Jazzy Jay (b. John Byas in Beaufort, South Carolina, November 18, 1961), also known as The Original Jazzy Jay or DJ Jazzy Jay, is a pioneering American hip hop DJ and producer.

In 2000, Jazzy Jay was inducted into the Technics/DMC DJ Hall of Fame. He sometimes performs together with another hip hop pioneer, Grand Wizard Theodore.

He is also interviewed extensively in the 2003 hip hop documentary 5 Sides of a Coin.

He lives with his wife and three children in Brooklyn, New York. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.