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Jayo Felony

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

Jayo Felony

(1969-12-31) December 31, 1969[1]
Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.

Rapper

1994–present

Career[edit]

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]

(1995)

Take a Ride

(1998)

Whatcha Gonna Do?

Underground (1999)

(2001)

Crip Hop

We on on Purpose (2011)

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James Savage (2019)

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