Jimmy O
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Birth name | Jean Jimmy Alexandre |
Born | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
March 9, 1974
Origin | New York City, New York, USA |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Musician Singer-songwriter Social activist |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, drums |
Years active | 1987–2010 |
Labels | Sak Pasé Records |
Jean Jimmy Alexandre (March 9, 1974Haitian hip hop artist[1] who was born in Port-au-Prince and lived in New York City.[2] He was involved with Wyclef Jean's Yéle Haiti Foundation.[1] Jimmy O performed his music in Haitian Creole.[3]
– January 12, 2010 ), better known by his stage name Jimmy O, was aIn 2006, he and Jean held a hip-hop performance in the Bel Air suburb of Port-au-Prince that was part of the USAID-funded Clean Streets project.[4] The following year, he and other Haitian artists held a concert in the Champ de Mars, the largest public square in the capital, along with Wyclef Jean, Akon, and Matt Damon.[5]
On January 12, 2010, at age 35, Jimmy O was crushed inside a vehicle he was apparently driving in downtown Port-au-Prince during the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[1] His mother, his wife, two of his three children, his agent, and a CNN crew were present when Jimmy O's body was discovered and identified three days later.[6][7] His agent said that the loss of Jimmy O "will be tremendous in Haiti."[8]
At the time of his death he was preparing to release his debut album Destiny in the United States.[9]
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