Jayo Felony

Jayo Felony
Jayo Felony performing in 2019
Background information
Birth name	B. James Savage
Born	(1969-12-31) December 31, 1969 (age 55)[1] Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Origin	San Diego, California, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Def Jam JMJ Open Bar American

B. James Savage (born December 31, 1969), better known by his stage name Jayo Felony, is an American rapper from San Diego, California.[2][3][4][5]

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.[6] 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".[7][8] 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[9] was released and had multiple guest appearances. Jayo Felony's fifth studio album self-titled James Savage[10] 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.[11]

Discography

Main article: Jayo Felony discography

Studio albums

• Take a Ride (1995)
• Whatcha Gonna Do? (1998)
• Underground (1999)
• Crip Hop (2001)
• We on on Purpose (2011)[12]
• James Savage (2019)

Mixtape albums

• Hoodinvasion (2020)
• In the Trenches (2020)

Mixtapes

• Too the Nec Time Is Bread (2007)[13]

Collaboration albums

• Criminal Activity with Criminalz (2001)
• Criminal Intent with Spice 1 (2007)

References

1. "Jayo Felony Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
2. "Jayo Felony". Oxford Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
3. Felony, Jayo. "Jayo Felony | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
4. "Jayo Felony Returns With Supergroup". NBC 7 San Diego. May 2, 2011 [May 2, 2011]. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
5. Island, Coronado Eagle & Journal | Coronado News | Coronado Island (January 2, 2025). "Local Events". Coronado Eagle & Journal | Coronado News | Coronado Island News. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
6. Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Jayo Felony". AMG. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
7. Jayo Felony – Du Lo Gang (1999) ft. The Toven, January 3, 2013, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved March 4, 2020
8. Underground, November 16, 1999, retrieved March 4, 2020
9. "Jayo Felony – Crip Hop". Discogs. October 23, 2001. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
10. "James Savage (3) – James Savage". Discogs. August 13, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
11. Broken Ground, retrieved March 5, 2020
12. "We On On Purpose by Jayo Felony on Apple Music". Apple Music. November 15, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
13. "Too The Nec (Time Is Bread) Mixtape by Jayo Felony Hosted by DJ Nik Bean". Datpiff. Retrieved April 19, 2021.

External links

• Media related to James Savage (rapper) at Wikimedia Commons