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Alex Jacke
Background information
Born (1989-05-15) May 15, 1989 (age 34)
Los Feliz, California, United States
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres R&B, pop, dance, soul, hip hop Orgasmic R&B
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano
Years active1999–present
LabelsIndependent
Website www.alexjacke.com

Alex Jacke was born and raised in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The singer and songwriter realized his passion for music as a child when he fell in love with 1990s R&B and Hip Hop. Jacke's music influences also include soul, funk, gospel, rock, and pop music. Self-taught on the piano, he began composing songs by middle school. By the time he started his freshman year at Morehouse College, he knew music was his future and he focused his energy on songwriting, & performing at school events and venues around Atlanta. During his sophomore year, he appeared on the highly popular MTV series "My Super Sweet 16, [1] " as the special guest performer for DJ Spinderella and former NBA player, Kenny Anderson's daughter, Christy. His performance caught the attention of music executive and producer, Laney Stewart, [2] who invited Jacke to work with him over the summer. Jacke jumped at the opportunity to pursue his dream, and left Morehouse College [3] at the end of his junior year [4] to return to Los Angeles. [5] Like others before him, most notably Tricky Stewart and The-Dream. Laney Stewart took Alex Jacke under his wing which led Jacke to land a worldwide publishing deal with Music Gallery/Universal Music Publishing Group in 2011. Along with Stewart and his production team The Sharpshootaz, Alex Jacke spent most of the first half of 2012 perfecting his debut EP, D.F.M. (Dorm Fuckin Music) released on July 9, 2012. [6] [7] On Valentine's Day 2013, Alex released a "Deluxe" version of his D.F.M. release, simply titled "D.F.M. Deluxe". [8] [9] [10]

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Music career

After building a YouTube [11] following doing singing cover songs, [12] in May 2012, Jacke dropped his first single, "One Thing", [13] [14] [15] which was eventually followed with the release of his "D.F.M." EP in July 2012 and then with the further release of "D.F.M. Deluxe" in February 2013. [8] [9] [10] During the summer of 2013, he was selected as a top 5 finalist for Macy's and iHeart Radio's Rising Star contest where he performed at L.A.'s iHeart Radio Festival. [16] He returned again in December 2013 to release a single called "Sex Is Amazing [17] and then again in 2014, releasing another single, "Apart", on March 3, 2014. [18]

Songwriting

In late 2011, Alex went in the studio with his fellow Sharpshootaz members and Laney Stewart to work on songs for Jesse McCartney's latest album. One of the songs that Alex co-wrote, "Out Of Words", was leaked in July 2012 [19]

Discography

Track listing & personnel

D.F.M.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Talk Sexy (Skit)"n/a2:42
2."One Thing"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart 3:34
3."Callin For You"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Sidney Miller, Glynn Austin Tolliver, Gabriel Nowee4:54
4."Nobody's Perfect" Laney Stewart, Matt Robinson4:19
5."Enjoy The Ride"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Sidney Miller 5:39
6."All She Wrote"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, J. Rutherford, C. Bernardy, L. Wade, P. Houston, J. Dorr3:19
7."Cheers (Skit)"n/a0:42
8."Days Of Our Lives"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Romika Faniel, Gabriel Nowee3:55

D.F.M. Deluxe

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Talk Sexy (Skit)"n/a2:42
2."One Thing"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart 3:34
3."Callin For You"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Sidney Miller, Glynn Austin Tolliver, Gabriel Nowee4:54
4."Nobody's Perfect" Laney Stewart, Matt Robinson4:19
5."Enjoy The Ride"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Sidney Miller 5:39
6."All She Wrote"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, J. Rutherford, C. Bernardy, L. Wade, P. Houston, J. Dorr3:19
7."Cheers (Skit)"n/a0:42
8."Days Of Our Lives"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Romika Faniel, Gabriel Nowee3:55
9."No Hands"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Sidney Miller 4:00
10."Love To Love Ya"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, G. Toliver, Sidney Miller 3:38
11."We Should Have Sex"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Sidney Miller, A. Kim, T. Perry, A. Vertel3:27
12."Pure Perfection"Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Romika Faniel, C. Stewart4:16
No.TitleLength

TV

In 2012, Jacke acted in MTV's My Super Sweet Sixteen [24]

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