its my heart cookie... no one can really speak for me... i grew up in brooklyn..my daddys a pastor my mother is my alter ego and i write watever makes me feel good. i hope it makes u feel good tew..<3 niglet
"Jade is passionate about her music. She lives and breathes it." Jade’s father replies when asked about his daughter’s chosen career. “She was born to sing. She’ll die doing it.” Nepotism aside, after hearing her voice it doesn’t take long to see what he’s talking about. Jade has a giant spirit to match her giant voice and the ability to transport her listener to a transcendent state of head bobbing and lip sync-ing very few artists can do.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, a pastors daughter, Jade grew up in a non-traditional Puerto Rican household, “I wish I knew more Spanish and how to cook rice. Mom made Chinese food and blasted Gloria Gaynor.” Music is something that came very naturally to Jade early on, “especially in the shower…at the top of my lungs.” Soon, she began to sing in places outside the confines of her bathroom, and it wasn’t long after that, she began to write her own songs and create her own soundtrack. "It is the process of telling stories," which she says, "is one of the most amazing gifts anyone can have."
Following her musical ambitions, Jade attended the prestigious La Guardia High School for Performing Arts, majoring in vocals and graduating in 2003. Shortly thereafter, she was signed to a production company and was given the opportunity to flex her songwriting muscles. This was short lived as she was then signed to Pharrell's "Star Trak" label. Ultimately, Jade parted ways after a year, “I felt like a benchwarmer…No, I was a benchwarmer. I expected more from myself.”
Starting fresh, Jade is writing the songs she wants to write. Jade’s songs focus on the human condition. With each song she manages to tap into a different facet of herself to express multiple perspectives on love, growth, change, faith, and “everything else that makes us human. I like to focus on emotion: visceral and raw. That’s what life is about. But good music is good music, right? Right!?"
It’s safe to say Jade knows what she wants and she appears to be getting it: playing regularly all over the city to an exploding fan base at venues such as BB Kings, SOB’s, the Knitting Factory, Europa, Club Element, and city wide music events such as the Brooklyn Hip Hop festival and Howl festival, as well as having opened for notables Lupe Fiasco and Slick Rick. Along with her many shows, she has just wrapped up her EP entitled, "It's my heart, cookie." with production from J. Carmelli, Precize (GFCNY), and Inglish (The Cool Kids) and features Theophilus London.
"Jade is planted on the frontlines of a musical revolution of the mind, heart, and outer body. She represents a new age of honesty where the truths of our generation are derived from individual experience, not perception. Watch her fly.” – Trace Magazine
Hey Jade whats up? just stopping by supporting your music and wanted to apologize for the Fatboy Radio shot of me in the background. I should have moved but i couldn't . I guess the voice of Jade had an effect on Confidential. Peace
hey. just showing love mama. been awhile.. i've been playing your song on my show..still gotta get you in the normal rotation.. station been dealing wit some technical issues..
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