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Jamareo Artis
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Bruno Mars and Artis in 2024
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| Also known as | Jam |
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| Genres | Pop, rock, gospel, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, performance artist |
| Instruments | Bass, vocals |
| Associated acts | Bruno Mars, the Hooligans |
Jamareo "Jam" Artis is an American bass guitarist. He is known for his work as bass guitarist for pop star Bruno Mars and for winning P. Diddy's MTV Making His Band in 2009.
In 2014, Jamareo recorded with Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars on "Uptown Funk", which was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks. Artis also appeared with Mars in its music video, as well as in the videos for "Locked Out of Heaven", "Gorilla", "Treasure", "24K Magic" and "Finesse". He also participated in Mars' 24K Magic World Tour.
Artis has performed on many television shows, such as the Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show, the Grammy Awards telecast, Saturday Night Live, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, MTV Video Music Awards, Today Show, The X Factor, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Show with David Letterman, American Idol, MTV European Music Awards, Echo Awards, and The X Factor UK, among others. He played bass on Keith Urban's song "Out the Cage" (featuring Breland and Nile Rodgers) taken from The Speed of Now Part 1 (2020).
Early life
Artis began playing bass at the age of 10. He graduated from Ralph L. Fike High School in 2007.
Discography
- Liberation (EP)
- The Red BoomBox (LP)
