DJ Yella

ABOUT DJ YELLA

Music producer and DJ best known for co-producing all three albums by legendary Southern California gangster rap crew NWA as well as Eazy-E 's debut album Eazy-Duz-It. He later became a successful director and producer of adult films.

He DJ'd in local Los Angeles clubs as a teenager and produced one of West Coast hip-hop's earliest releases, World Class Wreckin' Cru's World Class, in 1985.

He was the only member of NWA to attend the funeral of Eazy-E, who passed away from AIDS-related causes in 1995.

His birth name is Antoine Carraby. He never married nor does he have any children.

He had a long and successful musical partnership with NWA's Dr. Dre .