Johnny "J"

Johnny "J"
Birth name	Johnny Lee Jackson
Born	28 August 1969 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Died	3 October 2008 (aged 39) Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Record producer, rapper
Years active	1989-2008
Label	Shade Tree (1994) Solar (1994)
Associated acts	2Pac, Big Syke, Candyman, MC Hammer, Napoleon, Outlawz, Thug Life

Johnny Lee Jackson (28 August 1969 - 3 October 2008), known better by his stage name Johnny "J", was an American record producer and rapper. Jackson was born in Juárez, Mexico, and was raised in South Central Los Angeles. He is best known for his production work on Tupac Shakur's albums All Eyez on Me and Me Against the World, as well as many of Shakur's posthumous albums.

In 2008, Jackson was arrested for driving while intoxicated, and was sentenced to three years in prison. On 3 October 2008, while serving his sentence at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, he allegedly jumped off an upper tier of the prison in an apparent suicide. Jackson was found unconscious minutes later, and was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Discography

• 1994: I Gotta Be Me