Jessi (musician)

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Jessi
Born Ho Hyun-ju
(1988-12-17) December 17, 1988 (age 35)
New York, United States
Occupation
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2005–present
Labels
  • YMC Entertainment
Associated acts
  • Uptown
  • Lucky J
Jessi
Hangul 제시
Revised Romanization Jessi
McCune–Reischauer Chessi

Jessi (Hangul: 제시; born December 17, 1988), also known as Jessica H.O. is a South Korean–American singer, rapper, and member of the hip-hop trio Lucky J under YMC Entertainment. She was born in New York, raised in New Jersey, and moved to South Korea at the age of 15.[1]

Career

In 2003 Jessica H.O successfully auditioned for Doremi media and moved to Korea aged 15.[2] In 2005, Jessi released her first single album Get Up. In 2006, she was featured in the album Testimony by Uptown. In 2009, Jessi released her second single album The Rebirth. However, in the summer of 2006, screenshots from her MySpace account insulting the popular soloist BoA were released.[3] This led to her 5-year hiatus from the kpop industry.

In 2013 Jessica H.O returned with fresh controversy as news about an alleged assault surface.[4]

In 2014, after a 5-year hiatus, she returned as a member of Lucky J with rapper J’Kyun and vocalist J-Yo.[5] That year, Lucky J released the digital single "Can You Hear Me?".[5] On December 31, Jessi did a collaboration stage with labelmate Ailee and Sistar member Hyolyn. The trio performed the song Bang Bang at MBC Gayo Daejejeon, with Jessi doing the rap verse.[6]

In 2015, Jessi was part of the variety show Unpretty Rapstar, a spin-off of the program Show Me The Money. Unpretty Rapstar is a female rappers survival program. The show consists of a single-elimination competition through rap performances. Jessi was the first runner up in the show.[7] Jessi featured in JYP's track "Who’s Your Mama?" and its music video, which were released in April 2015.[8] She was also a guest on various popular South Korean variety shows, including Running Man and Happy Together.[9][10] Jessi released the digital single, "SSENUNNI" on September 15.[11]

In 2016, Jessi was a guest on Please Take Care of My Refrigerator[12] for two episodes in March with fellow singer Hyun-A, during which she elicited a wide range of responses from the cast with her "Ajima-style" Korean peppered with native English observations about the flavors of the dishes created in 15 minutes by the assembled chefs. In a touching surprise moment, Jessi's mother appeared by video to request that the chefs prepare her daughter food from healthy ingredients that she doesn't like, as she only gets to cook for Jessi once per year as they live in different countries. There were several opportunities for Jessi to show off her powerful singing voice, most notably when her new music video Excessive Love (살찐 사랑)[13] was shown during the closing credits.

Discography

Single albums

Title Album details Track listing Sales
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Track listing
  1. "W.T.H"
  2. "Missin' U"
  3. "Get Up"
  4. "1-2 Step"
  5. "Give It All"
  6. "Missin' U"
  7. "All I Need..."
  8. "The Christmas Song"

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[15]
"Life Is Good" 2009 — Non-album releases
"I Want To Be Me" 2015 31
"Ssenunni" 29
  • KOR: 140,783+ (DL)
"Raise on Heels (feat. Dok2)"
"Excessive Love" 2016 65 33,087 +

Soundtrack appearances and group/solo performances

Year Song Duration Artist
2014 "Can You Hear Me" 3:21 Lucky J
"How much is your love" 3:14 Wheesung & Bumkey
"No No No" 3:22 Pharoh feat Jessi
2015 "My Type" 3:17 Kangnam, Cheetah & Jessi
"Unpretty Dreams" 3:17 Jessi
"Who's Your Mama?" 3:48 Park Jin-young feat Jessi
"I Want To Be Me" 3:26 Jessi
"Ssenunni" 2:55 Jessi
"Just Like You" 3:32 Primary feat Jessi
2015 "Me, Myself & I" 3:15 Heize feat Wheesung & Jessi
2016 "Excessive Love" 3:57 Jessi

Filmography

TV variety shows

Year Title Network Notes
2014 Singer Game Mnet Episode 1
Unpretty Rapstar Mnet Contestant (Runner-Up)
2015 I Am a Singer MBC Guest
Taxi TVN Guest
Happy Together KBS Episode 392
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS Guest
Running Man SBS Episodes 244 & 252
Hello Counselor KBS Episode 223
Heart A Tag Mnet Episode 1-2
World Changing Quiz MBC Ep 297
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS Ep 283
Real Men (TV series) MBC Cast Member
After School Club Arirang TV Guest (2015)
King of Mask Singer MBC Contestant, Episode 35 (with the stage name "Miss Korea")
Two Yoo Project Sugar Man JTBC Performer (2015)
Show Me the Money Mnet Season 4, Featured singer on Episode 5, Black Nut[16]
2016 Please Take Care of My Refrigerator JTBC Guest Star, Episode 71 (with Hyun-A Episode 70)
Sisters Slam Dunk (TV series) KBS2 Cast Member
Happy Together (TV series) KBS2 Guest with Jackson, Cao Lu

References

  1. ↑ After School Club (episode 178 featuring Jessi)
  2. ↑ http://www.koreaboo.com/video/the-10-year-journey-from-jessica-h-o-to-lucky-js-jessi/
  3. ↑ http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/jessicaho/
  4. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/06/jessica-ho-accused-of-assaulting-a-woman
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 {Interview} ′Unpretty Rapstar′ Jessi Spills on Why She Left Korea, Struggling with Korean Culture and More
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ {Mwave} Block B’s Zico to Join ‘Unpretty Rapstar’ as Hip-Hop Producer
  8. ↑ {JYPE.com} 박진영(J.Y. Park) "어머님이 누구니(Who's your mama?) (feat. Jessi) " Music Video
  9. ↑ {SBS Running Man} Yoo: "Jesse, eyelid surgery, the transition is much prettier."
  10. ↑ {KBS Happy Together} Suzy, Jessi, Seo Woo & more! (2015.04.23)
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Excessive Love (살찐 사랑) Music Video
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ 블랙넛 (Black Nut) - 내가 할 수 있는 건 (Feat. Jessi) Music Video, Retrieved March 23, 2016

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