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Jean Grae Real Name Tsidi Ibrahim Also Known As What? What? & Da Easter Bunny Born November 27 1976 Is A Hip Hop Artist From New York. Born In Cape Town South Africa On November 26 1976 The Daughter Of South African Jazz Musicians Her Father And Mother Are The Celebrated Musicians Sathima Bea Benjamin And Abdullah Ibrahim She Studied Vocal Performance At The LaGuardia School Of Music & Art Before Majoring In Music Business At New York University. She Also Did Some Modelling During Her Teen Years. Ibrahim Initially Worked Under The Names Major Woody & Da Easter Bunny Because She Thought It Would Be Funny To Hear Those Names Announced At Shows. After Working With Groups Including Ground Zero She Joined A Hip Hop Music Group Called Natural Resource In The Mid-1990s Along With Rapper Ocean. In 1996 They Released A Pair Of 12-Inch Singles Called Negro League Baseball B/w "Bum Deal" B/w "They Lied " And "Bum Deal Remix " B/w "They Lied Remix " B/w "I Love This World" On Their Own Label Makin' Records. She Also Appeared On Singles By Fellow Makin' Records Artists Pumpkinhead And Bad Seed And On The O.B.S. Original Blunted Soldiers Double 12-Inch Single Alongside Crew Members Pumpkinhead Bad Seed And Meat-Pie And Produced Much Of The Material Released On The Label Under The Pseudonym Run Run Shaw. During This Period She Established Strong Ties With The Brooklyn Academy Crew With Which She Would Appear Throughout Her Career. Solo Career 1998-2004 Natural Resource Dissolved In 1998 After Which Ibrahim Changed Her Stage Name From What? What? To Jean Grae A Reference To The X-Men Character Jean Grey. Under Her New Moniker She Released Her First LP—Attack Of The Attacking Things—in 2002 And Followed It In 2004 With This Week. Throughout Her Career She Has Also Recorded Tracks With Numerous Major Hip Hop Artists Atmosphere The Roots Talib Kweli The Herbaliser Da Beatminerz Phonte Mr. Len Masta Ace Vordul Mega C-Rayz Walz Mos Def And Immortal Technique Among Them. Jean Has Recorded An Unreleased Album With Celebrated North Carolina Producer 9th Wonder Of Little Brother Fame Entitled Jeanius. This Unfinished Record Was Leaked On The Internet And Subsequently Work Was Stopped On This Album. However At The Release Party For 9th Wonder's Dream Merchant Volume 2 Album She Stated That Jeanius Was Still Going To Be Released. This Album Was Eventually Released First Through Zune Live Marketplace Two Weeks Before Its Disc Release On July 8 2008. The Album Features The Track "My Story" About The Abortion She Had As A Teenager. Her Rapping On The Album Was Described By Robert Christgau As "remarkable For Its Rapidity Clarity And Idiomatic Cadence. The Writing Has A Good-Humored Polysyllabic Literacy.". Elsewhere It's Been Reported That Her Proposed Fourth Album Provisionally Titled Phoenix Has Gone Into Production. It Has Been Reported By Several Camp Insiders That 9th Wonder Will Handle The Lion's Share Of The Production Duties With Unknown UK Producer Passion Hifi And NY Resident Clinikal Providing A Beat Each. Blacksmith Music 2005-Present Previously Signed To Babygrande Records She Signed A Deal In 2005 With Talib Kweli's Blacksmith Records. On 28 April 2008 Jean Grae Posted A Blog On Her MySpace Page Saying Goodbye To Her Fans. 9 She Later Cited Disenchantment With The Music Industry And Desire To Start A Family As The Reasons Behind The 'retirement' And Said That She Was Working On New Material And Still Wanted To Continue In Music "You Know What? I Need That Grammy. I Think I Might Be Able To Stop After That". In July 2008 Talib Kweli Posted A Blog Explaining Grae's Album Mentioning That She Was Not Retiring. The Blog Ends Encouraging Fans To Purchase The Album Referring To Grae As "one Of The Last True MCs Left." Grae Returned To Doing Live Performances Later That Year. On September 18 2008 Jean Grae Posted A Craigslist Ad Offering Her Creative Services For $800/16 Bars. On Her MySpace Blog Entry She States "I Don't Wanna Complain Anymore I Just Wanna Change Some Things About The Way Artists Are Treated And The Way You Guys Are Allowed To Be Involved Since It IS The Digital Age."
