income from projects.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> Dilla's children are being supported by the social security their mothers have drawn.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> Likewise, Mrs. Yancey is also still paying off Dilla's medical bills that she helped finance, leaving her also in tremendous debt. She still lives in the same Detroit ghetto, is still a daycare worker at Conant Gardens and also suffers from lupus, the same disease which killed Dilla.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> To help pay the cost of medication and keep her household afloat, Delicious Vinyl donated all proceeds of Jay Dee – The Delicious Vinyl Years to Mrs. Yancey in 2007. In 2008, Giant Peach created a donation PayPal account for her and RenSoul.com released a charity mixtape.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090218220431/http://rensoul.com/madukes.php] </ref> Despite these actions, it would appear that little income has been generated, as Stones Throw has just released a charity T-shirt on its website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/men-s-tshirt/stones-throw-x-parra/raise-it-up-for-ma-dukes |title=Stones Throw x Parra | Raise It Up for Ma Dukes | Stones Throw Records |website=Stonesthrow.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-05}}</ref> | Due to Dilla's debt to the government, the family receives no income from projects.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> Dilla's children are being supported by the social security their mothers have drawn.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> Likewise, Mrs. Yancey is also still paying off Dilla's medical bills that she helped finance, leaving her also in tremendous debt. She still lives in the same Detroit ghetto, is still a daycare worker at Conant Gardens and also suffers from lupus, the same disease which killed Dilla.<ref name="blogs.laweekly.com"/> To help pay the cost of medication and keep her household afloat, Delicious Vinyl donated all proceeds of Jay Dee – The Delicious Vinyl Years to Mrs. Yancey in 2007. In 2008, Giant Peach created a donation PayPal account for her and RenSoul.com released a charity mixtape.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090218220431/http://rensoul.com/madukes.php]</ref> Despite these actions, it would appear that little income has been generated, as Stones Throw has just released a charity T-shirt on its website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/men-s-tshirt/stones-throw-x-parra/raise-it-up-for-ma-dukes |title=Stones Throw x Parra | Raise It Up for Ma Dukes | Stones Throw Records |website=Stonesthrow.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-05}}</ref> | ||
In a recent article on the family's troubles in ''Vibe'' magazine, his mother revealed that the family lost their old home in Detroit due to her taking care of Dilla in his final days.<ref name="The Battle for J Dilla's Legacy">{{cite web|url=http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2009/01/the-battle-for-j-dilla-s-legacy |title=The Battle for J Dilla's Legacy | Stones Throw Records |website=Stonesthrow.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-05}}</ref> The mother of one of Dilla's children, Monica Whitlow, also broke her silence on the issue of the estate and his legacy: | In a recent article on the family's troubles in ''Vibe'' magazine, his mother revealed that the family lost their old home in Detroit due to her taking care of Dilla in his final days.<ref name="The Battle for J Dilla's Legacy">{{cite web|url=http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2009/01/the-battle-for-j-dilla-s-legacy |title=The Battle for J Dilla's Legacy | Stones Throw Records |website=Stonesthrow.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-05}}</ref> The mother of one of Dilla's children, Monica Whitlow, also broke her silence on the issue of the estate and his legacy: | ||