Jay Electronica
Hip hop music, Composer
1976 –
Who is Jay Electronica?
Timothy Elpadaro Thedford, better known by his stage name Jay Electronica, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is currently based in London, United Kingdom.
Electronica first gained significant attention after the release of the musical composition Act I: Eternal Sunshine, which was made available on a MySpace page in 2007 and has been called a "timeless classic" by Vice Magazine. It is fifteen continuous minutes of music, without drums, built from Jon Brion's soundtrack to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In late 2009 he released two singles, both produced by Just Blaze, "Exhibit A" and "Exhibit C", the latter of which won a Sucker Free Summit Award for Instant Classic. In November 2010, it was announced Jay Electronica had signed to hip hop mogul Jay-Z's Roc Nation record label.
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- Born
- Sep 19, 1976
Magnolia Projects - Also known as
- Timothy Elpadaro
- Timothy Elpadaro Thedford
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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