Biography
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Born
17 December 1988 (age 35)
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Born In
New York, New York, United States
Jessica Ho (born December 17, 1988), better known by her stage name Jessi (Hangul: 제시) is a Korean-American rapper, singer and songwriter based in South Korea. She was born in New York, raised in New Jersey and moved to South Korea at the age of 15.
Jessi made her debut with single album Get Up in 2005. In 2006 the hip hop group Uptown featured her in their album Testimony, replacing their original vocalist 윤미래 (Yoon Mi-rae). Jessi's second single album, entitled "The Rebirth", was released in January 2009. After the release, she took a break from music, and left Korea to return to America.
In 2014, after a 5-year hiatus, she returned as a member of Lucky J with rapper J’Kyun and vocalist J-Yo. The trio debuted with the digital single "Can You Hear Me" under YMC Entertainment in July of that year.
From January to March 2015, Jessi was part of the first season of Unpretty Rapstar, a spin-off of the program Show Me The Money. After her appearance on Unpretty Rapstar, Jessi was featured in JYP's single "Who's Your Mama?" and its music video, which were both released in April 2015.
She released her first ever solo rap single, "쎈언니 on September 15 of the same year.
In 2017, Jessi released another rap single, "Gucci" from her first mini-album, entitled Un2verse, both of which released on July 13.
On July 6, 2018, she released a single titled "Down.
Jessi's contract with YMC Entertainment ended in October 2018, and in January 2019, she signed a contract with Psy's record label P Nation. Her first single under the label, "Who Dat B," was released on September 23, 2019. She released another rap single, "Drip" featuring Jay Park, on November 2.
The singer released her second extended play, Nuna, on July 30. The single "눈누난나 (NUNU NANA)" was released in conjunction with the EP. "눈누난나 (NUNU NANA)" peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart, becoming her first top-ten single as a solo artist and her highest-charting solo single.
Jessi joined the cast of MBC reality-variety show Hangout with Yoo in August 2020 as a member of four-member supergroup Refund Sisters. The group consists of Jessi along with Korean singers 이효리 (Lee Hyo-ri), 엄정화 (Uhm Jung-hwa), and 화사 (Hwasa); they made their debut on October 10, releasing their debut single, "Don't Touch Me".
On March 17, 2021, Jessi released a new digital single titled "어떤X (What Type of X)".
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