Jayo Felony

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]

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	1990–present
Labels	Def Jam Records JMJ Open Bar American

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)