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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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  • screamingfieIds

    unfuckintouchable

    Wednesday evening

  • mrsean20

    amazing!

    14 days ago

  • 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.

    last month

  • sjm26b

    underrated

    last month

  • tom_dissonance

    also yes U & Me is great

    last month

  • tom_dissonance

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

    last month

  • gendervariant

    I had an orgasm when I heard the horns.

    last month

  • thebigbeatdown

    New leak from Jean here : http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2012/01/01/jean-grae-umeeveryoneweknow-prod-m-phazes/ #dope

    last month

  • nistelki

    murk shit

    December 2011

  • gendervariant

    The year is almost over and still no album, I'm pseudo depressed.

    December 2011

  • JustAKayee

    Please try not to tell me to 'calm my tits dude', lol.

    November 2011

  • gendervariant

    where is the album?! [2]

    November 2011

  • gendervariant

    vvvv calm yo tits dude! No one is comparing the two, we just want more Jean Grizzys and less Nickis.

    November 2011

  • JustAKayee

    They're different artists, i don't get why every single female artist irrespective of genre have to always be pitted against each other. There's room for everybody, it's OKAY if those who are 'current' have taken inspiration from people like Jean Grae, everyone was inspired by someone who came before, nobody invented any sort of shit so just let Nicki be.

    October 2011

  • mrsean20

    where is the album?! mixtape is sooo good!

    October 2011

  • TwoRoadsDiverge

    Stop comparing her to Nicki. Let them do their own things, bros.

    October 2011

  • samhax3

    A shame that female MCs like this go unnoticed while disgraces like Nicki Minaj are in the limelight.

    September 2011

  • gendervariant

    I love her humor, it makes me admire her more as an artist. I can't wait until Cake or Death releases.

    September 2011

  • jamesaka2

    SCRABBLE BEOTCH. [2] She's one of the few Mcs than can tell jokes/funny stories that work.

    August 2011

  • mixedresults

    Marzipan is delicious. Best mixtape of the year so far [3]

    August 2011
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