Jazz Cartier facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Jazz Cartier
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Cartier performing in April 2017
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| Birth name | Jahmarie Wishart Adams |
| Also known as | Jacuzzi LaFleur |
| Born | March 19, 1993 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2010–present |
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Jahmarie Wishart Adams (born March 19, 1993), known as Jazz Cartier, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is famous for his mixtapes, Marauding in Paradise and Hotel Paranoia.
Jazz Cartier has been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize twice. This award celebrates the best Canadian albums. He won a Juno Award in 2017 for his mixtape Hotel Paranoia. The Juno Award is one of Canada's biggest music awards. His first studio album, Fleurever, came out in July 2018.
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Early Life and Moving Around
Jahmarie Wishart Adams was born in Toronto, Ontario, on March 19, 1993. His stepfather worked as a diplomat. This meant his family moved very often when he was a child.
He lived in different places like the United States, Barbados, and Kuwait. He went to 13 different boarding schools! Jazz Cartier says that all the different music he heard in these places helped shape his own hip-hop style. He spent most of his high school years at Avon Old Farms in Connecticut. He later graduated from Blue Ridge School in Virginia.
In 2012, he was accepted into an art program at Columbia College Chicago. But he decided to move back to Toronto instead. He didn't want to move to a new city where he didn't know anyone.
Starting a Music Career
In 2013, Jazz Cartier helped form the "Get Home Safe Crew" in Toronto. This group included 88Glam members Drew Howard and Derek Wise. They met through the city's music scene and later lived together.
Jazz Cartier had started working on his first mixtape, Marauding in Paradise, in 2011. But he wasn't happy with it at first. After returning to Toronto, he began working with record producer Lantz. They had first met in 2009. In 2014, they released their first song together, "Set Fire".
He quickly became popular by performing in Toronto. His song "Switch" was often played at Toronto Raptors basketball games. In March 2015, famous rapper Kardinal Offishall even introduced him at a show.
Albums and Mixtapes
Jazz Cartier's first mixtape, Marauding in Paradise, was released on April 15, 2015. Songs like "Switch", "New Religion", and "Dead or Alive" helped promote it.
His second mixtape, Hotel Paranoia, came out in February 2016. It included the songs "Stick & Move" and "I Know". In February 2016, it was announced that he would perform at the Osheaga Festival. This is a big music festival.
In 2016, his song "Dead or Alive" was nominated for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize. In 2017, he won a Juno Award for Hotel Paranoia.
Jazz Cartier announced his next project, Fleurever, in December 2016. The first song from the album, "Tempted", was released in January 2017. This song reached number 91 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. It was his highest-charting song at the time. He later released "Right Now", "Godflower", and "Which One" in 2018. Fleurever was released on July 27, 2018. It reached number 70 on the Canadian Albums Chart.
Music Releases
Studio Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| Fleurever |
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| The Fleur Print |
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TBA |
| The Fleur Print (Vol.2) |
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Mixtapes
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| Marauding in Paradise |
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| Hotel Paranoia |
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Singles
As Lead Artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| "Her Daddy Don't Like Me" (featuring JB and Scotch Butta) |
2010 | — | non-album single |
| "Switch" | 2014 | — | Marauding in Paradise |
| "New Religion" | 2015 | — | |
| "Dead or Alive" | — | ||
| "Stick & Move" | — | Hotel Paranoia | |
| "I Know" | — | ||
| "Ring" (with Ye Ali) |
2016 | — | non-album singles |
| "Waste" | — | ||
| "Just in Case" | — | ||
| "Pree" | — | ||
| "Tempted" | 2017 | 91 | Fleurever |
| "How Did I Get This Deep?" | — | non-album single | |
| "Right Now" (featuring KTOE) |
2018 | — | Fleurever |
| "Godflower" | — | ||
| "Which One" | — | ||
| "Touring" (with KTOE) |
2019 | — | non-album singles |
| "Itchin' for a Lick" | 2020 | — | |
| "Disclosure" | — | The Fleur Print | |
| "Basement" | — | ||
| "Nothin 2 Me" (with Cousin Stizz) |
2021 | — | |
| "Two of 'Em" (with Buddy) |
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| "B.I.G." (with Grandtheft) |
— | rowspan="2" TBA | |
| "Woah" (with Tobi) |
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| "Rock the Boat" (with Kyle) |
— | The Fleur Print |
As Featured Artist
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Special" (Lex Aura featuring Rexx Life Raj and Jazz Cartier) |
2017 | non-album single |
| "Come Inside" (Lou Phelps featuring Jazz Cartier) |
2018 | 002 / Love Me |
| "Prettiest" (Ro Ransom featuring Jazz Cartier) |
Momentum | |
| "Crazy World" (WaveIQ featuring Jazz Cartier) |
2019 | non-album single |
Guest Appearances
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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| "Still Up" | 2016 | Wale, Phil Ade | Summer on Sunset |
| "Indicted Mind" | Ken Rebel, Danny Seth | Indicted Mind | |
| "Blue Cross, Blue Shield" | 2017 | Itsthereal | Teddy Bear Fresh |
| "Waterworld" | 2018 | Falcons, B. Lewis, GoldLink | Daydrift |
| "Ring 4x" | 2019 | Ye Ali | Private Suite |
| "Weekend" | Ty Senoj | Metroflwr | |
| "Casablanca" | Naar, Issam | Safar |
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2015 | SiriusXM Indie Awards | Rap/Hip-Hop Artist or Group of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |
| Polaris Music Prize | Canadian Album of the Year | Marauding in Paradise | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | SiriusXM Indie Awards | Rap/R&B Artist/Group of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |
| iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards | Best Hip-Hop Video | "The Valley/Dead or Alive" | Nominated | ||
| Best New Canadian Artist | Himself | Nominated | |||
| SOCAN Songwriting Prize | Canadian Song of the Year | "Dead or Alive" | Nominated | ||
| Polaris Music Prize | Canadian Album of the Year | Hotel Paranoia | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Juno Award | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |
| Rap Recording of the Year | Hotel Paranoia | Won | |||
| Canadian Independent Music Awards | Rap/R&B Artist/Group of the Year | Himself | Nominated | ||
| iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards | Best Hip Hop Video | "Red Alert/100 Roses" | Nominated |
Film and TV Appearances
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | 6ix Rising | Himself | A documentary about Toronto's hip-hop scene. |
