DEF JEF

2  YO! MTV RAPS CARDS

1991 USA 1^st Edition

35 YEARS OLD

(Card Size: 3.5x2.5 in / 9x6.5 cm)

 

Def Jef (b. Jeffrey Fortson Sep 27, 1970) is an American alternative hip hop musician & rapper of the late ‘80s-early ‘90s. His debut album Just a Poet with a Soul (’89), won critical acclaim for sociopolitical lyrics & original beats. He was also a member of the West Coast Rap All-Stars, a collaboration of West Coast-based hip hop artists who released the anti-violence single We're All in the Same Gang (’90). After 2^nd album Soul Food (’91), Def Jef moved into production full-time. Since the ‘90s, he has produced, written, arranged & remixed artists including Nas, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Kimberley Locke, Maxwell, Avant, & Tupac Shakur.

 

Discography

1989: Just a Poet with Soul

1990: We're All in the Same Gang (West Coast Rap All-Stars single)

1991: Soul Food