Jayo Felony

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Jayo Felony
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Jayo Felony performing in 2019
Background information
Birth nameB. James Savage
Born (1969-12-31) December 31, 1969 (age 54) [1]
Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Origin San Diego, California, U.S.
Genres Hip hop
OccupationRapper
Years active1994–present
Labels

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

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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

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References

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  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, January 3, 2013, 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
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