DJ Yella's Birth Card: The 7 of Clubs

In the record

Antoine Carraby (born December 11, 1961), better known by his stage name DJ Yella, is an American DJ, record producer, and former pornographic film producer and director from Compton, California. The birth-card coordinate for December 11 is the 7 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2016 Performers with N.W.A induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2016 Performers — inducted member of N.W.A

The 7 of Clubs coordinate

DJ Yella's birthday maps to the 7 of Clubs (The Analytical Creator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote and not a verdict on DJ Yella. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You take a claim apart until the usable piece is left, then you use it.

Live 7 of Clubs meaning page

DJ Yella in the public record

DJ Yella began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru along with Dr. Dre. He later joined the pioneering gangsta rap group N.W.A (originally composed of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Arabian Prince and Eazy-E) and became the least vocal but longest-lasting member of the group. His first and only studio album One Mo Nigga ta Go was released in 1996 through Street Life Records and was dedicated to Eazy-E. After the release of the album he left the music industry to direct pornographic films until 2011, when he started working on a new album called West Coastin. However, as of 2026, the album remains unreleased. Antoine Carraby was born in Compton, California, on December 11, 1961, and raised in Los Angeles.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article DJ Yella (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the Jack of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about DJ Yella, and not a forecast of induction.

You name what is actually happening and you remain after you have said it. You have the gift of saying what needs to be said, even when it's hard. You're the one who speaks up when others stay silent.

Yella remained close to Eazy and stayed on production duties at Ruthless Records after the acrimonious breakup of N.W.A.

Paired on shared wording: remained, stayed.

Also on the record

1. The second youngest of nine children, Carraby grew up poor and considered himself something of a loner.
2. His parents divorced when he was four years old, and he lived primarily with his mother.
3. He was passionate about music from a young age.
4. He grew up listening to funk music and learned to play the drums.

Other inductees with this card

• Ace Frehley — 2014 Performers with Kiss
• Brenda Lee — 2002 Performers
• Cat Stevens — 2014 Performers
• Ginger Baker — 1993 Performers with Cream
• Howie Epstein — 2002 Performers with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Ian Gillan — 2016 Performers with Deep Purple
• Jermaine Jackson — 1997 Performers with The Jackson 5
• John Deacon — 2001 Performers with Queen
• Robert Hunter — 1994 Performers with The Grateful Dead
• Tito Jackson — 1997 Performers with The Jackson 5

FAQ

What is DJ Yella's birth card?

The 7 of Clubs. December 11 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Rock Hall induction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do DJ Yella's dates come from?

Birth date 1961-12-11 is the day-precision date on DJ Yella's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Inductee identity comes from the Wikipedia Performers list, which cites RockHall.com. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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