Jean Grae

Jean Grae was born on Nov 27, 1976 in South Africa. Jean Grae's big-screen debut came with Kung Faux - Season 1 directed by Mic Neumann in 2004. Jean Grae is known for Kung Faux directed by Mic Neumann, Biz Markie stars as Various and Mr. Len as Various. The upcoming new tvshow Jean Grae plays is Dicktown - Season 2 which will be released on Jul 09, 2020.

Jean Grae (Tsidi Ibrahim) was originally from South Africa, but says that she will always be a New Yorker by heart. She is the daughter of two jazz musicians. Jean learned an appreciation for all genres of music at 9. She attended the High School of Performing Arts as a vocal major and was later accepted to New York University as a Music Business major. She was later given a good foundation on becoming a hip-hop writer and producer. After that she was recruited by a rapper named Ocean, who formed a group called Natural Resource in the mid-90s. In 1997, Natural Resource founded their own record label, Makin' Records, and released the 12" single, "Negro League Baseball", which became an underground hip-hop classic. They followed with several other 12"s including the song Love This World. In addition to writing and producing with Natural Resource, Jean also produced singles for Makin' Records artists Pumpkin Head, Don Scavone and The Bad Seed. She sometimes collaborates with Talib Kweli and Canabal Ox. She made two albums: The Attack of Attacking Things, This Week and The Bootleg of the Bootleg.