Born November 27th, 1976 in Cape Town, South Africa, the daughter of South African Jazz musicians Sathima Bea Benjamin and Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand, Jean studied Vocal Performance at the LaGuardia School of Music & Art before majoring in Music Business at NYU.
Married Quelle Chris in 2018.
Teaming up with Ocean and DJ Aggie in the mid '90's, forming the group Natural Resource, the crew put out a series of independent singles, which created quite a stir on New York's underground Hip-Hop scene.
Picking up her Jean Grae moniker and dropping her former alias [a=What? What?] in '98 upon Natural Resource's break-up, Jean released her first LP "Attack of the Attacking Things" in 2002. Which was followed up by two further albums over the course of the next two years.
She has also recorded tracks with numerous major hip hop artists, including Atmosphere, The Roots, Talib Kweli, The Herbaliser, Da Beatminerz, Phonte, Mr. Len, Masta Ace, Vordul Mega, C-Rayz Walz, and Immortal Technique.
2022
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
15xFile, MP3, Album, 320
2018
2016
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
5xFile, FLAC, EP
2016
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
5xFile, MP3, EP, 320
2016
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
5xFile, MP3, Album, 320
2015
KAGD
5xFile, MP3, EP
2015
KAGD
6xFile, FLAC, EP
2015
Not On Label
7xFile, FLAC, EP
2015
KAGD
6xFile, MP3, EP
2015
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
7xFile, FLAC, Album
2015
2014
KAGD
6xFile, MP3, EP
2014
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
11xFile, MP3, Album, 320
2014
Not On Label
11xFile, FLAC, Album, 320
2013
Not On Label
18xFile, FLAC, Album
2013
KAGD
6xFile, FLAC, MP3, EP
2013
KAGD
7xFile, FLAC, EP
2013
KAGD
5xFile, FLAC, EP
2012
Not On Label
5xFile, MP3, EP
2012
Not On Label
10xFile, MP3, Comp
2011
Blacksmith Music
File, MP3, Single
2011
Gangsta Grillz
File, MP3
2010
Lyric Recordings
3xFile, MP3, Single, 192
2008
Warner Bros. Records
12", Promo
2008
2008
2008
2007
2005
Decon
12"
2005
Smacks Records
12"
2005
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
CD, Mixtape, Promo
2005
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
CDr, Mixtape
2005
Ninja Tune
12"
2005
2005
2004
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
CDr
2004
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
12", Promo
2004
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
CDr
2004
Not On Label
2xCD, Comp
2004
2004
2003
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
CDr
2003
Babygrande
12"
2003
2002
Third Earth Music
12"
2002
Third Earth Music
12"
2002
Third Earth Music
12", W/Lbl
2002
Third Earth Music
CD, Comp
2002
2001
Ill Boogie Records
12"
Not On Label (Jean Grae Self-released)
CDr
Not On Label
CDr, Mixed, Smplr
2004
2004
2003
Not On Label
CDr, Album
2001
2001
1999
Not On Label
Cass, Album, Comp
2024
Fat Beats
LP, Album
2024
Not On Label (Spice Programmers Self-released)
File, WAV, Album
2023
Sounds Haarlem Likes Vinyl, Lyric Recordings
LP, RSD, Comp, Ltd, RM, Glo
2023
Lyric Recordings, AppleDizzle
12", Album, Ltd, Red
2021
Level Up Records And Tapes
2xLP, Comp, Gat
2020
Not On Label (J-Love Self-released)
CD, Comp, Mixed, Mixtape
2020
Not On Label (J-Love Self-released)
CD, Comp, Mixed, Mixtape
2020
Not On Label
M/Stick, AAC, FLAC, MP3, MPEG-4 Video, Comp, 16G
2020
Clocked Out Records
CD, Album
2019
Good Flight
12", EP, Ltd
2019
2018
2017
Not On Label
39xFile, FLAC, Album, Comp
2017
Not On Label (J-Love Self-released)
CDr, Comp, Mixed
2017
2017
2017
2016
BSE Recordings
9xFile, MP3, Album, 320
2016
2015
BSE Recordings
File, MP3, Single
2015
Blue Note
2xCD, Album, RE + CD, EP, RE + Comp, RE
2015
2015
2014
Not On Label (Pack FM Self-released)
4xCDr, Comp, Ltd
2014
Level Up Records And Tapes
CD, Album
2014
Diggis Productions
CDr, EP, Ltd
2014
Not On Label
13xFile, MP3, Comp, 320
2014
Studio Karasu Recordings
CD, Mixed, Promo
2014
BSE Recordings
CD, Album
2013
Indamix Records
CD, Comp
2013
Ground Work
7xFile, MP3, EP
2013
Brown Records (16)
CD, Album
2013
Elephant Memories
CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Dig
2013
2013
2013
2012
Belmont Records (3)
CD, Album
2012
Royal (13), 3D
CD, Album
2012
Wagram Music
5xCD, Comp, Smplr
2012
2012
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