# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/illa-j
# Generated: 2026-08-20T21:44:53.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/illa-j"
name: "Illa J"
slug: "illa-j"
description: "John Derek Yancey, better known by his stage name Illa J, is an American rapper, singer, record producer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan who has released two albums on Delicious Vinyl Records. He is the younger brother of the late hip hop producer, and rapper J Dilla, and a former member of hip hop group Slum Village. He also released a collaborative album as Yancey Boys along with Frank Nitt. Illa J's second solo album ILLA J came out via the Brooklyn-based record label, Bastard Jazz."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Illa_J_03.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1986-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.29
  momentum:             1.217391304347826
  historical:           4.441796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/illaj"
    handle:    "illaj"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/illajmusic"
    handle:    "illajmusic"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87"
    title: "ايلا جيه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_J"
    title: "Illa J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_J"
    title: "Illa J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cd8311c0-71b4-463b-aeff-dc84683c46be"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1021038"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16231332"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations