Tsidi Ibrahim AKA Jean Grae
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Today in #blackhistory Tsidi Ibrahim was grown folk, but would still throw a stick in your bike spokes for joke. #jeangrae #whatwhat #watchme #thisweek #brooklyn #capetown #hiphop #raphistoryisblackhistory
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Jean Grae (Tsidi Ibrahim) Years Active: 1996-present Discography: 5 albums 12 EPs 2 mixtapes . . . #femalerapper #femcee #rappers #femaleemcee #hiphop #rap #musicindustry #talented #underground #mainstream #billboard #mtv #bet #vh1 #rapstresses #femalerap #rapper #liveperformances #miccheck #rockthemic #jeangrae
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Sathima Bea Benjamin's 'A Morning in Paris' (Jazz/ 1963, Enja Records). Beatrice "Sathima Bea" Benjamin (17 October 1936 – 20 August 2013) was a South African vocalist and composer, based for nearly 45 years in New York City. She built her repertoire watching British and American movies and transcribing lyrics from songs heard on the radio, where she discovered Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald. These musicians would come to influence her singing style, notably in terms of light phrasing and clear diction. At age 21, she joined Arthur Klugman's traveling show, Coloured Jazz and Variety, on a tour of South Africa. When the production failed, she found herself stranded in Mozambique, where she met South African saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi. In 1959, she returned to Cape Town's now thriving jazz scene, where she met pianist Dollar Brand (later known as Abdullah Ibrahim), whom she would marry in 1965. In that same year she recorded what would have been the first jazz LP in South Africa's history. Entitled My Songs for You, with accompaniment by Ibrahim's trio, the recording of mostly standards was never released. In the aftermath of South Africa’s Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, Benjamin and Ibrahim left South Africa for Europe. The couple, along with Ibrahim's trio of bassist Johnny Gertze and drummer Makhaya Ntshoko, settled in Zurich, Switzerland, and worked throughout Germany and Scandinavia, meeting and occasional working with American jazz players, including Don Byas, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew, Ben Webster, Bud Powell, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk. The artist who would have the greatest impact on Benjamin’s life, however, was Duke Ellington. Her daughter is Tsidi (more popularly known as Hiphop artist Jean-Grae)
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#Repost @noiretvafrica with @repostapp ・・・ Did you know that many of your favorite #hiphop artists are #afropolitans who hail from the #continent? - The Weekend/ Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (Ethiopian 🇪🇹) - Wale / Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (Nigerian 🇳🇬) - French Montana / Karim Kharbouch (Moroccan 🇲🇦) - Tyler the Creator / Tyler Gregory Okonma (Nigerian 🇳🇬) - Akon / Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam (Senegalese 🇸🇳) - Jidenna / Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Nigerian 🇳🇬) - Stormzy / Michael Omari (Ghanaian 🇬🇭) - K'Naan / Keinan Abdi Warsame (Somalian 🇸🇴) - Jean Grae / Tsidi Ibrahim (South African 🇿🇦) - Tinie Tempah / Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu (Nigerian 🇳🇬) @noiretvafrica's mission is to bring you the #rebrand - uniting the global #diaspora under one groove...from #Brooklyn to #Brixton to #Compton to #Kingston to #Decatur to #Brazzaville to #Soweto to #Rio to #Accra to #Addis to #PortAuPrince to #PortAuSpain to #Nairobi - #noiretvafrica will chronicle the #movement! Get on board now - watch the #rebrand on Verizon Channel 1100, Cablevision Channel 269 or tell your cable operator #iwantmyNoireTV! (at Anambra)
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"My fascination with the fast pace, Money's encapsulated in my mind space!"
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[Its alright
You can get mad
You knew the deal from the get go
If its not you its another bitch
Its all good
Whatever
Day to day
Bitch to bitch
Thats how we live
Player, what]
Im the reason yall breathe
The reason yall been here from conception
Reason yall believe in deception
And faithfulness
Ill make your destiny and fate twist
And when i stop comin around its hatefulness
I paint bliss with you with me
Have you cryin you miss me
Lyin to you friends that you dissed me
Im your world, kiss me and the globe turns
sunrise and moon shine ocean tide shift in just the blink of an eye
Game transcends time when i spend with you
spit out incredible bull, lies are exceptional
Takin my prime-time whiz that i care about your kids
True this?
Dont give a fuck as long as you [ ? }
Hit it up until its raw, no protection what for
I know you not chicken
Only call on me when you feelin forward
Only fuck top-notch bitches
[ ? ]
who you callin your man
Who you callin your fam
Who you call late night in a jam
4:30am bawlin to me, im just plain ballin you see
being with one bitch is boring to me
i say variety is the food of life
its not my fault that every woman is the foolish type
and after me you cop an attitude [ ? ]
you fell for it let the dick call it
nigga if you with me killin it light
play your position
dumb bitch
play your position
see this style
didnt even use game to get you
you know you been open wide off me since the day i met you
never let go of me
when we fuckin you love me
when we in the streets you motherfuckin bitches touch me
i think its funny you call me your honey
i call you when im feeling horny
you say when im not around your pussy feelin lonely
i told you never let a bitch own you
still you buy me shit
iceburg, Sony, Hitachi, a Motorola, dreamcast, [?] controllers
trip to atlantic city like we some high rollers
think you gonna lock it down
even write me letters every time you outta town
dont even read em
what the fuck i need a wife for
i lead the life of a free man
told you i was a player since the first hand was dealt
want me to meet your family?
Well i got some news for them
If you got sisters
Put the move on them
Let loose too on em
Loose screw on em
Moms too, even better get up than you
And your dad know the deal
Hes a nigga
Im saying the older you get the better you get at playin for real
Dumb bitch
Play your position
Ive had em all from the whores to good girls galore
Twins to wheelchair bitches
Freaks to married girls turned frigid
Classy models to pigeons
You not special cause you wanna cross your feelings on another level
Another day another hustle
You no different
Im not the daddy for your children
Tell me youre separated, divorce pending
Listen the only position you fill
With pussy youre in
I never spend a dime on you
My times precious
Whining on the jack about lack of respect for women
What if my daughter was to grow up meet a villain like me
Fuck it i aint got no children
If i did id teach them better than youve been
Your self-esteem is all fucked
Musta been busted when growin up
Cause pretty bitches know enough
Now youre mad blowin up
Whatever, list
i gotta bounce
Your best friends on the way to my house
Play your position
Dumb bitch
Play your position
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My Contribution To This Scam by Jean Grae & Quelle Chris from the album Everything's Fine - Animated & Directed by Crankbunny
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