DJ Yella

DJ Yella
Birth name	Antoine Carraby
Also known as	Yella
Born	(1967-12-11) December 11, 1967
Origin	Compton, California, United States of America
Genres	Hip Hop
Occupation(s)	DJ, producer, director
Instruments	Vocals, music producer, drums
Years active	1984–1996, 2011–present
Labels	Ruthless
Associated acts	World Class Wreckin' Cru N.W.A Bone Thugs-N-Harmony The D.O.C. J.J. Fad Michel'le Kokane Arabian Prince

Antoine Carraby (born December 11, 1967), better known by his stage name DJ Yella, is an American DJ, music producer, and adult film director from Compton, California. 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 (composed of DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, Arabian Prince, and Eazy-E).

Career

Along with Dre, Yella produced Eazy-E's debut album Eazy-Duz-It and all three N.W.A albums, translating into millions of sales. He co-produced along with Arabian Prince the platinum-selling debut albums of J.J. Fad and Michel'le with Dre and contributed to The D.O.C.'s 1989 album No One Can Do It Better (also produced by Dre). Jerry Heller witnessed Dre and Yella's work together and wrote in 2006 of an almost eerie understanding between the pair, as they crafted high quality beats and productions with almost no words or full sentences needing to be spoken.

Yella remained close to Eazy and stayed on production duties at Ruthless Records after the acrimonious breakup of N.W.A. He produced J.J. Fad's second album Not Just a Fad (1990), Yomo & Maulkie's album Are U Xperienced? (1991), two tracks from Eazy-E's It's On (Dr. Dre) 187^um Killa (1993), the gold-selling hit single Foe tha Love of $ from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's Creepin on ah Come Up E.P., Menajahtwa's album Cha-licious, and tracks from H.W.A.'s Az Much Ass Azz U Want E.P. (all three from 1994), and oversaw Eazy's final album in 1995 after his sudden AIDS-related death. Yella released his 1996 debut solo album One Mo Nigga ta Go on Street Life Records, featuring members of the Ruthless 'family tree' like Kokane, B.G. Knocc Out, & Dresta, rhyming over his productions.

After this record he retired from music to embark on a long and successful 12-year career directing and producing pornographic films. Yella has credited himself with producing over 300 adult films.

As of November 26, 2011, Yella has returned to the music industry and has released a new album, entitled West Coastin', which was released in the summer of 2012.

Discography

Album information
One Mo Nigga ta Go Released: March 26, 1996 Chart positions: #82 US, #23 Top R&B/Hip Hop RIAA certification: Gold
West Coastin' TBA

Selected works

Year	Artist	Album	Role	Tracks
1984	Yella	"Slice"/"Kru Groove"	Performer	Both songs
1985	World Class Wreckin' Cru	World Class	Vocals, Drum Programming	Entire EP
1986	World Class Wreckin' Cru	Rapped in Romance	Vocals	Entire album
1988	Eazy-E	Eazy-Duz-It	Producer	Entire album
1988	J.J. Fad	Supersonic	Producer, Mixing, Backing Vocals	Entire album
1988	N.W.A	Straight Outta Compton	Producer	Entire album
1989	The D.O.C.	No One Can Do It Better	Drums	"Comm. Blues", "Comm. 2" and "The Grand Finalé"
1989	Michel'le	Michel'le	Mixing	Entire album
1990	N.W.A	100 Miles and Runnin'	Producer	Entire EP
1990	J.J. Fad	Not Just a Fad	Producer	Entire album
1991	N.W.A	Niggaz4Life	Producer, Co-Writer	Entire album; co-wrote "Real Niggaz Don't Die", "Real Niggaz", "She Swallowed It", "I'd Rather Fuck You" and "Approach to Danger"
1991	Yomo & Maulkie	Are U Xperienced?	Producer	Entire album
1993	Eazy-E	It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa	Producer, Co-Writer	"Still a Nigga" and "Gimmie That Nutt" (co-wrote both songs)
1994	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	Creepin on ah Come Up	Producer	"Intro", "Foe tha Love of $ and "Moe Cheese"
1994	Menajahtwa	Cha-licious	Both producer and executive producer	Entire album
1994	H.W.A.	Az Much Ass Azz U Want	Producer	"High Timez"
1995	Eazy-E	Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton	Producer	"First Power", "Ole School Shit", "Sippin on a 40", "Tha Muthaphukkin Real", "Lickin, Suckin, Phuckin", "Creep N Crawl", "Gangsta Beat 4 tha Street" and "Eternal E"
1996	Yella	One Mo Nigga ta Go	Both producer and executive producer	Entire album

External links

• DJ Yella at the Internet Movie Database