12 Facts About Lyfe Jennings

Lyfe Jennings plays the guitar, bass, and piano which he integrates into his music.

Lyfe Jennings was born on June 3,1978, in Toledo, Ohio, to a working-class family and was the middle of five kids.

When he was a teenager, Jennings started to perform with his brother and two cousins.

In 2002, after serving 10 years in prison, Lyfe Jennings returned to his musical aspirations.

Lyfe Jennings was booed as he walked onto the stage, but when the Apollo audience heard his gritty falsetto and lyrical songwriting, they were swayed to the tune of five amateur-night victories in a row.

Lyfe Jennings released a more hip-hop-oriented follow-up The Phoenix arrived in August 2006, with Three 6 Mafia and Young Buck making guest appearances.

Lyfe Jennings completed another prison stint for his actions stemming from a 2008 domestic dispute.

Lyfe Jennings returned to music in October 2013 with Lucid, released on the Mass Appeal label.

Tree of Lyfe Jennings, recorded primarily in his home studio, followed in June 2015.

On his new album, Tree of Lyfe, Lyfe Jennings describes it as his most personal work to date and produced the majority of the album at his home studio in Greenwood, Mississippi.

Lyfe Jennings was previously engaged to Joy Bounds, the mother of his two oldest children.

In October 2008, Lyfe Jennings, after arguing with Bounds, followed her to her family's house in Smyrna, Georgia.