Jessica Ho who is popularly known by her stage name Jessi is a gorgeous Korean-American rapper, singer, as well as an entertainer based in South Korea. Jessica Ho was born in Queens, New York, after which she was primarily raised in New Jersey, however, after Jessi turned 15 years old, she along with her family moved to South Korea. Her journey as a Korean rapper begins from here.
Quick facts about Jessica Ho
Jessi was born in the year 1988 on 17 December, in Queens, NYC, USA.
Jessi’s Korean name is Ho Hyun-Joo.
Jessi completed her education at Korea Kent Foreign School.
Jessi is a singer, rapper, composer, host as well as a songwriter.
Jessi’s genre of music composing includes K-rap, Hip-hop, and R&B.
Jessi has a dog whom she has named Chewie.
According to MTBI, her personality type is ENTP.
An unknown fact about Jessi is that she can very well pull off a Korean-Busan accent.
How did it all start for Jessica Ho to become the famous K-rapper?
In the year 2005, Jessi made her debut with the single album titled Get Up. In the year 2006, the hip-hop group called Uptown featured Jessi in their album titled Testimony, substituting their foremost vocalist Yoon Mi-rae. In the following year, Jessi launched her second single album called The Rebirth which was released around January 2009. After the release, Jessica took some time off from music and left Korea, and decided to return to America.
Jessi took a 5-year break, and Jessi returned with a bang in the year 2014, now Jessi was a member of the hip-hop trio called the Lucky J which comprised rapper J’Kyun, and Jessi as well as vocalist J-Yo. The superb hip-hop triad, unfortunately, disbanded in the year 2016. After the end of Jessi’s contract with YMC Entertainment, Jessi moved to Psy’s record label popularly known as P Nation in the year 2019 and was the first artist who signed a contract with the label, following Jessi continued her career as a solo artist.
Along with music, what other works has Jessi involved herself with?
Jessi is a renowned presence in numerous Korean variety programs. Jessi accomplished mainstream popularity when she was part of the first season of Mnet hip-hop competition show called Unpretty Rapstar, where she secured the second spot. After this, Jessi was selected to serve as a judge in competition shows such as High School Rapper as well as Cap-teen, along with that Jessi was picked to be the host of her own YouTube talk show in collaboration with SBS called Jessi’s Showterview.
Apart from this, Jessi has made a noteworthy appearance as a regular in programs along with prominent comedian Yoo Jae-suk, as well as guest appearances in shows such as Running Man as well as Hangout with Yoo, along with being a series regular in the show called Sixth Sense. In the show Sixth Sense, Jessi has often seen close with actor Lee Sang-Yeob and they share amazing chemistry, which has often sparked dating rumors which are mostly denied by them. In the year 2016, Jessi was cast in the show called Sister’s Slam Dunk. Jessi even made her appearance in the drama called Somehow Family which was released in the year 2020.
What has Jessi accomplished in the music industry?
It was in the year 2017 when Jessi released a rap single titled Gucci which was from her first mini-album, titled Un2verse, both of which were released around July 13. In the year 2018, around July 6, Jessi released a single called Down. After the end of Jessi’s contract with YMC Entertainment agency, in January 2019, Jessi signed a new contract with Psy’s record label called P Nation. Under the new label, the first single Jessi released was called Who Dat B – which was released around September 23, 2019. Jessi’s song Who Dat B topped at number eight on the World Digital Songs Sales chart, along with that, the song even reached 68th place on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100.
Shortly, Jessi released another rap single titled Drip which features Jay Park, and it came out around November 2. The collaboration between Jessi and Jay Park caused a huge uproar and even reached number 16 place on the World Songs chart. In the coming years, Jessi’s solo songs and even collaborative singles have been media-wise very successful. Jessi has five Top 10 entries in the Gaon Digital Chart, which includes her highest-charting solo single titled Nunu Nana along with the chart-topping single titled Don’t Touch Me which was released as part of the Refund Sisters. Around August 14, 2020, Jessi released the music video for the song called Numb.
What is Jessi doing now?
In recent times, Jessi joined the cast of an MBC reality-variety show called Hangout with Yoo around August 2020, she became a member of the four-member super-group called Refund Sisters. Refund Sister’s group includes Jessi alongside well-known Korean singers Lee Hyo-ri, Uhm Jung-Hwa, as well as Mamamoo’s Hwasa, together the group made their debut on October 10 and released their debut single titled Don’t Touch Me peaked on the Gaon Digital Chart for 2 straight weeks.
Around April 1, 2022, the agency made the announcement that Jessi would be making a comeback with the digital single titled Zoom on April 13. After the song Zoom’s release, it has taken the whole TikTok as well as the Instagram reel section by storm as fans continuously dance to the signature steps of the song. Psy’s 9th studio album which was released on April 29, 2022, features a track titled Ganji that features Jessi. Around June 10, 2022, it was revealed that Jessi’s contract with P Nation will be expiring on June 2022, and presently is conferring regarding the extension of the contract.