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Jesse Dangerously | |
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![]() Jesse in Ottawa, November 2008 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Jesse Alexander McDonald [1] |
Also known as | Jesse D., J.D., Little Girl Toast, Bad DJ Budget Cuts [2] |
Born | [3] | October 19, 1979
Origin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Genres | Alternative hip hop |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, Sampling and programming, Drums, Ukulele, Theremin |
Years active | 1996-present |
Labels | Hand’Solo Records (for The Library Steps), Coax Records (for Lizard Grove) |
Website | http://dangerously.ca/ |
Jesse Alexander McDonald, better known by their stage name Jesse Dangerously or The Halifax Rap Legend, is an alternative hip hop artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia [ citation needed ] and operating out of Ottawa, Ontario.[ citation needed ] Dangerously has released solo projects, provided guest vocals for other local artists, hosted a weekly radio show, written a weekly column, and produced beats for other musicians. They are a member of the Backburner crew.
Rapper mc chris has referred to Dangerously as a nerdcore hip hop artist, saying the following:
"The truth is I'm kicking every other rapper like me's ass up and down the boardwalk. I only like one and will say his name quite happily. Jesse Dangerously. He's good. The rest suck. That’s hard to say and i haven't said it before because some of these people are my fans, some are my friends." [4]
From June 2004 until May 2007, Dangerously hosted The Pavement, a weekly hip hop show on CKDU 88.1 FM that was handed down to them from Buck 65 and Skratch Bastid. They have guest lectured at Saint Mary's University on the topic of gender issues in rap music and popular culture, and from January 2006 until October 2007, they penned a weekly column on regional hip-hop for The Daily News of Halifax. [5]
Dangerously is non-binary, [6] [ dead link ] and uses both they/them and he/him pronouns. [7]
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