Gak Jonze
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Micah Lei |
| Born |
17 June 1982 Camden Town, London, England |
| Genres | Hip hop, R&B |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Mykali Records |
| Associated acts | Bradley McIntosh, Alonestar, Mutya Buena, Anton Gordon, Big Brovaz, Surianne |
| Website | Official website |
Micah Lei (born 17 June 1982), better known by the stage name Gak Jonze, is an English rapper. He released his debut album, Intelligent Mess , in 2013, through his own label Mykali Records. He has self funded his own solo tour in United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, and Thailand, and is currently working on his follow up album touring on his current tour in China.
Jonze was born Mi`cah Lei in Camden Town, North London, as the youngest of six to single mother of Jamaican descent. His parents separated when Jonze was one year old. Though born and raised in the United Kingdom he moved around regularly, switching schools, and had lived in Spanish Town, Jamaica early in his teens, before moving to Tottenham, London, and later finished school at Northumberland Park Community School
His stage name pronounced 'Jack Jones' comes from an old cockney rhyming slang, meaning 'on your own', November 8, 2013 Jonze stated to Wolverhampton’s Wolf FM that the name also came from being a bit of a recluse at school. "I was always out on a mission making beats and writing and my peers would mock me, they couldn’t see it so left them to it and did my own thing.” He cites Jimi Hendrix, Cee-lo Green, Tupac, The Rolling Stones, Busta Rhymes and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony as musical influences.[9]
Gak Jonze first emerged as a feature hip hop artist supporting girlband Cherry Falls doing school tours in 2003 on indie labe Paperdoll Productions. July 2006 was Gak Jonze's first television appearance where he featured alongside stand-up comedian and presenter Dave Gorman for ITV2 show Best Man's Speech.
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