Two artists go by the name of "J. Hill" 1.) J-Hill is an artist from Detroit, Michigan. He has rapped with such rappers such as Obie Trice & Proof of D12 2.) J. Hill is an artist from Chicago Illinois Jelani Hill (J. Hill) was born June 25th 1982 in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up in the vast diversified culture of Chicago Illinois molded J. Hill into the well rounded recording artist that he is today. So deeply influenced by music and particularly the hip hop culture, J.