"We're definitely going to keep doughnuts alive, and Dilla's legacy alive," Hayes told the Metro Times. The rapper’s death was just three days after he released his last record titled "Donuts."
Dilla, who was born James Yancey in Detroit, died in 2006 of a rare blood disease and lupus. Hayes opened the doughnut shop in May 2016 in the first floor of the Ashley building at the corner of John R and Centre Streets in downtown Detroit.Ī longtime baker with a specialty toward doughnuts, Hayes got the idea to open the shop to honor his late music-producer nephew. We've been closed since March," Hayes said in the video. "We are trying to get together like everyone else. They are taking this time to figure what direction to head in. In an Instagram video, Hayes said they are working on some things, but the company has not decided whether Dilla’s Delights will open elsewhere. "And we will not be open back up at 242 John R and we are looking for a home.
"That location at 242 John R is no longer open," he said.
The shop's founder, Herman Hayes, announced in an Instagram video that the shop permanently closed. Dilla's Delights, the doughnut shop founded by the uncle of the late hip-hop legend and music producer J.
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