DJ Jubilee
| DJ Jubilee | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jerome Temple |
| Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Bounce |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Take Fo' Records |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/DJJubilee |
DJ Jubilee (born Jerome Temple) is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Background
Temple grew up in the St. Thomas Housing Development in New Orleans.[1] He graduated from Grambling State University and is a football coach and a special education teacher.[2]
Music career
DJ Jubilee began DJing at parties in the 1980s and achieved significant recognition for his 1993 cassette single Do The Jubilee All.[3] This song contains the first recorded use of the word 'twerk'.[4]
DJ Jubilee's 1998 album Take It To the St. Thomas debuted at #61 on Billboard’s Top R&B albums chart for the week of May 9, 1998.[1] Dj Jubilee launched Big Ramp's Career
In November 2013, DJ Jubilee headlined the first bounce show to be performed at New Orleans' Preservation Hall with the Big Easy Bounce Band.[5][6]
The 2000 504 Boyz hit single "Wobble Wobble" was inspired by a DJ Jubilee lyric.[7]
In 2015 Jubilee met up with local dj's including Baton Rouge native DjTrillReed helping them start there movement.
Legal issues
Take Fo' Records unsuccessfully sued Cash Money Records alleging that Juvenile's "Back That Azz Up" infringed the copyright of DJ Jubilee's "Back That A$$ Up".[8]
Discography
- Do The Jubilee All (1992)[3]
- Stop Pause (1993)[3]
- DJ Jubilee & the Cartoon Crew (1993)[3]
- 20 Years In The Jets (1996)[3]
- Get Ready, Ready! (1997)[3]
- Take It To The St. Thomas (1998)[3]
- Bouncin All Over The World (1999)[3]
- Do Yo Thang Girl! (2000)[3]
- Walk With It (2004)[3]
References
- 1 2 Cortello, Karen (June 1, 1998). "DJ Jubilee". OffBeat Magazine. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ↑ Hannusch, Jeff (September 1, 2000). "DJ Jubilee". OffBeat Magazine. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Brightwell, Eric. "DJ Jubilee - Biography". Amoeba Music. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ↑ Journet, Brandon (September 4, 2013). "Was DJ Jubilee The First Person To Ever Say ‘Twerk’ In 1993?". Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ↑ Rawls, Alex (November 22, 2013). "New Orleans hip-hop goes to Preservation Hall with ‘acoustic bounce’ show". The New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ↑ Fensterstock, Alison (November 24, 2013). "DJ Jubilee had Preservation Hall backing that thing up, right into the history books". The New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ↑ Neil Strauss, "A Trendsetter On Rap's Fringe", The New York Times, May 28, 2000.
- ↑ Positive Black Talk, Inc. v. Cash Money Records, Inc., 394 F.3d 357 (5th Cir. December 17, 2004).