jbru

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Sporting a sly smile and an arsenal of memorable verses, J-Bru is one of the most charismatic figures in Canadian Hip Hop today. This engaging MC has starred on many hit singles and albums, most recently being Classified’s hit ‘Believe it or Not’ off his critically acclaimed album ‘Hitch Hiking Music’. J-Bru grew up as Jason Bruce, an athletic youth whose father was a professional boxer as well as musician with ‘The Valiants’, a soul group formed in Shelburne, NS. A high school and college basketball star, Bruce used athletics to keep his mind off childhood struggles. During his high school years Bruce secretly wrote poetry, and it was then where he started realizing his talent for wordplay. After his stellar college basketball career was over, Bruce started recording music with Classified under the name J-Bru. His first release ‘Tell Me What U Like’ (2000) sold 400 copies hand to hand and his next release “The Fax’ (2001) sold 700. With growing popularity throughout the east coast of Canada, Bru came back with the critically acclaimed album in 2003 called ‘Underground MC’. With national distribution and a very busy schedule, Bru managed to sell almost 600 retail and 750 hand to hand. His next release ‘Identity Crisis’ was released on March 27th, 2007 and is being distributed through Urbnet/Universal. ‘Identity Crisis’ is a polished and mature album. With the help of four hit singles, ‘Makin People Say’ and ‘Help! I Been Robbed’, ‘It’s Rainin’ featuring Jordan Croucher and 'What R We Doin' featuring Eternia currently on rotation at MuchMusic and Much Vibe, J-Bru is steadily becoming a household name. Career Highlights: ECMA Nomination for 'Hip Hop Single of the Year' 2008, 'Urban Single of the Year' 2008, ‘Urban Song of the Year 2003’. NSMA nomination for best Hip Hop Album 2007, 'Ghetto Life' was voted No. 1 independent song on indiecharts.com out of 10, 000 songs, ‘Champion’ was voted Song of the Month on www.garageband.com, as well; two songs have charted in the top 100 of 15,000 songs of all music genres on the site. Television appearances on Much East, Going Coastal, Much News, RapCity, Breakfast Television as well as regular radio appearances on Halifax’s CKDU 88.1 FM and Z103.5 Halifax. J-Bru has opened for talents such as Ludacris, Ghostface Killa, Busta Rhymes, Cappadonna, The Game, Kardinal Offishall, Good Charlotte, Alexisonfire, Swollen Members, The Rascalz, Red 1, Choclair, Jeleestone, Snow, Jully Black, Carl Henry, Checkmate, Mood Ruff, DL Incognito, Maestro and Classified. Contact J-Bru at: jbrumusic@yahoo.com

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Jun 11, 08:56 AM

whats up jay whens your next concert
Sep 07 2008, 06:30 PM

I like the song !The Fax! mmm but its not HERE? I got it on my JAZZ festival CD!!
May 20 2008, 08:48 AM

Hey man, hope you guys make it out to the peg this summer, keep me updated.
Apr 28 2008, 11:30 AM

I love the song It's Rainin' it's about time more people talk about suicide and how it affected their lives.
Apr 14 2008, 05:43 PM

I LOVE CANADIAN HIP HOP!!! More heart than anything out there. Keep on keepin' on.
Apr 01 2008, 10:19 AM

its raining is a great song!!! love it!! hopefully the video comes up here
Feb 21 2008, 11:34 AM

gotta get the new song up here!! the one with Jordan!
Feb 10 2008, 07:21 AM

Hey Jay thanks for giving my son VIP passes he had a great time let us know when you are in town .Love Ya .

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kevin n: "This is the best offering from J-Bru. I'm not real keen on the other tracks. This is the better sound they should pursue, and drop the odd sounding cuts. "