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Quick facts for kids Pi'erre Bourne
Jenks performing in 2022
Background information
Birth name	Jordan Timothy Jenks
Born	(1993-09-19) September 19, 1993 (age 31)
Origin	Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop trap
Occupations	Record producer rapper singer songwriter audio engineer
Years active	2010–present
Labels	SossHouse Interscope
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Jordan Timothy Jenks (born September 19, 1993), known as Pi'erre Bourne, is an American music producer, rapper, singer, songwriter, and audio engineer. He is famous for producing hit songs like "Magnolia" for Playboi Carti and "Gummo" for 6ix9ine in 2017. Both of these songs reached the top 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Pi'erre Bourne has worked with many popular artists. These include Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, Young Thug, Juice Wrld, Young Nudy, Trippie Redd, Kanye West, Drake, Nav, Duwap Kaine, and 21 Savage.

Early Life and Music Beginnings

Jordan Jenks grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. His mother's family came from Belize. During his summers, he visited his grandmother in South Jamaica, Queens. This is where he became interested in East Coast hip hop music.

He is related to Mobile Malachi, a reggae artist from Belize. He is also a cousin of the rapper Papoose. His uncle Dwight, who was a rapper and graphic artist, inspired him. Jenks started making beats in elementary school. He used a program called FL Studio on his uncle's computer.

His stage name, Pi'erre Bourne, comes from two things. One is a funny TV sketch called "Everyday French with Pierre Escargot." The other is the 2002 movie The Bourne Identity. In high school, he formed a rap group called The Bourne Ones. They shared their music online on a site called Imeem.

Music Career

After high school, Jenks studied graphic design at Winthrop University for a year. He then left college and lived with his grandparents in Queens. Later, he moved to Greenville, South Carolina with his father. He worked different jobs in stores.

When he was 18, his uncle told him to go to music school. So, Jenks moved to Atlanta to study sound engineering at the SAE Institute. Since the school didn't have dorms, Jenks lived in his Cadillac Escalade for a while.

While in school, he met and worked with DJ Burn One. DJ Burn One encouraged him to create his own music beats. He also became good friends with TM88 and the son of L.A. Reid, a music executive. Jenks worked as an intern at Hustle Gang Records. Then, he became a full-time engineer at Mad Studios in Atlanta. There, he met Young Nudy, who he often works with.

In 2015, Jenks started working as a sound engineer for Epic Records. He left a year later to focus on his own music. In 2016, he began releasing a series of mixtapes. These were called The Life of Pi'erre, named after Kanye West's album The Life of Pablo.

Rising to Fame

Jenks met Playboi Carti in February 2017. This happened after Carti used Jenks' "Wokeuplikethis" beat for a song. In March 2017, Pi'erre produced Playboi Carti's song "Magnolia." This song became a big hit, reaching number 29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

In September 2017, he signed a record deal with Interscope Records. He also started his own music label called SossHouse. In 2018, he helped produce several songs on Kanye West's album Ye. He also produced the song "Watch" for Travis Scott, which featured Kanye West and Lil Uzi Vert. Playboi Carti's album Die Lit, which Pi'erre helped create, also came out in May 2018.

Recent Work and Achievements

On May 8, 2019, Pi'erre Bourne and Young Nudy released their album Sli'merre. This album had 12 songs and featured artists like DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, 21 Savage, and Lil Uzi Vert. All the songs on Sli'merre were produced by Pi'erre. The album reached number 1 on Apple Music's U.S. All Genres chart. It also reached number 63 on the Billboard 200.

In July 2019, Bourne worked with Kanye West again on his album Jesus Is King. For his work on this album, Pi'erre won his first Grammy Award in 2021. On March 25, 2020, Jenks became the number 1 producer on Billboard's Hot 100 Producers chart. This was because he produced four songs on the deluxe version of Lil Uzi Vert's album, Eternal Atake.

On June 19, 2020, Jenks released a deluxe version of The Life of Pi'erre 4. He also produced the song "Pain 1993" for Drake's Dark Lane Demo Tapes. This song featured Playboi Carti and reached number 7 on the Hot 100 chart in May 2020.

On June 11, 2021, Jenks released his second studio album, The Life of Pi'erre 5. It was released by Interscope through his SossHouse label. Jenks produced the entire album himself. It included songs with Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, and Sharc.

On January 14, 2022, Lil Wayne re-released his Sorry 4 the Wait mixtape. It included four new songs, and Pi'erre produced the song "Cameras" with Allan Cubes.

On August 26, 2022, Jenks released a single called "Good Movie." A week later, on September 2, 2022, he released his third studio album with the same name, Good Movie. This album was also released by Interscope Records and SossHouse. It featured Don Toliver and Young Nudy.

On February 24, 2023, Jenks released "IG," a song fans had been waiting for. He had teased snippets of it on his Instagram livestreams. "IG" was the first song from his EP Grails, which came out on April 14, 2023. This EP included other popular unreleased tracks. The second single from Grails, "Honeyberry 2," was released on March 17, 2023.

On June 6, 2025, Pi’erre released "Blocs." This was the first single from his fourth studio album, Made in Paris, which was released on June 27, 2025.

Music Style and Influences

Pi'erre Bourne has said that many artists and things have inspired his music. These include Wiz Khalifa, video game soundtracks, Dipset, G-Unit, Kid Cudi, T-Pain, J Dilla, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, and Kanye West. He especially looks up to Kanye West for being both a rapper and a producer.

A music critic from Pitchfork described Pi'erre's music as having "airy video-game melodies with classic trap drums." He is also well-known for his unique producer tag. This is a short sound clip that plays at the beginning of his songs. It says, "Yo Pierre, you wanna come out here?" This sound comes from an episode of The Jamie Foxx Show.

Discography

Pi'erre Bourne has released several albums, EPs, and mixtapes. He has also produced many songs for other artists.

Studio Albums

Collaboration Albums

Extended Plays (EPs)

• Grails, April 14, 2023, SossHouse, Interscope

Mixtapes

• The Life of Pi'erre, September 19, 2016, self-released
• The Life of Pi'erre 2, November 25, 2016, self-released
• The Life of Pi'erre 3, December 26, 2016, self-released

Singles as Lead Artist

Charted Songs as Producer

See also

In Spanish: Pi'erre Bourne para niños