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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 |
| Labels | Fogwood Records |
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Jerome Raheem "Rome" Fortune (born October 13, 1988) is an American rapper and songwriter. He became well-known after his mixtape Beautiful ... was released in 2013. Rome Fortune is inspired by many different kinds of music. He has put out several EPs (which are like mini-albums) and worked with many artists from the Atlanta hip hop scene.
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Rome Fortune's Life and Music Journey
Jerome Raheem Fortune was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Music runs in his family! He is related to famous jazz musicians Nat Adderley (who played the cornet) and Cannonball Adderley (who played the saxophone). Rome Fortune says his grandfather, jazz musician Richard Adderley, was a very important person in his life.
In the summer of 2014, Rome Fortune joined the British indie-rock band Glass Animals. He toured with them in the United States and the United Kingdom.
In March 2015, Rome Fortune joined IAMSU's "Eyes on Me" tour across North America.
Rome Fortune's first EP, The Air Mattress, came out in 2011 on Wil May's Makeshift label. For a while, he was an independent artist. Then, in late 2015, he signed with Fool's Gold Records. He released his first full album, named Jerome Raheem Fortune, in 2016. In the summer of 2024, Rome Fortune signed with the record label Fogwood Records.
Rome Fortune's Musical Style
What Inspires Rome Fortune's Music
Rome Fortune has shared that he is greatly influenced by rap music from the 1990s. He especially likes DMX. Rome Fortune says DMX's album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood was the "rap album that changed [his] life."
He also gets ideas from jazz music. Rome Fortune believes that jazz is "pretty much parallel to hip-hop." This means he sees a lot of similarities between the two music styles.
How Rome Fortune Creates Music
Rome Fortune likes to explore different sounds in his music. For his EP Small VVorld, he tried out electronic music. This EP features several songs produced by the British electronic artist Four Tet.
Rome Fortune's Music Releases
Albums by Rome Fortune
- Jerome Raheem Fortune (released in 2016)
- FREEk (released in 2020)
EPs by Rome Fortune
- 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 by Rome Fortune
- lolo (2012)
- Small VVorld (2014)
- loloU (2015)
- VVORLDVVIDE PIMPSATION (2016)
- Banned By Kaytranada (2024)
Songs Rome Fortune Collaborated On
- 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)
