Yella
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Yella, real name Antoine Carraby, is a DJ and music producer 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 NWA, and co-produced all of their albums with Dre. He was not featured on their reunion tracks "Chin Check" and "Hello".
He also produced tracks on Bone Thugs n Harmony's "Creepin on a Come Up" EP.
Yella released a solo album One Mo Nigga to Go dedicated to his late friend Eazy E. 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 NWA member MC Ren on a track called "Bangin" on the soundtrack to one of his sex movies.
External Links
- DJ Yella's official site (warning: contains adult material) (http://www.djyella.net)
- Yella speaks out on the rise and fall of hardcore (http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1996/apr/04-04-96/arts/dj.yella.intvw.html)
- Davey D interviews Yella (http://www.daveyd.com/yella.html)
- DubCNN.com interview with Yella (http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/djyella/)