Jean Grae rose in the underground hip hop scene in New York City and has built an international fanbase.
17 Facts About Jean Grae
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Jean Grae was born Tsidi Ibrahim, in Cape Town, South Africa on November 26,1976.
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The child of South African jazz musicians Sathima Bea Benjamin and Abdullah Ibrahim, Jean Grae was raised in New York City, where the family moved after Jean Grae's birth.
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In 1995, Jean Grae was discovered by George Rithm Martinez when he recruited the artist for a five-song demo in his group Ground Zero.
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Jean Grae later joined a hip hop group called Natural Resource along with rapper Ocean and disc jockey James "AGGIE" Barrett.
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Jean Grae released the LP, Attack of the Attacking Things, on August 6,2002, and released This Week on September 21,2004.
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Jean Grae has recorded with major hip-hop artists such as Atmosphere, The Roots, Phonte, Mr Len, Pharoahe Monch, and The Herbaliser.
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Previously signed to Babygrande Records, Jean Grae signed a deal in 2005 with Talib Kweli's Blacksmith Records.
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Jean Grae was disenchanted with the music industry and desired to start a family, but said that work on new material was ongoing.
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In July 2008, Talib Kweli posted a blog entry explaining Jean Grae's album, mentioning that Jean Grae was not retiring.
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Between October and November 2013, Jean Grae released EPs titled Gotham Down Cycle 1: Love in Infinity, Gotham Down Cycle II: Leviathan, Gotham Down Cycle 3: The Artemis Epoch.
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In December 2013, Jean Grae combined them into Gotham Down Deluxe.
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In 2013, Jean Grae had a supporting role in indie film Big Words and in 2015 appeared on the And The Crime Ring episode of CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls.
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On December 3,2017, Jean Grae got engaged to fellow rapper and producer Quelle Chris.
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Jean Grae is known for more than 15 studio albums and collaborative albums with fellow rappers.
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Jean Grae's rapping style relies on a complex interplay of shifting rhythms and slanted rhymes.
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An analysis by Matt Daniels for The Pudding indicated that Jean Grae uses a higher-than-average range of vocabulary in her lyrics.