Jazz Cartier

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, in 2015 for Marauding in Paradise, and 2016 for Hotel Paranoia, and won the Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017 for Hotel Paranoia. He released his debut studio album Fleurever in July 2018. 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. Cartier spent majority of his high school career at Avon Old Farms, 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 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.

Cartier had worked on an early version of his debut mixtape, Marauding in Paradise, in 2011, but was not satisfied with the tape. They released the song "Set Fire" in 2014. Performing in Toronto-area music venues, he quickly attracted attention The mixtape was supported by three singles: "Switch", "New Religion" and "Dead or Alive".

He was a shortlisted nominee for the 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize for his track "Dead or Alive".

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. Fleurever was released on July 27, 2018, and debuted at number 70 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

Released: July 27, 2018 Label: Universal Music Canada Format: Digital download, streaming 70

Released: September 10, 2021 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming The Fleur Print (Vol.2) Released: February 25, 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Mixtapes + List of mixtapes, with selected details Title Details Marauding in Paradise Released: April 15, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Hotel Paranoia Released: February 1, 2016 Label: Universal Music Canada Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles As lead artist

As featured artist + List of singles as a featured artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Special" (Lex Aura featuring Rexx Life Raj and Jazz Cartier) 2017 "Come Inside" (Lou Phelps featuring Jazz Cartier) 2018 002 / Love Me "Prettiest" (Ro Ransom featuring Jazz Cartier) Momentum "Crazy World" (WaveIQ featuring Jazz Cartier) 2019

Guest appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Artist(s) Album "Still Up" 2016 Wale, Phil Ade Summer on Sunset "Indicted Mind" Ken Rebel, Danny Seth Indicted Mind "Blue Cross, Blue Shield" 2017 Itsthereal Teddy Bear Fresh "Waterworld" 2018 Falcons, B. Lewis, GoldLink Daydrift "Ring 4x" 2019 Ye Ali Private Suite "Weekend" Ty Senoj Metroflwr "Casablanca" Naar, Issam Safar

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2015 SiriusXM Indie Awards Rap/Hip-Hop Artist or Group of the Year Himself Polaris Music Prize Canadian Album of the Year Marauding in Paradise 2016 SiriusXM Indie Awards Rap/R&B Artist/Group of the Year Himself iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards Best Hip-Hop Video "The Valley/Dead or Alive" Best New Canadian Artist Himself 2017 Juno Award Breakthrough Artist of the Year Himself Rap Recording of the Year Hotel Paranoia iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards Best Hip Hop Video "Red Alert/100 Roses"

Filmography

Film and television Year Title Role Notes 2017 6ix Rising Himself Documentary showcasing Toronto's hip-hop featuring numerous Canadian rap artists.