James Savage (born December 18, 1969), better known by his

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Jayo Felony, is an American

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from

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Career

In 1994 Jayo Felony was signed to the label owned by

Jam Master Jay Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-DMC became one of the big ...

from RUN DMC called

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. That year, Jayo Felony released his debut album, ''

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''. In 1998, he released his follow-up album, '' Whatcha Gonna Do?'' on

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. It featured rappers like

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, DMX,

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, WC, Redman,

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and

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. In 1999, he released ''

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'' which features a guest appearance by San Diego rapper The Toven on the song "Du Lo Gang''"''. 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'' was released and had multiple guest appearances. Jayo Felony's fifth studio album self-titled
James Savage
' was released late 2019 on the Open Bar Entertainment label. That same year, he made his acting debut in the

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mini series
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Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (1995) * '' Whatcha Gonna Do?'' (1998) * ''Underground'' (1999) * '' Crip Hop'' (2001) * ''We on on Purpose'' (2011) *'' James Savage ''(2019)

Mixtape albums

*'' Hoodinvasion'' (2020) *'' In the Trenches'' (2020)

Mixtapes

*'' Too the Nec Time Is Bread'' (2007)

Collaboration albums

*''

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'' with Criminalz (2001) * ''Criminal Intent'' with Spice 1 (2007)

External links

References

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