RnB/Hip Hop
JEAN GRAE PLUS DJ MR LEN (COMPANY FLOW)
@Jazz Cafe
Line Up: DJ Mr Len
Live Artists: Jean Gray
Tuesday
31
st
January 2012
7PM
- 10PM
JEAN GRAE PLUS DJ MR LEN (COMPANY FLOW)
Daughter of jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, Legendary female MC Jean Grae (Tsidi Ibrahim) has gained an enviable reputation over the past 2 decades within a league of artists such as The Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch & Common. Her early Career was spent was as a member of unsung mid nineties underground NY group Natural Resource, penning classics like “Negro League Baseball” & "Bum Deal". Natural Resource dissolved in 1998 and Jean took the new name “WHAT WHAT”, recording and touring with The Roots, Talib Kweli, Pharohe Monch , The High & Mighty & The Herbaliser among others.
Now signed with Blacksmith (Talib Kweli) she recently released the mix-tape Cookies or Comas as a teaser for her forthcoming album Cake or Death. She is also featured on the recent W.A.R. album of Pharoahe Monch as well as Talib Kweli's 2011 album " Gutter Rainbows ". Joining her on stage stage and on the decks is Mr Len of iconic hip-hop duo Company Flow.
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