Biography: JD, J-Dia, J-Dubb, Jermaine Dupri, J-Kwon, Jeru the Damaja, J-Live, Jessica Koslow, Jessy Moss, J-Mack,

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JD
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Genre: Hip-Hop

Jermaine Dupri’s long-awaited solo project JD debuted in February 1998 with the single “The Party Continues,” which quickly went gold The album Life in 1472: Original Soundtrack followed in July, with an all-star cast of Dupri partners, including Jay-Z, Nas, Usher, Mase, Lil’ Kim, Mariah Carey, Too Short, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Slick Rick

J-Dia
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Genre: Hip-Hop

If you don’t live in New York City, you probably first encountered J-Dia when her sexy single “I Won’t Tell” featuring Styles P appeared in the summer of 2006, but if you do live in the Big Apple, you might remember her as the N

J-Dubb
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Genre: Hip-Hop

Coming from East Oakland, J-Dubb’s style of rapping tends to feature the traditional gangsta subject matter — money, sex, drugs, power, ghetto life, and staying true to the streets — much in the spirit of his West Coast peers, particularly the Bay Area camp surrounding Ant Banks, Too Short, and E-40

Jermaine Dupri Biography, Photos, Pictures

Beginning with breakout success in 1992 upon the discovery of teenage rappers Kris Kross, Jermaine Dupri became one of the most consistent and all-persuasive producers of the 1990s, producing practically the entire careers of many artists on his label, So So Def Recordings (including platinum entries like Xscape and Da Brat as well as Kris Kross)

J-Kwon’s path to fame included mooning Arista head LA Reid and mocking producer Jermaine Dupri These events helped gain the MC a contract with the latter’s So So Def, a subsidiary of the former’s employer

Jeru the Damaja Biography, Photos, Pictures

Speaking out against what he saw as a decline in rap during the mid-’90s, Jeru the Damaja came to the fore as a self-proclaimed prophet and the savior of hip-hop, much as KRS-One had done almost ten years before

J-Live
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Genre: Hip-Hop

Brooklyn MC J-Live first garnered notice with the release of his 1995 single “Bragging Writes” Delivering his thoughtful lyrics with confidence and ease, J-Live’s rapping was strong and his soul-inflected grooves immediately appealed to fans of underground hip-hop

Jessica Koslow Biography, Photos, Pictures

Jessica Koslow was born and raised in Venice Beach, Calif, graduated from Brown University and now lives in Brooklyn, NY She’s an assistant articles editor at McCall’s magazine, where she’s worked for over four years

No-nonsense rapper Jessy Moss didn’t find inspiration from the mean streets of the East or West Coast, but from dealing with hardships while growing up in Australia Born in England, Moss moved to Byron Bay, Australia, as an infant with her parents and her three older sisters

J-Mack
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Genre: Hip-Hop

After several years of working with the like of West Coast profiles C-BO, Cougnut, Chunk, Hollow Tip, and Dr Dre, J-Mack made off on his own with 1996’s “Crimerate” on Priority Records