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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: * father – African-American * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
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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