Jeffrey Fortson (born September 27, 1966), better known by their stage name Def Jef, is an American alternative hip hop musician and rapper of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Harlem, New York City.
His debut album was 1989's Just a Poet with a Soul, which won critical acclaim for sociopolitical lyrics and original beats.
After his second album, Soul Food, was released, Def Jef moved into production full-time.
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|En La Casa
|Mellow Man Ace
|Escape from Havana
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|1991
|Mean Green
|Tone-Loc
|Cool Hand Lōc
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|1992
|Good Things Don't Last; Let It Move You; Forward Bound; Best in Me
|The Poetess
|Simply Poetry
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| rowspan="3" |1993
|Deeper; Process of Elimination; 1800 Bodies
|Boss
|Born Gangster
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|I Know I Got Skillz; I ate to Brag
| rowspan="2" |Shaquille O'Neal, Def Jef
|Shaq Diesel
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|I Know I Got Skillz Remix
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| rowspan="5" |1994
|The Right Kinda Lover (Def Jef Remix)
|Patti LaBelle
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|Life's a Bitch (Arsenal Mix)
|Nas, AZ
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|Out of Control
|Wells
|NBA Jam Session
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|Cherish This Love; Don't Let Me Catch You Slippin'
|Brigette McWilliams
|Take Advantage of Me
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|Shaq-Fu: Stand and Deliver
|Shaq
|Shaq Fu: Da Return
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| rowspan="2" |1996
|80 Ways
|Def Jef
|Phat Beach (soundtrack)
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|"Gee, Officer Krupke"
|Salt-n-Pepa, Left Eye, Jerky Boyz
|The Songs of West Side Story
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| rowspan="2" |1997
|"I'm Loosin' It"
|2Pac, Big Skye
|R U Still Down?
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|Under Pressure
|Nadanuf
|Worldwide
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|1999
|Betta Dayz
|Snoop Dogg
|No Limit Top Dogg
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|2000
|Tha Eastsidaz
| rowspan="2" |Tha Eastsidaz
|Snoop Dogg Presents: Tha Eastsidaz
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| rowspan="3" |2001
|Late Night
|Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way
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|Shackled Up
| rowspan="2" |Krayzie Bone
|Oz (soundtrack)
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|A Thugga Level; I Don't Give a Fuck
|Thug on da Line
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