Jay Electronica

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Jay Electronica (2010)

Jay Electronica (* 1976 in New Orleans ; real name Timothy Elpadaro Thedford ; later also called Je'Ri Allah ) is an American rapper and producer from New Orleans. His best known works include Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) , Exhibit A and Exhibit C . In the meantime he is considered to be the hope of hip hop and receives support from many famous hip hop artists such as Nas , Mos Def , Q-Tip and Erykah Badu , with whom he was in a relationship until 2009 and has a child.

On November 12th, 2010 it was officially announced that Jay Electronica had signed with Jay-Z's new label Roc Nation .

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Albums
A written testimony
  CH 65 March 22, 2020 (1 week)
  UK 53 March 26, 2020 (1 week)
  US 12 March 28, 2020 (2 weeks)
Singles
Hard 2 Face Reality (with Poo Bear & Justin Bieber )
  AT 71 April 20, 2018 (1 week)
  CH 88 April 15, 2018 (1 week)

Jay Electronica has not officially announced a music album yet , but has already released two songs: Exhibit A (Transformations) , which is on the soundtrack for EA Sports Fight Night Round 4, and Exhibit C , which reached # 86 on Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs .

Another song worth mentioning is Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) , on which he goes to the score for Vergiss mein nicht! raps without drums or percussions .

Jay Electronica got his first job as a producer from Nas . He then produced the first song on his album Untitled , Queens Get the Money .

Future projects include his first studio album Act II: Patents of Nobility , as well as an album with Center Edge Territory, a group consisting of Mos Def , Curren $ y and Jay Electronica himself.

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  1. ↑ people.com:Erykah Badu and Jay Electronica Welcome Mars Merkaba , accessed March 27, 2010
  2. ↑ billboard.com: Jay-Z Welcomes Jay Electronica To Roc Nation , accessed December 14, 2010
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: AT CH UK US
  4. ↑ billboard.com: R'n'B Charts , accessed March 28, 2010
  5. ↑ Album Review in Prefix Mag ( Memento from February 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 28, 2010
  6. ↑ Album Review in Prefix Mag ( Memento from March 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 28, 2010

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SURNAME Jay Electronica
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thedford, Timothy Elpadaro (real name); Je'Ri Allah (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rapper and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , United States