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Jay Wayne Jenkins, professionally known as Young Jeezy, is an American rapper, songwriter, music executive, and actor. Born in 1977 in Columbia, he began his career in 1997 and is associated with genres including Southern hip-hop, trap music, gangsta rap, and hardcore hip-hop. Jenkins has recorded for Def Jam Recordings and The Island Def Jam Music Group. His notable works include *Gotta Believe*, *Jeezy*, and *Thug Motivation 101*.
Jenkins is married to Jeannie Mai and has four children. He speaks English and performs as a vocalist. His musical style has also been tagged with chopped and screwed, hip hop, and hustle. Jenkins has been convicted of driving under the influence of a drug, copyright infringement, and false imprisonment.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Gotta Believe
- Jeezy
- Thug Motivation 101
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Hawkinsville, Georgia, USA
Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), known by his stage name Jeezy (or Young Jeezy), is an American rapper. He is credited, alongside fellow Georgia-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music for mainstream audiences. He began his career in 2001, releasing two independent albums until signing with Def Jam Recordings to release his major label debut,…
Known for
- Hip-Hop and the White House2024
- Trap City — Reverend Lylee2024
- A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop — Self2023
- VERZUZ — Self2020
- I Got the Hook Up 2 — Big Mo2019
- American Gangster: Trap Queens — Narrator2019
- Wonderland — Self2016
- Kanye West: 808s & Heartbreak Live at the Hollywood Bowl2015
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self2014
- Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry — Self2012
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1977
Discography
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,506,376
- Total plays
- 17,192,491
Tags
Jay Jenkins (born October 12, 1977 in Columbia, South Carolina), better known by his stage name Young Jeezy, formerly Lil J, is an American rapper and actor signed to Def Jam Records. In 2001 he released his solo debut album Thuggin' Under the Influence, under the name Lil J, which featured production from Lil Jon. In 2004 he signed with Bad Boy Records and joined the group Boyz N Da Hood, whose self-titled album was released in June 2005. In 2005 he released his major label debut, Let's Get It:
Recent publications · Crossref
3 total works indexed
- Coated vesicles in the rat anterior pituitary gland
· 1978 · cited 2x
- La Chronologie des guerres contre les Germains au cours des dernières années de la tetrarchie
· 1970 · cited 1x
- Der Bernsteinhandel während der römischen Kaiserzeit im östlichen Mitteleuropa
· 1982
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Person.image
- Jeezy.png
- Person.caption
- Jeezy in 2019
- Person.birth_name
- Jay Wayne Jenkins
- Person.birth_place
- Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
- Person.years_active
- 1997–present
- Person.children
- 4
- Person.awards
- Full list
- Person.signature
- Jeezy sig.svg
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.origin
- Hawkinsville, Georgia, U.S.
- Musical artist.discography
- Jeezy discography
- Musical artist.current_member_of
- U.S.D.A.
- Musical artist.past_member_of
- Boyz n da Hood
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wayne
- Family name
- Jenkins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Columbia
- Spouse
- Jeannie Mai
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hardcore hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- The Island Def Jam Music Group
- Official website
- www.youngjeezy.com
- Image
- Jeezy.png
- Number of children
- 4
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- Commons category
- Young Jeezy
- date of birth
- 1977-09-28
- birth name
- Jay Wayne Jenkins
- topic has template
- Template:Jeezy
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- pseudonym
- Young Jeezy
- social media followers
- 2260000
via Wikidata · CC0