Jadakiss

Jadakiss has one of the most distinctive voices in hip hop, that gravelly rasp and the signature laugh that you recognize in a single bar. What I admire is his consistency: he came up with the Lox alongside Styles P and Sheek Louch in the 1990s and never coasted on it, staying respected as a pure lyricist across decades when trends churned hard. Yonkers shaped a no-nonsense, streetwise delivery that feels earned rather than performed. He's the rapper other rappers cite as a rapper's rapper, and that quiet authority is harder to maintain than a flash of fame.

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Name (English)

Jadakiss

Name (Japanese)

ジェイダキス

Reading

じぇいだきす

Born

May 27, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

Yonkers, New York, United States

Occupation

rapper / songwriter / businessperson / composer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

• Official sitehttps://www.jadakiss.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jadakiss/
• Xhttps://x.com/Therealkiss
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadakiss
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451958

Tags

• New York
• rapper
• songwriter
• businessperson

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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