Def Jef is the stage name of Jeffrey Fortson[1] (born September 27, 1970), an American alternative hip hop musician and rapper of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
His debut album was 1989's Just a Poet with a Soul,[2] which won critical acclaim for sociopolitical lyrics and original beats.
[3] After his second album, Soul Food, was released, Def Jef moved into production full-time.
[1] 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.
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