Jidenna
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Jidenna performing in 2015
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| Birth name | Jidenna Theodore Mobisson |
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May 4, 1985 Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, United States |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website | jidenna |
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (born May 4, 1985), known mononymously as Jidenna, is an American recording artist and record producer. In 2015, Jidenna released two singles, "Classic Man" and "Yoga", promoting Janelle Monáe's label Wondaland Records' compilation EP The Eephus with Epic Records. His debut album, The Chief was released on February 17, 2017.
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson was born on May 4, 1985 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin to Tama Mobisson, a white accountant, and Oliver Mobisson, a Nigerian Igbo academic. Jidenna grew up partially in Nigeria, where his father was working as a professor of computer science at Enugu State University. The family moved back to the United States when Jidenna was 6 years old. In 1995, the family moved to Norwood, Massachusetts, and then to Milton, Massachusetts in 2000. In high school he became a co-founder of the rap group Black Spadez, and began producing, arranging and writing. Jidenna released his first album with Black Spadez as their final project at Milton Academy, where Jidenna graduated in 2003. Jidenna was accepted to Harvard University, but decided to attend Stanford University, where he began studying sound engineering but eventually switched his major to "ritualistic arts". In 2008, after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, he pursued his music career while working full-time as a teacher, moving between Los Angeles, Oakland, Brooklyn and Atlanta, before signing a deal with recording artist Janelle Monáe's Wondaland Records. Jidenna stated that his major influences include KRS-One and Big Daddy Kane.
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