DJ Drama

Publish date: 2024-06-06
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DJ Drama in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Tyree Cinque Simmons

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 22, 1978

Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

DJ Drama is an American disc jockey, record executive, and music promoter. He was being T.I’s official DJ. He co-founded Atlanta-based hip hop collective the Aphilliates, and Atlantic Records imprint Generation Now.

He was born to Dina Portnoy, an English teacher, and Michael Simmons. His father is African-American and his mother is of Russian Jewish descent. He was raised mostly in Germantown, Philadelphia.

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