1. JRDN
Early life
Ralph Jordan Croucher was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and moved to Toronto, Ontario at 9
months old, where he was elevated till the age of 10, when his family members returned to
Nova Scotia. In Toronto, he lived in Jane and Finch, in the very same building as King Lou of
the Desire Warriors. The jazz rap pioneer launched Croucher to hip hop tradition at this time.
Croucher attended St. Francis Xavier University in which he played on the basketball group.
Right after graduation, he performed professionally for a single calendar year in France.
Job Overview
Jordan obtained audio knowledge by competing in Canadian Idol. This gave him an chance
to complete with Canadian talent, even though gaining tv exposure. He also worked with
Halifax producer Trobiz and recorded mixtapes with the groups N.E.P and Triple Menace. In
2007, Croucher he started to operate with producer Labeled who made Croucherâs debut
album No Costume Code in 2007.
2007: No Costume Code
The thirteen-monitor file showcased singles and films for "Egocentric Times", "Feelinâ Fine",
"So Addicted", "Won't Allow Go" and "It is Raining". It gained Croucher the CBC Galaxie
Growing Star prize at the 2007 African Nova Scotian Audio Awards show, a nomination for
Best City Solitary at the 2008 East Coast Audio Awards and an look on the CBC Tv unique,
Barenaked East Coast Audio. He toured throughout Canada with Categorized and Maestro
and opened for Ne-Yo, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, Nas and Juelz Santana.
2010: Breakthrough achievement & IAMJRDN
Shortening his identify to JRDN, Croucher worked with Toronto's Kuya Productions and the
songwriting and creation group of Sammy Blues and Bobby Brass, who've labored with Nelly,
Mase, Ginuwine, Jesse McCartney, Nicole Scherzinger and Akon. JRDN signed to Kuya
Productions in 2009. IAMJRDN is the official debut album by JRDN and was released on
November nine, 2010. Given that its release the album debuted at variety thirteen on the
Canadian R&B Albums Chart. Off his debut album, the initial one "U Can Have It All"
introduced him to mainstream good results by achieving quantity 20 on the Canadian Very
hot a hundred and the music online video reached variety 5 on the MuchMusic
Countdown.[eleven] The next "Like Magic" achieved amount 24 on the Canadian Scorching a
hundred with its audio video topping the MuchMusic Countdown. "Like Magic" has been
qualified Gold by Music Canada on September 10, 2012.
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