Jahmila Adderley, known professionally as Mila Jam, is an American transgender singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and LGBTQ activist.
10 Facts About Mila Jam
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Mila Jam was raised in Columbus, Georgia, by her mother, Stephanie Adderley, an IT technician, and Phillip Adderley, a lab technician at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
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Mila Jam performed as the popular YouTube impersonator Britney Houston.
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Mila Jam was known for creating parodies of popular videos and posting them on YouTube within days of the original videos' releases.
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Mila Jam began creating her parodies while in the national touring company of Rent.
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Mila Jam choreographed and starred in the 2008 MTV original television pilot Newsical, which was not picked up.
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Mila Jam has appeared on BBC Three's Lily Allen and Friends, MTV, and MTV News.
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Mila Jam has hosted episodes of the YouTube talk show I'm From Driftwood.
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Mila Jam recorded the song "And the Crowd Goes", which was written and produced by Jonny McGovern and released on his compilation, The East Village Mixtape 2: The Legends Ball.
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Mila Jam was awarded Best Video and Dance Artist at the 2013 GLAM Nightlife Awards and she was named Odyssey Nightlife Awards Breakthrough Artist in 2015.