Ms. Jade
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| Ms. Jade | |
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| Birth name | Chevon Young |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop, Dirty Rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, songwriter, actress |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Label(s) | Fort Knocks, Atlantic |
Ms. Jade is a rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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[edit] Biography
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Ms. Jade whose birth name is Chevon Young was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she grew up in a section called Nicetown. While growing up Ms. Jade competed in local high school talent shows and even won one. After her graduation in 1997 she went to beauty school for 2 years. While in beauty school she began to write songs and did back up vocals at a local studio. By 1999 she had already recorded some tracks of her own. A year later in August of 2000 she auditioned for Missy Elliott leading Missy to call Timbaland and signing her to a record deal. In 2001 Ms. Jade made a guest appearance on Missy Elliott's album Miss E. . . So Addictive and on Timbaland & Magoo's Indecent Proposal album, that same year she hit the studio to record her first album. Finally in November of 2002 she released her first album Girl Interrupted and toured that same year with Ludacris and Nelly Furtado.In That same video, she appeard in a video with Slum Village.
She received a BET Award nomination for Best Female Rapper.
She was one of the guest on Missy Elliott's Under Construction with the track "Funky Fresh Dressed". She also appears on Elliot's "Gossip Folks" video.
She is presently working on her second album, which will be released sometime in 2008.
As of 2007, Remy Ma has started an All female group with Jacki-O, and Shawnna, Shawnna has since left the Group, Rumor has it that former Beat Club female MC Ms. Jade will replace Shawnna.
She signed a deal with Fort Knocks Entertainment in March 2008. Her next album will be produced by Just Blaze and is due in 2009.[citation needed]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 2002: Girl Interrupted #5 US 378,000+[citation needed]
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
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| U.S. | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | |||
| 2002 | "Big Head" (featuring Timbaland) | - | 106 | - | Girl Interrupted |
| "Ching Ching" (featuring Nelly Furtado & Timbaland) | 114 | 41 | 22 | ||
| "Feel The Girl" | 92 | 52 | 22 | ||
| "Are We Cuttin'" (Pastor Troy featuring Ms. Jade) | 96 | 47 | - | Universal Soldier | |
| "Turn off the Light" (Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland & Ms. Jade) | 5 | 52 | - | Whoa, Nelly! | |
| "Sexual Healing" (Tweet featuring Ms. Jade) | - | 124 | - | Southern Hummingbird | |
| 2003 | "Funky Fresh Dressed" (Missy Elliott featuring Ms. Jade) | - | 107 | - | Under Construction |
| "Disco" (Slum Village featuring Raje Shwari & Ms. Jade) | - | 93 | - | Trinity (Past, Present and Future) | |
