Rapper Name: Jeezy

Real Name: Jay Wayne Jenkins

Age: 45 years

From: Columbia, South Carolina

Best Track: Put On

Famous South Carolina rappers include Jeezy. Jeezy was born on September 28, 1977, in Columbia, South Carolina.

Best known for his song Put On from his 2008 album, The Recession, Jeezy has been making seminal music since the turn of the century. Originally known as Lil’ J, he gained fame as Young Jeezy with the release of his breakthrough third album, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101.

From then on, Jeezy has been one of the premier rappers in the popular Southern-influenced sub-genre of rap music called Trap. Alongside other Southern pioneers like Gucci Mane and T.I., Jeezy is seen as one of the most important rappers of the 2000s, and easily the biggest rapper to come out of South Carolina.

As of 2021, Jeezy is married to popular television host and stylist, Jeannie Mai, who now goes by Jeannie Mai-Jenkins, and even has a daughter with her who was born on January 2022. The rapper also has three children from his previous relationships, Jadarius Jenkins, his oldest from Tenesha Dykes, Shyheim Jenkins, and Amra Nor Jenkins, whose mother is Mahlet Gebregiorgis.