JAQ (b-boy)
| Jeffery Ameen Qaiyum | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 16, 1979 Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Occupation | MC, writer, b-boy |
Jeffery Ameen Qaiyum (Born 1979) is an American professional b-boy, writer and MC. He has a brother, GQ, who is also a B-Boy professional.
Biography
Jeffery Ameen Qaiyum was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. JAQ is of mixed ethnic background having a Pakistani father and a European American mother of German descent. The DJ, emcee, beatmaker, producer, beatboxer then moved to NYC where he learned how to make beats and carefully craft rhymes. J was the composer and DJ for the off-broadway smash hit musical comedy, The Bomb-itty of Errors.[1]
He was also composer and co-star of MTV's Scratch and Burn, which he created along with his brother GQ and two of the other bomb-itty guys, Dragon and Jordan. He scored New York indie film "Just Another Story", which aired on Showtime. His brother GQ wrote, directed and starred in the movie. The Q brothers were associate producers. J was the music video co-director and has a small cameo.
Jeffery Ameen Qaiyum has produced the "Smashing" album for the Grommits, The Grommits, a rock/electro/hip-hop trio, and a solo hip hop album entitled "Foul Mouth Poet". He toured the country extensively with The Grommits for much of 2004. He is now the lead singer of Them Vs. Them, a new rock band out of Chicago. The Q Brothers, formed by JAQ and GQ, are currently working on an album together entitled, "The Feel Good Album of the Year," a mix of jazz, heavy metal, R&B, and electronica.
Jeffery Ameen Qaiyum currently lives in Venice, CA.
Jeffery Ameen Qaiyum has also voiced Dexter "Dex" Jackson in the first game of the Saints Row series & reprises his role as the voice of Dex for Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, in the second game Dex is instead voiced by Arif S. Kinchen who also voices Pierce Washington.
References
- ↑ Bruce Weber. "The Bomb-itty of Errors". The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999–2000. Taylor & Francis, 2001. 227.