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DJ Jazzy Jeff

American DJ and music producer (born 1965)
Person Human Q553846

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
January 22, 1965
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
club DJ, disc jockey, actor, television actor, record producer, composer, musician[10][11]
Educated at
John Bartram High School[12]
Genre
hip-hop[15]
Official website
www.djjazzyjeff.com, djjazzyjeff.com[20][21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Birth name
Jeffrey Allen Townes (culito fresco)[25]
Different from
MC Jazzy Jeff[27]
Family name
Townes[16]
Given name
Jeffrey[17]
Member of
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince[13]
Name in native language
DJ Jazzy Jeff[26]
Native language
English[9]
Partner in business or sport
Will Smith, Ready Rock C[22][23]
Pseudonym
DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jazzy Jeff[18][19]
Social media followers
124k (102k–203k, n=7)
Start of work period
1985[28]
Writing language
English[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en DJ Jazzy Jeff en Jeffrey Allen Townes cs Jazzy Jeff cs Jeffrey A. Townes de Jeffrey Townes de Jazzy Jeff de Jeff Townes es Jeffrey Allen Townes es Jazzy Jeff es Jeffrey A Townes es Jeffrey A. Townes es Jeff Townes fr Jazzy Jeff fr Jeff Townes he די ג'יי ג'אזי ג'ף it Jeff Townes ja ジャジー・ジェフ ko 디제이 재지 제프 ko 재지 제프 ko D. J. 재지 제프
🔖 Identifiers · 63
ISNI
0000000081701044
VIAF cluster ID
100925099
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n92044999
GND ID
135300533
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dj jazzy jeff-02.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID
dj_jazzy_jeff
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000550591
Apple Music artist ID
1636776
BBC Things ID
24fbbecc-c40a-4d39-9909-1a0982b891fb
Bandcamp profile ID
djjazzyjeff215, djjazzyjeff
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139878209
CineMagia person ID
13920
Show all 63 identifiers +51
Deezer artist ID
10490
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135300533
Discogs artist ID
59176, 49610
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Jeffrey-Townes
FAST ID
303177
Facebook username
djjazzyjeff
Film.ru person ID
dj-jazzy-jeff
Filmow ID
a382329
Freebase ID
/m/01vsdgg
HAND ID
CCF4-77B1-163E-0907-3F06
IMDb ID
nm0870039
IdRef ID
160197503
Instagram username
djjazzyjeff
Jaxsta profile ID
6ea5608b-6b22-4145-b6cf-cc901f287486
KANTO ID
000209212
Kinobox person ID
914390
Mixcloud ID
DJJazzyJeff
MusicBrainz artist ID
91ad641b-3b6f-4220-8352-f3f5f909d4e0
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
14448
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000019689
NL CR AUT ID
xx0071836
NNDB people ID
941/000025866
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4869415
National Library of Wales Authority ID
towns-jeff
Obálky knih ID
xx0071836
Official Charts artist ID
12215
Pitchfork artist ID
6481-dj-jazzy-jeff
Plex person key
5d776c6b7a53e9001e7425e4
Podchaser creator ID
107a4S3Lsc
Quora topic ID
DJ-Jazzy-Jeff
Radio France person ID
dj-jazzy-jeff
Rate Your Music artist ID
dj_jazzy_jeff
SNAC ARK ID
w6mt9q9t
SNARC ID
Phobaeticus serratipes
SecondHandSongs artist ID
1849
Songkick artist ID
405698
SoundCloud ID
djjazzyjeff
Spotify artist ID
3nmiIgeri4vEY7y0VpbsCn
TMDB person ID
1227697
TheTVDB person ID
7960489
Threads username
djjazzyjeff
Tidal artist ID
3519246
Topic's main category
Category:DJ Jazzy Jeff
Trading Card Database name ID
73959
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10574306
WhoSampled artist ID
DJ-Jazzy-Jeff
Wikisimpsons article ID
101035
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdCpj6FMKWThVqQfjVjYP
X (Twitter) username
djjazzyjeff215
YouTube channel ID
UCfh178OGzjt-rkuy0wThK4Q
ČSFD person ID
268230

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🔗 Connections
Mb:writer 8
A Nightmare on My Street, A Nightmare on My Street, Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble, Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble, Parents Just Don't Understand, Parents Just Don't Understand, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Occupation 5
actor, composer, disc jockey, record producer, television actor
Mb:performer of 3
Hip-Hop Forever III, The Magnificent, The Return of the Magnificent
Mb:composer 2
Deep, Deep Trouble, Deep, Deep Trouble
Belongs to 1
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
hip-hop
Given name 1
Jeffrey
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:instrumental supporting musician 1
Will Smith
Mb:member of band 1
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Native language 1
English
Part of 1
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Partner in business or sport 1
Will Smith
Place of birth 1
Philadelphia
SNARC ID 1
Phobaeticus serratipes
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
← Partner in business or sport 1
Will Smith
← Producer 1
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Summary

DJ Jazzy Jeff was born on January 22, 1965[1], in Philadelphia[2]. He has worked as a club DJ[3], disc jockey[4], actor[5], television actor[6], and record producer[7].

FAQs

Where was DJ Jazzy Jeff born?

DJ Jazzy Jeff's place of birth was Philadelphia[2].

What did DJ Jazzy Jeff do for work?

DJ Jazzy Jeff worked as a club DJ[3], disc jockey[4], actor[5], television actor[6], and record producer[7].

Where did DJ Jazzy Jeff go to school?

DJ Jazzy Jeff was educated at John Bartram High School[12].

Related Entities

United States Will Smith

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  11. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ~2026-60025-04 · 2026-11-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Birth name → Jeffrey Allen Townes (culito fresco)
    "Changed claim: Birth name: Jeffrey Allen Townes (culito fresco)"
  2. 11d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 10490
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  3. 11d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 3519246
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  4. 5w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article ID → 101035
    "Created claim: Wikisimpsons article ID: 101035, Matched to DJ Jazzy Jeff (#296182700) in Wikisimpsons #mi"
  5. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → club DJ, disc jockey, actor +1
    Official website → http://www.djjazzyjeff.com, https://djjazzyjeff.com/
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32117: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"
  6. 26w ago · Hannolans · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → John Bartram High School
    Occupation → club DJ, disc jockey, actor +1
    Different from → MC Jazzy Jeff
    Writing language → English
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Partner in business or sport: Ready Rock C, Add person works together with based on a partnership"
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