11 Facts About Jeshi

Jesse Greenway, known by the stage name Jeshi, is a musical artist based in London.

Jeshi was born to a working-class family in Walthamstow, East London.

Jeshi was raised predominantly by his mother and grandmother, describing his father as "absent", something shared by many of those around him.

Jeshi has depicted his influences as broad, ranging from The Streets and Dizzee Rascal to Toro y Moi as well as trip hop bands such as Massive Attack and Portishead.

Jeshi has stated that he was physically assaulted in front of his family at the age of 15; he describes undergoing this experience, and choosing not to retaliate afterward, as a pivotal moment in his life.

Jeshi began making grime tracks with friends in the late 2000s, utilising the free music technology available to him at the time at school.

Jeshi followed up on this with a second EP titled The Worlds Spinning Too Fast which featured production from Mura Masa.

Jeshi then took a hiatus from releasing any solo material however appeared on a feature track titled I Don't Owe U NYthing with Vegyn and Summer with Brit Awards Rising Star winner Celeste.

In 2020, Jeshi released his EP Bad Taste, which featured collaborations with Fredwave, John Glacier and a second collaboration with Celeste titled 30,000 FEET.

Jeshi released his debut studio album, Universal Credit, in May 2022.

Jeshi has described his choice of title as a way to "give power to words that often carry a negative weight for a lot of people".