Jahmarie Wishart Adams (born March 19, 1993), known professionally as Jazz Cartier, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter.
He is best known for his
mixtapes, ''Marauding in Paradise'' and ''Hotel Paranoia''.
He has twice been a long listed nominee for the
Polaris Music Prize
The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award was established in 2006 with a $20,000 cash prize; the prize was incr ...
, in
2015 for ''Marauding in Paradise'',
["Polaris Music Prize Announces 2015 Long List"]
'' Exclaim!'', June 16, 2015. and
2016
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for ''Hotel Paranoia'',
["Polaris Music Prize unveils long list of albums in Whitehorse"]
'' Edmonton Journal'', June 15, 2016.["Jazz Cartier Takes Us Inside 'Marauding in Paradise'"]
'' Exclaim!'', May 8, 2015. and won the
Juno Award for
Rap Recording of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 2017
The Juno Awards of 2017, honouring Canadian music achievements, were presented in Ottawa, Ontario the weekend of 1–2 April 2017. The ceremonies were held at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata and televised on CTV with Bryan Adams and Russell ...
for ''Hotel Paranoia''.
He released his debut studio album ''
Fleurever'' in July 2018.
Early life
Jahmarie Wishart Adams was born on March 19, 1993 in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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.
His stepfather worked as a diplomat for the U.S. State Department, which made him move around frequently in childhood with his family, living in various times in the
United States
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,
Barbados
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and
Kuwait
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attending 13 boarding schools.
He credits the different types of music he was exposed to in these locations as all having had an influence on his own style as a hip-hop musician.
["Jazz Cartier is the new darling of Toronto hip-hop"]
''BlogTO'', May 5, 2015. Cartier spent majority of his high school career at
Avon Old Farms
, motto_translation = Aspiring and Persevering
, address = 500 Old Farms Road
, city = Avon
, state = Connecticut
, zipcode = 06001
, country = United St ...
, a prestigious all-male boarding school located in Connecticut, and graduated after transferring to another prep school, the
Blue Ridge School located in
St. George, Virginia. He then spent a postgraduate year at
Bridgton Academy
Bridgton Academy is an all-male college preparatory in Bridgton, Maine. Founded in 1808, the school sits at the northern tip of Long Lake in North Bridgton, Maine. The school has been NEASC accredited since 1934, making it one of the oldest accre ...
in North Bridgton, ME after completing high school.
He was accepted to an art program at
Columbia College Chicago in 2012 but, reluctant to move to a new city where he knew no one, he returned to Toronto.
Musical career
![Jazz Cartier 2015](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Jazz_Cartier_2015.jpg)
In 2013 the Get Home Safe Crew was formed in Toronto with
88Glam members
Drew Howard &
Derek Wise. They met through the city's nightlife scene and eventually moving into together in the
Kensington Market
Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city's most well-known. In November 2006, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canad ...
neighbourhood.
Cartier had worked on an early version of his debut mixtape, ''Marauding in Paradise'', in 2011, but was not satisfied with the tape.
After moving back to Toronto, he began working with record producer Lantz after originally meeting in 2009 at a studio when Cartier was 16 years old. They released the song "Set Fire" in 2014.
["The Story Behind Every Song on Jazz Cartier's 'Marauding In Paradise'"]
'' Noisey'', April 17, 2015. Performing in Toronto-area music venues, he quickly attracted attention
[ — his track "Switch" was regularly played at ]Toronto Raptors
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games by team DJ 4Korners, and at a Toronto Red Bull Sound Select show in March 2015 he was introduced by rapper Kardinal Offishall
Jason Drew Harrow (born May 11, 1976), better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall (), is a Canadian rapper, record producer, DJ, and record executive. Often credited as Canada's " hip hop ambassador", he is regarded as one of the countr ...
.
Cartier's debut mixtape, ''Marauding in Paradise'', was released on April 15, 2015.[ The mixtape was supported by three singles: "Switch", "New Religion" and "Dead or Alive".]
Cartier's second mixtape, ''Hotel Paranoia'', was released in February 2016 and was supported by the singles: "Stick & Move" and "I Know". On February 23, Cartier was announced as one of the performers at the 2016 Osheaga Festival
The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival (french: Festival musique et arts Osheaga) is a multi-day indie music festival in Montreal, Quebec, that is held every summer at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène. The festival takes place on six stages ...
.
He was a shortlisted nominee for the 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize The SOCAN Songwriting Prize, formerly known as the ECHO Songwriting Prize, is an annual competition recognizing the best in Canadian emerging music, both anglophone and francophone.
Established in 2006, the competition was designed to recognize so ...
for his track "Dead or Alive".[ In 2017 he won a Juno Award for his mixtape ''Hotel Paranoia''.
Cartier later announced that his next project following ''Hotel Paranoia'' would be titled '' Fleurever'' on December 16, 2016. Cartier released the lead single from the album titled, " Tempted" on January 6, 2017.] The song peaked at number 91 on the ''Canadian'' Hot 100 chart, which became his highest and only charting single to date. Cartier later released the singles "Right Now", "Godflower" and "Which One" as singles from the album in 2018. ''Fleurever'' was released on July 27, 2018, and debuted at number 70 on the Canadian Albums Chart.
Discography
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Guest appearances
Awards and nominations
Filmography
References
External links
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Official SoundCloud
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1993 births
Black Canadian musicians
Canadian male rappers
Rappers from Toronto
Living people
Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year winners
Avon Old Farms alumni
21st-century Canadian male musicians
21st-century Canadian rappers