DJ Jubilee
DJ Jubilee (born Jerome Temple) is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana.
DJ Jubilee | |
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Birth name | Jerome Temple |
Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Genres | Bounce music |
Years active | 1991–present |
Labels | Take Fo' Records |
Website | https://www.facebook.com/DJJubilee, http://www.djjubilee.com/home.html |
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]
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]
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 (1993)[9]
- 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
- 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.
- 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. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. 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).
- https://www.nola.com/300/2018/05/dj_jubilee_bounce_new_orleans.html