Happy Birthday Philly: January 22

DJ Jazzy Jeff (born Jeffrey A. Townes on January 22, 1965 in Philadelphia, PA) is a DJ/ turntablist (great word) and hip hop producer. He is best known for his early career with Will Smith as half of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. Together, the duo had several gold and platinum-selling albums, earning them the first rap Grammy ever presented in 1989 for Parents Just Dont Understand. When Smith branched out into television with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Jazzy Jeff played the popular "Jazz". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff

But he will probably be most remembered in Philly for coming back to reunite with the Fresh Prince during Live 8, and then famously doing the only song anyone really would care to hear from them again, the theme song to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air...classic Philly moment

His work includes the classic song, Deep Deep Trouble, by Bart Simpson on The Simpsons Sing the Blues. I am happy to inform everyone that I owned that album, in tape form if I remember correctly.