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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)
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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mrsean20 wrote:
amazing!
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JustAKayee wrote:
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.
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sjm26b wrote:
underrated
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tom_dissonance wrote:
also yes U & Me is great
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tom_dissonance wrote:
JustAKayee: totally. can you imagine if there was only one male rapper you were "allowed" to like? smh.
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gendervariant wrote:
I had an orgasm when I heard the horns.
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thebigbeatdown wrote:
New leak from Jean here : http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2012/01/01/jean-grae-umeeveryoneweknow-prod-m-phazes/ #dope
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nistelki wrote:
murk shit
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gendervariant wrote:
The year is almost over and still no album, I'm pseudo depressed.
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JustAKayee wrote:
Please try not to tell me to 'calm my tits dude', lol.
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gendervariant wrote:
where is the album?! [2]
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gendervariant wrote:
vvvv calm yo tits dude! No one is comparing the two, we just want more Jean Grizzys and less Nickis.
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JustAKayee wrote:
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.
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mrsean20 wrote:
where is the album?! mixtape is sooo good!
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TwoRoadsDiverge wrote:
Stop comparing her to Nicki. Let them do their own things, bros.
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samhax3 wrote:
A shame that female MCs like this go unnoticed while disgraces like Nicki Minaj are in the limelight.
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gendervariant wrote:
I love her humor, it makes me admire her more as an artist. I can't wait until Cake or Death releases.
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jamesaka2 wrote:
SCRABBLE BEOTCH. [2] She's one of the few Mcs than can tell jokes/funny stories that work.
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mixedresults wrote:
Marzipan is delicious. Best mixtape of the year so far [3]
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gendervariant wrote:
best mixtape of the year so far imo[2]
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