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Joél Filsaime

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Joél Filsaime
BornJoél Filsaime[1]
(1984-09-20) 20 September 1984 (age 40)
Boynton Beach, Florida
💼 Occupation
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
  • entrepreneur
  • businessman
❤️ Partner(s)Anya Duvalier (2019–present)

Joél Filsaime (born. September 20, 1984 in Boynton Beach, Florida), better known by his stage name J-Pimp[2], is an American rapper, philanthropist and entrepreneur.[3][4]

He is perhaps best known for his freestyle rap songs published from 2019-2022 continuously peak #1 on the Freestyle charts popular website SoundClick.com.[5][6] He is best known for his consistent hip hop album releases from his independent record label D-Ploy Records in iTunes Store, including The Average Joe received positive reviews and nominated on the Billboard (magazine).[7][8]

Early life[edit]

J-Pimp was born Joél Filsaime[9] in Boynton Beach, Florida and raised in Delray Beach, Florida of Haitian descent speaking Haitian Creole fluently.[10] His mother was a voodoo priestess in Léogâne.[11] He began taking interest in music at an early age, started as a DJ playing a variety of rap music on the morning announcement in junior high school.[12] He dropout of high school in the eleventh grade following a serious football injury, he began to pursue a career in the music industry.[13][14] He developed his musical talent and taught himself how to record music from his home studio influenced by famous hip-hop artists such as Tupac Shakur, Twista, Wyclef Jean, Rick Ross, and 50 Cent.[15] He grew up listening to Hip hop and R&B music gaining recognition as a record producer, audio mixing local rap artists in his community.[16] He was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended Catholic school. He is a 2010 Haiti earthquake survivor because he was in a Florida jail at the time. In December 2010, Joél Filsaime was arrested on gun charges in Palm Beach County, Florida. He was released from county jail to his own custody a few hours later.[17]

Personal life[edit]

Joél Filsaime started dating Anya Duvalier, daughter of former President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier in 2019.[18]

Production equipment[edit]

Joél Filsaime uses a variety of production equipment to create beats, rhythmic variation and sound effects. His gear includes the Kawai K5000, Akai MPC Live II Retro Edition Music Production Workstation, Studio One, FL Studio, Yamaha MODX8, and the Kurzweil K2000.[19] His vocals have been described as "unique" and "strong", MTV wrote that Filsaime music "demonstrate a N.W.A-like harmoniously rhymes to create a unique blending of gangsta rap and freestyle rap".[20]

References[edit]

  1. "Biography; Joél Filsaime". biographies.net. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. "Pure Charts by Charts in France". chartsinfrance.net. Charts in France. March 10, 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  3. "Joél Filsaime; Birth and Occupations". myheritage.com. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. "Well-known rapper J-Pimp was born Joél Filsaime". PeoplePill. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  5. "Joél Filsaime; SoundClick Reported Data". soundclick.com. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  6. "Hot 100; popular radio songs (chart)". top-charts.com. MyTuner Radio. January 24, 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  7. "The Average Joe – J-Pimp". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved September 1, 2005.
  8. Paterson, Tina-Marie (February 3, 2017). "Billboard; The Best In Music: Land Of The Free - Single". Billboard Magazine. No. Spring 2018. Billboard magazine. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  9. "Students of the Month for January". articles.sun-sentinel.com. 22 February 1995.
  10. "Top 100 Most Popular Songs". ituneslove.com. VersuriStore. March 20, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  11. "Décès de Mme Georgette Oscar Fils-Aimé". lenouvelliste.com. 10 February 2019.
  12. Abramson, Thomas. "The Palm Beach Post; Joél Filsaime was junior high school and secondary school track & field captain". newspapers.com. The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 10 May 2001.
  13. Swets, R.D. "Olympic Heights High School; Varsity Football Roster". sun-sentinel.com. Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 18 May 2001.
  14. "BBC MUSIC". BBC. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  15. "Daily News; J-Pimp musical influences". rapbasement.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  16. Hosken, Patrick (January 2, 2015). "MTV Artists; Joél Filsaime known as J-Pimp: biography, discography and music videos". MTV. No. Spring 2015. MTV Networks. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  17. Reports, Staff. "Man shoots in air to quiet neighborhood party". wordpress.com. Everybody Loves Miami. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  18. "Duvalier Family Bids Farewell". haitiantimes.com. 11 October 2014.
  19. Jefferson, Tish. "Joél Célestin Filsaime Biography". celebs.filmifeed.com. FILMIFEED. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  20. Lover, Ed. "Joél Filsaime, MTV interview". mtv.it. MTV. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

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