Jidenna
Jidenna was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, United States on May 4th, 1985 and is the R&B Singer. At the age of 38, Jidenna biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (born May 4, 1985), also known as Jidenna, is an American rapper, singer, guitarist, and record producer from Imo State, Nigeria.
Jidenna released two singles, "Classic Man" and "Yoga," promoting Janelle Monáe's label Wondaland Records' compilation EP The Eephus with Epic Records in 2015.
The Chief's debut album, The Chief, was released on February 17, 2017 and peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200.
Early life and education
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, on May 4, 1985, to Tama Mobisson, an accountant, and Oliver Mobisson, a Nigerian Igbo scholar. Mobisson grew up in Nigeria, where his father was working as a computer science professor at Enugu State University. The family moved to the United States when Mobisson was six years old. The family first moved to Norwood, Massachusetts, in 1995, and then to Milton in 2000. In 2010, his father died.
He became a co-founder of the rap band Black Spadez in high school and began producing, arranging, and writing. As their last project at Milton Academy, where Mobisson graduated in 2003, Mobisson released his first album with Black Spadez. In 2008, after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity from Stanford University, he pursued his music education while living full-time as a teacher in Los Angeles, Oakland, Brooklyn, and Atlanta before signing a joint venture with recording artist Janelle Monarchy.
Career
Jidenna is signed to Janelle Monáe's Wondaland Records label and distributed through Epic Records. He has collaborated with a number of artists that are signed to this label; including Roman GianArthur, St. Beauty, Deep Cotton and Janelle Monáe herself, and then began recording a five-song compilation of its label's first extended play (EP), titled The Eephus. In February 2015, Jidenna released his first official single, called "Classic Man" featuring GianArthur. The song was in heavy rotation throughout the United States, and debuted at number 49 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
On March 31, 2015, the second single from the EP was released – "Yoga" by Janelle Monáe and Jidenna. His song "Classic Man" was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 58th Grammy Awards. In June of the same year, Jidenna performed the song with Monáe at the BET Awards. Jidenna also received an award for best new artist at the 2015 Soul Train Music Awards in November.
Jidenna is a founding member of Fear & Fancy, a social club that began in California in 2006. The society, reminiscent of the social aid and pleasure clubs of New Orleans, is an international collective of entrepreneurs, activists, educators, scientists, and artists who host soirees, dinner parties, and demonstrations.
In June 2016 he released the single "Chief Don't Run". On February 17, 2017, Jidenna released The Chief, his first studio album. The album cover pays homage to Boz Scaggs' Middle Man album. The lead singles "Sufi Woman" and "Tribe" were released on July 26, 2019, and will appear on his second studio album 85 to Africa.
In 2019 Jidenna released his second album, 85 to Africa.