Vintage_Black on Instagram: "Happy Birthday to Pioneering Gangsta Rap Architect, DJ Yella! Antoine Carraby, known as DJ Yella, was born December 11, 1967 (some sources say 1961), in Compton, CA, where he grew up on funk music and learned drums. As a teen, he DJed at local LA clubs, including Eve After Dark, where he met Dr. Dre. Inspired by watching Run-DMC perform with just a DJ and turntables, they recorded their first demo, “Surgery,” in the club’s back room four-track studio, selling 50,000