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Jean Grae Real Name Tsidi Ibrahim Also Known As What? What? & Da Easter Bunny Born November 27 1976 Is A Hip Hop Artist From New York. Born In Cape Town South Africa On November 26 1976 The Daughter Of South African Jazz Musicians Her Father And Mother Are The Celebrated Musicians Sathima Bea Benjamin And Abdullah Ibrahim She Studied Vocal Performance At The LaGuardia School Of Music & Art Before Majoring In Music Business At New York University. She Also Did Some Modelling During Her Teen Years. Ibrahim Initially Worked Under The Names Major Woody & Da Easter Bunny Because She Thought It Would Be Funny To Hear Those Names Announced At Shows. After Working With Groups Including Ground Zero She Joined A Hip Hop Music Group Called Natural Resource In The Mid-1990s Along With Rapper Ocean. In 1996 They Released A Pair Of 12-Inch Singles Called Negro League Baseball B/w "Bum Deal" B/w "They Lied " And "Bum Deal Remix " B/w "They Lied Remix " B/w "I Love This World" On Their Own Label Makin' Records. She Also Appeared On Singles By Fellow Makin' Records Artists Pumpkinhead And Bad Seed And On The O.B.S. Original Blunted Soldiers Double 12-Inch Single Alongside Crew Members Pumpkinhead Bad Seed And Meat-Pie And Produced Much Of The Material Released On The Label Under The Pseudonym Run Run Shaw. During This Period She Established Strong Ties With The Brooklyn Academy Crew With Which She Would Appear Throughout Her Career. Solo Career 1998-2004 Natural Resource Dissolved In 1998 After Which Ibrahim Changed Her Stage Name From What? What? To Jean Grae A Reference To The X-Men Character Jean Grey. Under Her New Moniker She Released Her First LP—Attack Of The Attacking Things—in 2002 And Followed It In 2004 With This Week. Throughout Her Career She Has Also Recorded Tracks With Numerous Major Hip Hop Artists Atmosphere The Roots Talib Kweli The Herbaliser Da Beatminerz Phonte Mr. Len Masta Ace Vordul Mega C-Rayz Walz Mos Def And Immortal Technique Among Them. Jean Has Recorded An Unreleased Album With Celebrated North Carolina Producer 9th Wonder Of Little Brother Fame Entitled Jeanius. This Unfinished Record Was Leaked On The Internet And Subsequently Work Was Stopped On This Album. However At The Release Party For 9th Wonder's Dream Merchant Volume 2 Album She Stated That Jeanius Was Still Going To Be Released. This Album Was Eventually Released First Through Zune Live Marketplace Two Weeks Before Its Disc Release On July 8 2008. The Album Features The Track "My Story" About The Abortion She Had As A Teenager. Her Rapping On The Album Was Described By Robert Christgau As "remarkable For Its Rapidity Clarity And Idiomatic Cadence. The Writing Has A Good-Humored Polysyllabic Literacy.". Elsewhere It's Been Reported That Her Proposed Fourth Album Provisionally Titled Phoenix Has Gone Into Production. It Has Been Reported By Several Camp Insiders That 9th Wonder Will Handle The Lion's Share Of The Production Duties With Unknown UK Producer Passion Hifi And NY Resident Clinikal Providing A Beat Each. Blacksmith Music 2005-Present Previously Signed To Babygrande Records She Signed A Deal In 2005 With Talib Kweli's Blacksmith Records. On 28 April 2008 Jean Grae Posted A Blog On Her MySpace Page Saying Goodbye To Her Fans. 9 She Later Cited Disenchantment With The Music Industry And Desire To Start A Family As The Reasons Behind The 'retirement' And Said That She Was Working On New Material And Still Wanted To Continue In Music "You Know What? I Need That Grammy. I Think I Might Be Able To Stop After That". In July 2008 Talib Kweli Posted A Blog Explaining Grae's Album Mentioning That She Was Not Retiring. The Blog Ends Encouraging Fans To Purchase The Album Referring To Grae As "one Of The Last True MCs Left." Grae Returned To Doing Live Performances Later That Year. On September 18 2008 Jean Grae Posted A Craigslist Ad Offering Her Creative Services For $800/16 Bars. On Her MySpace Blog Entry She States "I Don't Wanna Complain Anymore I Just Wanna Change Some Things About The Way Artists Are Treated And The Way You Guys Are Allowed To Be Involved Since It IS The Digital Age."
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