ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona a me nā mana hana hoʻomālamalama e lilo pinepine i kumu no ka hana ʻana i ka kūleʻa. He ʻano maʻamau kēlā ʻano ʻano ʻano no Jidenna, kahi mea pena hiki ʻole ke hele.
ʻO ke ola nomadic o ka wā kamaliʻi o Jidenna
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Theodore Mobisson (ʻo ia ka mea i kaulana ma lalo o ka pseudonym Jidenna) ma Mei 4, 1985 ma Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. ʻO Tama lāua ʻo Oliver Mobisson kona mau mākua.
Ua hana ʻo Māmā (ʻAmelika keʻokeʻo) ma ke ʻano he mea helu helu, ʻo ka makuakāne (native of Nigeria) i hana ma ke ʻano he polopeka o ka ʻepekema kamepiula. Me kahi pēpē ma ko lākou mau lima, ua neʻe ka ʻohana i Nigeria.
Ua hana ka makuakāne o ka ʻohana ma ka home ma ke Kulanui ʻo Enugu State. Ma hope o ka ho'āʻo ʻana i kā lāua keiki kāne 6 makahiki, ua hoʻi ka ʻohana i ʻAmelika. Ua noho mua lākou ma Wisconsin.
I ka piha ʻana o ke keikikāne he 10 mau makahiki, neʻe lākou i Norwood (Massachusetts). A i ka 15 o na makahiki o ke keiki, ua nee lakou i ke kulanakauhale o Milton ma ia mokuaina hookahi.
Ka makemake o nā keiki i ke mele
Ua hānai ʻia ke keikikāne ma ke mele ʻōiwi Nigerian. Mai kona wā kamaliʻi, hoihoi ʻo ia i nā kumu mele mele a me ke mele. I kona hoʻi ʻana i ʻAmelika, ua hoihoi ʻo Theodore i nā haku mele rap.
ʻOiai i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua hoʻokumu ke kanaka ʻōpio i ka hui Black Spadez. Ua haku nā kāne i ke mele rap. Ua hana ʻo Mobisson ma ʻaneʻi ma ke ʻano he haku mele, hoʻonohonoho, mea hana.
Ua komo ʻo Theodore i ke kula ma hope o ke kula, a ua lanakila ʻo ia ma 2003. ʻO ka album mele mua, i like me ka inoa o ka hui kula, ua lilo i ʻāpana o kāna thesis. Ua hoʻouna koke ʻia ke kanaka ʻōpio i kahi kono e aʻo ma Stanford a me Harvard University. Ua koho ʻo ia i ka koho mua.
Ua komo ʻo Theodore i ke keʻena o ka ʻenekinia kani, akā i ke kaʻina o ke aʻo ʻana ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i ka "Traditional Art" kūikawā. Ma 2008, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi Bachelor of Arts in Arts. ʻO ke kumuhana o kāna ʻatikala ʻo "Hōʻike Hoʻohālikelike i ke kahua o ka lāhui a me ka lāhui".
Ma hope o kēlā, hele ʻo Mobisson e hana ma ke ʻano he kumu. Ke hana nei i ka manawa piha, ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hana hoʻokani mele i kona manawa manawaleʻa. Ua neʻe pinepine ʻo Theodore. Ua mālama ʻo ia e noho ma Los Angeles, Oakland, Brooklyn, Atlanta.
Ka holomua ʻoihana mele
I ka makahiki 2010, ua make ka makua kāne o ka mea pena. Ua hoʻoikaika kēia iā ia e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kona ala ola ponoʻī. Ua hoʻomaopopo ke kanaka ʻōpio aia kona hopena i ke mele. Ua pūlima ʻo Theodore me Wondaland Records. Maanei oia i ike ai iaia iho iwaena ona. Ua lawe ʻo Mobisson i ka pseudonym Jidenna. Ua hana ʻo ia me kekahi mau mea pena kiʻi e hana pū ana me ka lepili like. ʻO ka hana koʻikoʻi mua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana ʻo ia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka mini-album Eephus.
ʻO Feberuari 2015 wale nō, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena i kāna mele mua, mahalo i lilo ʻo ia i mea kaulana. ʻO ka haku mele Classic Man, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ke komo ʻana o Roman JanArthur, makemake ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻolohe. Ua lōʻihi ke mele ma nā palapala lekiō US, e piʻi ana i ka helu 49 ma ka Billboard Hot R&B/H-Hop Air Play.
Ua koho ʻia ka haku mele hoʻokahi no ka makana Grammy hanohano ma ke koho ʻana i ka Best Rap Song Collaboration. Mahalo iā Classic Man, ua loaʻa i ka mea hoʻokani pila ka makana Best New Artist, Best Song, a me Best Video mai ka Soul Train Music Awards.
Ke hoʻomau nei i ka hana hoʻomohala a Jidenna
Aia ma Malaki 31, 2015, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Jidenna, me Janelle Monae, i ke mele Yoga. Ua koho ʻia ke mele no ka Soul Train Music Awards no ka Best Dance Performance. I Iune 2016, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena i kāna lua ʻelua ʻo Chief Don't Run. A i Pepeluali 2017, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album studio mua ʻo The Chief.
I Nowemapa 2017, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Jidenna i ka Boomerang EP. Ua ukali ʻia e kahi mea pena sabbatika. Ua hoʻokuʻu wale ʻia kēia mau mele ma Iulai 2019. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā mele ʻo Sufi Woman a me Tribe i ka lua studio album "85 to Africa".
ʻO ka Hui Makaʻu & Fancy Initiative
He lālā hoʻokumu ʻo Jidenna o kahi hui kaiaulu i kapa ʻia ʻo Fear & Fancy. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Society ma Kaleponi ma 2006. Aia i loko o ka hale kahi hui honua o nā mea hana i hoʻonohonoho i nā hanana like ʻole. ʻO nā hana e pili ana i ke kōkua kaiaulu ma ke kahua o ka leʻaleʻa a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā talena hou. Hoʻonohonoho ka hui i nā ahiahi like ʻole, nā hōʻikeʻike, nā pāʻina ʻaina me ke komo ʻana o nā mea hana.
ʻO ke kiʻi ʻana iā Jidenna ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni
I ka makahiki 2016, ua hana ʻo Jidenna i kāna ʻano cameo mua ma ka hoʻonohonoho o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻO ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni mua ʻo ia ka moʻolelo TV ʻo Luke Cage. Hoʻopili ʻia kēia hoʻololi o ka hana me ka mana o kahi hoa hana a me ka hoaloha ʻo Janelle Monae. Hoʻokani ʻo Jidenna i nā kiʻi me nā hiʻohiʻona freaky, hīmeni i nā mele. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi hana cameo ma ka moʻo TV "Moonlight".
ʻO ke kiʻi o ka mea pena
He ʻano maʻamau ʻo Jidenna ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. Me ke kiʻekiʻe o 183 cm, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia me ke kino maʻamau. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka ʻikepili kūlohelohe o waho o ka mea pena, akā ke kiʻi i hana ʻia. ʻO Jidenna nāʻaʻahu e like me konaʻano pono'ī. Ua hana ʻo ia i kāna mau makahiki haumāna, ʻaʻole naʻe i ʻaʻa e hoʻokō a hiki i ka make ʻana o kona makuakāne. Ua kapa ʻia ke ʻano ʻo "Dandy me ka hui ʻana o nā aesthetics ʻEulopa-Africa."
