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Jean Grae (real name Tsidi Ibrahim, also known as What? What? & Da Easter Bunny, born November 27, 1976) is a hip hop artist from New York.

Born in Cape Town, South Africa on November 26, 1976, the daughter of South African jazz musicians (her father and mother are the celebrated musicians Sathima Bea Benjamin and Abdullah Ibrahim), she studied Vocal Performance at the LaGuardia School of Music & Art before majoring in Music Business at New York University. She also did some modelling during her teen years.

Ibrahim initially worked under the names Major Woody & Da Easter Bunny because she thought it would be funny to hear those names announced at shows. After working with groups including Ground Zero, she joined a hip hop music group called Natural Resource in the mid-1990s, along with rapper Ocean. In 1996 they released a pair of 12-inch singles called Negro League Baseball b/w “Bum Deal” b/w “They Lied,” and “Bum Deal(remix)” b/w “They Lied(remix)” b/w “I Love This World” on their own label Makin’ Records. She also appeared on singles by fellow Makin’ Records artists Pumpkinhead and Bad Seed, and on the O.B.S. (Original Blunted Soldiers) double 12-inch single alongside crew members Pumpkinhead, Bad Seed, and Meat-pie, and produced much of the material released on the label under the pseudonym Run Run Shaw. During this period she established strong ties with the Brooklyn Academy crew, with which she would appear throughout her career.

Solo career (1998-2004)
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  • PowerToDaPeople

    greatest person on Twitter :)

    last month
  • mrsean20

    where is the album?

    March 2012
  • screamingfieIds

    unfuckintouchable

    February 2012
  • mrsean20

    amazing!

    February 2012
  • JustAKayee

    I'm glad someone agrees, tom_dissonance. =) We shouldn't treat them differently 'cause they're female rappers. It's a big game, everyone can play.

    January 2012
  • sjm26b

    underrated

    January 2012
  • tom_dissonance

    also yes U & Me is great

    January 2012
  • tom_dissonance

    JustAKayee: totally. can you imagine if there was only one male rapper you were "allowed" to like? smh.

    January 2012
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