Def Jef

Def Jef is the stage name of Jeffrey Fortson<ref name="LarkinDM">Template:Cite book</ref> (born September 27, 1970), an American alternative hip hop musician and rapper of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Harlem, New York City.

His debut album was 1989's Just a Poet with a Soul,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which won critical acclaim for sociopolitical lyrics and original beats.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> Additionally, he was 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" in 1990. He performed on the television variety show In Living Color in 1990.<ref name="imdb Def Jef">[https://www.imdb.com/{{#if: 0420101

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After his second album, Soul Food, was released, Def Jef moved into production full-time.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> Since the 1990s, he has produced, written, arranged and remixed artists including Nas, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Kimberley Locke, Maxwell, Avant, Tupac Shakur, and Shaquille O'Neal. He has worked with Krayzie Bone and Thugline Records.

He produced the theme songs for the Disney sitcom That's So Raven and The Game.

Def Jef also appeared in the feature film Deep Cover in 1992.<ref name="LarkinDM"/>

Discography

• 1989: Just a Poet with Soul
• 1990: "We're All in the Same Gang" (single) (as part of the West Coast Rap All-Stars)
• 1991: Soul Food

Production Credits

Year	Song	Artist	Album
1989	Hi Powered	Body & Soul	Template:Non-album single<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	En La Casa	Mellow Man Ace	Escape from Havana
1991	Mean Green	Tone-Loc	Cool Hand Lōc
1992	Good Things Don't Last; Let It Move You; Forward Bound; Best in Me	The Poetess	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1993	Deeper; Process of Elimination; 1800 Bodies	Boss	Born Gangster
	I Know I Got Skillz; I ate to Brag	Shaquille O'Neal, Def Jef	Shaq Diesel
	I Know I Got Skillz Remix		Template:Non-album single<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994	The Right Kinda Lover (Def Jef Remix)	Patti LaBelle	Template:Non-album single
	Life's a Bitch (Arsenal Mix)	Nas, AZ	Template:Non-album single
	Out of Control	Wells	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Cherish This Love; DOn't Let Me Catch You Slippin'	Brigette McWilliams	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Shaq-Fu: Stand and Deliver	Shaq	Shaq Fu: Da Return<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1996	80 Ways	Def Jef	Phat Beach (soundtrack)
1997	Under Pressure	Nadanuf	Worldwide
1999	Betta Dayz	Snoop Dogg	No Limit Top Dogg
2000	Tha Eastsidaz	Tha Eastsidaz	Snoop Dogg Presents: Tha Eastsidaz
2001	Late Night		Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way
	Shackled Up	Krayzie Bone	Oz (soundtrack)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	A THugga Level; I Don't Give a Fuck		Thug on da Line

External links

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