Yella

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Yella is the stage name of Antoine Carraby (born December 11, 1967), a DJ, music producer, and film director 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 N.W.A., and co-produced all of their albums with Dre. However, Yella was not featured on their reunion tracks "Chin Check" and "Hello".

He also produced tracks on Bone Thugs n Harmony's Creepin on ah Come Up EP.

Yella released a solo album One Mo Nigga Ta Go dedicated to his late friend and colleague 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 N.W.A. member MC Ren for a song called "Bangin" on the soundtrack to one of his sex movies.

External links

• DJ Yella's official site (warning: contains adult material)
• Yella speaks out on the rise and fall of hardcore
• Davey D interviews Yella
• DubCNN.com interview with Yella