Jaz-O
Hip hop music, Celebrity
1964 –
Who is Jaz-O?
Jonathan Burks better known by his stage name Jaz-O, is an American rapper and record producer active in the late 1980s through the 1990s, best known for being the mentor of Jay-Z. Jaz is also known as the Originator and had a song called "The Originators" that featured a young Jay-Z in 1990. As The Jaz, he had success with his 1989 single "Hawaiian Sophie" from his debut album Word to the Jaz. He has been featured on some of Jay-Z's songs, "Ain't No Nigga", and the single "Nigga What, Nigga Who" from Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, where he was credited as Big Jaz. He also produced the single "Ain't No Nigga" from Reasonable Doubt and the song "Rap Game/Crack Game" from In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. The album "Kingz Kounty - with The Immobilarie Present" marked the last time Jay-Z and mentor Jaz-O would ever collaborate.
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- Born
- Oct 4, 1964
Brooklyn - Also known as
- Jonathan Burks
- Jaz, The
- Big Jaz
- The Jaz
- JazO
- The Originator
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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