Jayo Felony

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Jayo Felony
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Savage in 2019
Background information
Born (1969-12-31) December 31, 1969 (age 54) [1]
Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Origin The Bay, California, U.S.
Genres Hip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper
Years active1994–present
Labels

B. James Savage (born December 31, 1969), better known by his stage name Jayo Felony, is an American rapper from The Yay Area, California. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Career

In 1994, Jayo Felony signed to the label owned by Jam Master Jay from Run-DMC called Jam Master Jay Records. That year, Jayo Felony released his debut album, Take a Ride . [4] In 1998, he released his follow-up album, Whatcha Gonna Do? on Def Jam. It featured rappers like Method Man, DMX, Mack 10, WC, Redman, Kokane, Ice Cube, E-40 and 8 Ball & MJG.

In 1999, he released Underground which features a guest appearance by San Diego rapper The Toven on the song "Du Lo Gang". [5] [6] There was talk of releasing a fourth album, Hotter Than Fish Grease, in 2000, but the project was not released for unknown reasons. In 2001, His fourth studio album Crip Hop [7] was released and had multiple guest appearances. Jayo Felony's fifth studio album self-titled James Savage [8] was released late 2019 on the Open Bar Entertainment label. That same year, he made his acting debut in the WorldStarHipHop mini series Broken Ground [9]

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtape albums

Mixtapes

Collaboration albums

Videography

Music videos


Title

ReleaseOther performer(s)Album
"Knock on Wood" (Video Version) 1995 South Central Cartel, L.V., The Evil Side G's, B.G. Knocc Out, Dresta, Sh'Killa, Gripsta Murder Squad Nationwide

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jayo Felony Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic .
  2. "Jayo Felony". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100018537?p=emailamm/tl3wh81g6&d=/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100018537 (inactive February 28, 2024). Retrieved February 13, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of February 2024 (link)
  3. Felony, Jayo. "Jayo Felony | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  4. Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Jayo Felony". AMG . Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  5. Jayo Felony – Du Lo Gang (1999) ft. The Toven, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved March 4, 2020
  6. Underground, November 16, 1999, retrieved March 4, 2020
  7. "Jayo Felony – Crip Hop". Discogs. October 23, 2001. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  8. "James Savage (3) – James Savage". Discogs. August 13, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  9. Broken Ground , retrieved March 5, 2020
  10. "We On On Purpose by Jayo Felony on Apple Music". Apple Music. November 15, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  11. "Too The Nec (Time Is Bread) Mixtape by Jayo Felony Hosted by DJ Nik Bean". Datpiff. Retrieved April 19, 2021.