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Rome Fortune
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Fortune performing in May 2016
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| Birth name | Jerome Raheem Fortune |
| Born | October 13, 1988 |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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Jerome Raheem "Rome" Fortune (born October 13, 1988) is an American rapper. who rose to prominence after the release of his Beautiful ... mixtape in 2013. Influenced by a diverse range of musical traditions, Fortune has released 6 EPs and has collaborated with a number of artists from the Atlanta hip hop scene, including OG Maco, Dun Deal, and ILoveMakonnen.
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Life and career
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fortune comes from a family of musicians and is related to cornetist Nat Adderley and saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. ..... Fortune considers his grandfather, jazz musician Richard Adderley, to be one of the most influential figures in his life. ..... In the summer of 2014, Fortune joined British indie-rock group Glass Animals for their U.S. and U.K. tours.
In January 2015, Fortune announced via Twitter that he was turning himself into police custody for unknown reasons. Fortune was booked into the Cobb County Jail in Marietta, Georgia on January 16, 2015 and announced his release on February 6, 2015. Fortune joined IAMSU's "Eyes on Me" North American tour in March 2015.
Though Fortune's early EP The Air Mattress (2011) was released on Wil May's Makeshift label, he was unsigned until late 2015, when he was backed by Fool's Gold Records. Fortune released his debut album, Jerome Raheem Fortune, in 2016.
Artistry
Influences
Fortune has stated that he is influenced by 90s rap, particularly DMX, whose Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood he cites as the "rap album that changed [his] life". Fortune also draws inspiration from jazz, considering it "pretty much parallel to hip-hop."
Musical style
..... He entered the world of electronic music for his Small VVorld EP, which features a number of tracks produced by U.K. electronic artist Four Tet.
Discography
Albums
- Jerome Raheem Fortune (2016)
- FREEk (2020)
EPs
- The Air Mattress (2011)
- V O Y E U R (with Childish Major) (2012)
- Drive, Thighs, & Lies (with Dun Deal) (2014)
- YEP (with OG Maco) (2015)
- Toro Y Rome Vol.1 (with Toro y Moi) (2018)
Mixtapes
- lolo (with CeeJ) (2012)
- Small VVorld (2014)
- loloU (with CeeJ) (2015)
- VVORLDVVIDE PIMPSATION (2016)
Collaborations
- Stripes (with Gucci Mane & Bankroll Fresh) 2014
- Hazey (with Glass Animals) (2014)
- Rollin' (with Brenmar & Lil Uzi Vert) (2014)
- Lights Low (with Four Tet) (2014)
- Men of Glass (with Sevdaliza) (2015)
- No Ma'am (with IloveMakonnen & Rich the Kid) (2016)
- Buried (with What So Not) (2016)
- Leave It (with ƱZ) (2018)
