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Film & TV
Compton, California, USA
Known for
- N.W.A.: Not Without Alonzo2025
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning — Self (archive footage)2025
- Eve After Dark — Self2023
- The DOC — Self2022
- Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell — Self (archive footage)2021
- The Defiant Ones — Self2017
- NWA & Eazy-E: The Kings of Compton2016
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ — Self2012
- N.W.A. - EfiL4zaggiN — Self1992
- Yo! MTV Raps — Self1988
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- Listeners
- 6,746
- Total plays
- 41,983
Tags
G-funkGangsta RapWest Coast Rapwest coastcompton
DJ Yella is the stage name of Antoine Carraby (born December 11, 1967), a DJ, music producer, and film director from Compton, California. He was a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru along with Dr. Dre in 1984. He later became a founding member of the pioneering gangsta rap group N.W.A (comprised of Yella, Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and Eazy-E). Along with Dre, he produced Eazy-E's debut album Eazy-Duz-It and all three N.W.A albums. He released a solo album in 1996. He is currently directing blac
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antoine
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Compton
- Occupation
- rapper
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- political hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Ruthless Records
- Official website
- www.djyella.com
- Image
- DJ Yella.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1961-12-11
- Commons category
- DJ Yella
- pseudonym
- DJ Yella
- birth name
- Antoine Carraby
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- member of
- World Class Wreckin' Cru
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