1. Jean Grae emerged in New York City's underground hip-hop scene and developed an international following.
13 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, Grae was raised in The Hotel Chelsea, Manhattan where the family moved after her birth.
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Jean Grae joined a hip hop group called Natural Resource along with rapper Ocean and disc jockey James "AGGIE" Barrett.
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Jean Grae produced much of the material released under pseudonym "Run Run Shaw".
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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, The Herbaliser, Masta Ace and Immortal Technique.
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However, at a release party for 9th Wonder's Dream Merchant Volume 2, Grae stated that Jeanius was still going to be released.
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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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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.