DJ Yella

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DJ Yella

Background information
Birth name	Antoine Carraby
Also known as	Yella
Born	December 11, 1967 (age 39)
Origin	Compton, California
Genre(s)	Hip hop music
Occupation(s)	Producing
Years active	1984 - 1996
Label(s)	Ruthless Records
Associated acts	World Class Wreckin' Cru N.W.A. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

DJ Yella is the stage name of Antoine Carraby (born December 11, 1967), a DJ, music producer, and film director from Compton, California. [1]

He was a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru along with Dr. Dre. He later became a founding member of the pioneering gangsta rap group N.W.A. (comprised of Yella, Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and boss Eazy-E). Along with Dre he produced Eazy-E's debut album Eazy Duz It and all three N.W.A. albums. These four albums would sell millions of copies. It was also during this time he would shoot pornographic films under his alias Tha Kidd.

After the break up of N.W.A. in 1991, Yella was the only member to stay loyal to Eazy-E. Over the following four years he produced albums and songs for numerous Ruthless Records acts, including Eazy, JJ Fad, Menajahtwa, HWA, and Bone Thugs n Harmony.

In 1995 Eazy-E died suddenly and the label was in disarray. Yella remained to piece together Eazy's final album however struggled to track down all the material Eazy had recorded with various producers.

In 1996 he released the One Mo Nigga Ta Go album on Street Life, that featured several members of the old Ruthless family rapping over his productions.

After this release he disappeared from the music scene, only to resurface years later as a director of pornographic movies. While for the most part he does not appear to be interested in returning to music, he did reunite with former N.W.A. member MC Ren for a song called Bangin on the soundtrack to one of his sex movies. At VH1 Hip Hop Honors, Yella performed along side Lil Eazy-E in a tribute to Eazy-E.

1 Trivia
2 Discography
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Trivia

When the N.W.A. reunion talks were occurring around 2000 and a couple of songs were recorded, Yella was not invited to participate, and did not feature on Chin Check or Hello.

Yella joined the Rollin' 101 Crips in 1986 after already being known in the World Class Wreckin Cru'.

In 1998, he DJed for the N.W.A. reunion at a live concert but did not participate any further than that.

He also debuted as a rapper in 2000 by recording a mix tape with Dr. Dre and MC Ren called Tha Kidd 5000.

He changed his name to Tha Kidd 5000 in 1997.

In 1983, he helped Dr. Dre create one of the best music production companies to this day, High Powered Productions. The company was abandoned by Dr. Dre after he left Death Row Records and in turn Dre replaced it with "Ain't Nothin Goin' On but Fuckin' Music Productions" and replaced that with High on Life Productions