Jeezy Biography Facts
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Born 28 September, 1977 (46 years old).
What is the zodiac sign of Jeezy ?
According to the birthday of Jeezy the astrological sign is Libra .
Career of the Jeezy started in 1997 .
Jeezy Wiki
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jay Wayne Jenkins |
| Also known as | Lil' J Young Jeezy The Snowman |
| Born | September 28, 1977 Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop Southern hip hop trap gangsta rap |
| Occupation | Rapper songwriter actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | CTE World Def Jam |
| Associated acts | Boyz n da Hood USDA 2 Chainz Akon DJ Drama Freddie Gibbs Lil Wayne Ludacris Plies Shawty Redd T.I. Yo Gotti YG |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | jeezyofficial.com |
Jay Wayne Jenkins , known professionally as Jeezy , is an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. Signed to Def Jam Recordings since 2004, his major label debut Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 was released the following year and debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, selling 172,000 copies in its first week and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . Jeezy is credited, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, for helping to pioneer and popularize trap music with a mainstream audience.
Jeezy began his music career in 2001 as Lil J with the release of Thuggin' Under the Influence . In total, Jeezy has released ten studio albums, as well as numerous successful singles, including the top ten hit "Soul Survivor", featuring Akon, as well as the top 40 hits "I Luv It", "Go Getta" featuring R. Kelly, and "Put On" featuring Kanye West. Along with his own singles, Jeezy has also been featured on numerous hip hop and R&B hit singles, including "Say I" by Christina Milian, "I'm So Paid" by Akon, "Hard" by Rihanna and "Love in This Club" by Usher, the latter of which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, in 2008.
Outside of his solo career, Jeezy is also the de facto leader of the southern hip hop group United Streets Dopeboyz of America , and a former member of the Bad Boy Records' rap group Boyz n da Hood.
Biography
Early life and career beginnings
Jay Wayne Jenkins was born on September 28, 1977 in Columbia, South Carolina. When he was a toddler, Jenkins relocated to Atlanta, Georgia where he lived with different family members, as a result of his parents separating. In an interview with XXL magazine, he described his childhood as "empty". At a point in time he lived in Hawkinsville, Georgia at 600 N Lumpkin. He had lived in Macon, Georgia at an older age where he befriended many Crip gang members and even affiliated himself with the Crips and started his affiliation with Kinky B who helped his career along with many others.
In 1994, Jeezy spent nine months in YCA , a boot camp in Fort Stewart, Georgia, for narcotics possession. Four years later, in 1998, Jeezy launched the label imprint CTE World, then known as Corporate Thugz Entertainment.
In 2001, under the name Lil J, Young Jeezy released his first independent album, Thuggin' Under the Influence ,. The album included features from artists Freddy J., Kinky B, Fidank, and Lil Jon, who also produced some of the songs. In 2003, Jeezy independently released Come Shop wit Me, a two-CD set featuring new tracks along with some songs previously released on T.U.I. In 2004, Jeezy signed with Bad Boy Records and joined the group Boyz n da Hood, whose self-titled album was released in June 2005 and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
In May 2004, Jazze Pha's manager, Henry 'Noonie' Lee, showed Jeezy's demo to his friend Shakir Stewart, then Vice President Artist and Repertoire at Def Jam. Stewart "fell in love with it the first time heard it" and took it to L.A. Reid. Reid recognized Jeezy's talent and gave Stewart the green light to sign him. However, due to Jeezy's rising popularity, other record labels began pursuing him simultaneously to sign with them, most notably, Warner and Interscope. Ultimately, Jeezy decided he wanted to be in business with Stewart and Reid and signed with Def Jam Records as a result.
Personal life
After Hurricane Katrina, Jeezy opened his house to victims, offering those who had been displaced from their homes a place to stay. In October 2005, the mother of his 9-year-old son used his act as the basis to petition for child support. Early in the year, she had claimed that she had little income, no assets, and did not even have a house.
In September 2019, Jeannie Mai revealed that she has been dating the rapper. The couple became engaged on March 27, 2020.
Legal issues
On March 11, 2005, Jeezy was arrested after an alleged shooting with some of his friends in Miami Beach, Florida. He was charged with two counts of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit; however, prosecutors dropped his charges two months later due to lack of evidence.
In the early hours of September 29, 2007, Jeezy's car was hit by a taxi crossing Peachtree Street, outside of Justin's, Sean Combs's club in Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported his claim that the incident had given him "a new appreciation for life".
In Atlanta on June 18, 2008, Young Jeezy was arrested for DUI.
On April 16, 2013, Brian Smith filed a copyright infringement complaint seeking an injunction, damages, and attorney fees against Jay W. Jenkins d/b/a Young Jeezy Music and others in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, concerning the work "Jizzle" which was released in July 2010.
On August 27, 2013 Leroy Hutson aka Lee Hutson, Sr., former lead singer of 1970s R&B group The Impressions, filed a complaint against Young Jeezy and others alleging that Young Jeezy's song "Time" inappropriately incorporated the instrumental portion of "Getting it On", which was registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1973.
On January 4, 2014, Jeezy was arrested for battery, false imprisonment, and terrorist threats, after an alleged fight with his son in September 2012.
On August 24, 2014, Jeezy was arrested before performing at the Irvine, California, stop on the Under The Influence Tour in connection with the deadly shooting two days prior in the backstage area, on another stop of the tour in Mountain View, California. When the police raided Jeezy's tour bus, they found an AK-47 military-style assault rifle and guns on several members of his entourage. In total six people, including Jeezy were arrested, because "no one admitted to owning the assault rifle." His bail was set at one million dollars. On August 26, Jeezy, as well as the five other men he was arrested with, entered not guilty pleas to possession of an illegal assault rifle. Two days later, Jeezy and his associates bonded out. Officers were reportedly told repeatedly that the registered owner of the AK-47 was the tour security chief, who was hospitalized at the time.
