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Biography
Infobox musical artist|image= ||name = J-Wess||caption =|image_size =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = James Wesley Essex|alias =|Born = 1975 Los Angeles , California , United States|U.S. |death_date =|origin = Australia |genre = Urban contemporary |occupation = Record producer|Producer , songwriter |years_active = 2003–present|label = Mushroom Records|Mushroom |associated_acts =|website = http://www.jwess.com|notable_instruments = James Wesley Essex , better known by his stage name J-Wess , is an American-Australian hip hop and R& B musician. He is based in Melbourne , Australia. His sole album, J Wess Presents Tha LP|J-Wess Presents Tha LP , reached the top twenty in Australia in 2004, http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp? interpret=J+Wess& titel=Tha+L%2EP%2E& cat=a Tha LP at Australian-charts.com and included three hit singles.
Early years
J-Wess was born in Los Angeles, California and played college basketball|basketball in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA ) while studying business finance at college. In 1999, J-Wess was invited to Australia to train with the Gold Coast Rollers , a National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League team based on the Gold Coast, Australia . The Gold Coast Rollers folded shortly after he arrived and he moved to Adelaide to play with the Woodville Warriors and the South Adelaide Panthers (basketball team)|South Adelaide Panthers in the subsidiary Australian Basketball Association .
J-Wess has 2 younger L.A based siblings, a sister and a brother. His brother Jason, is producer of 2008 Sundance selected film 'Downloading Nancy' starring Jason Patric and Maria Bello.
Music career
In the middle of 2003, J-Wess's first single, "Bang This", was released. It garnered airplay on Australian radio and Australian video programs, peaked at #18 on the Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA singles charts, http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp? key=222645& cat=s "Bang This" at Australian-charts.com and reached the top ten of the Australian urban and dance charts.Citation needed|date=December 2007 The second single, "What Chu Want", was released in late 2003. It reached the Australian top 10 in February 2004, http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp? key=221278& cat=s "What Chu Want" at Australian-charts.com and went gold.Citation needed|date=December 2007 His album J-Wess Presents Tha LP was released on 5 April 2004 and debuted in the Australian top 20 album charts of 12 April 2004, peaking at #19.
A third single, "Luv Ya", debuted at #15 on 7 June, and was written about the encounters J-Wess had with an exotic waitress he met at a surbuban melbourne cafe. 2004. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp? key=278186& cat=s "Luv Ya at Australian-charts.com
A fourth single "Fantasy" was planned, with a music video filmed, but due to the "Luv Ya" and "Tha LP" not selling to their expectations, Fantasy was scrapped.Citation needed|date=August 2009 J-Wess had announced his new single 'Anything For You' from his upcoming album "The Director's Cut". The single was released on June 10.www.jwess.com
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