JAQ
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Jeffery Allen Qaiyum redirects here. For the name Jeffery Allen Qaiyum see Jacques
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Jeffery Allen Qaiyum (Born 1974)is an American professional
b-boy, writer
and MC. He has a brother, GQ
, who is also a B-Boy professional.
, Illinois
. JAQ is of mixed ethnic background having a Pakistani
father and a European American
mother of German
and English
descent. The DJ, emcee, beatmaker, producer, beatboxer then moved to NYC where he learned how to make beats and carefully craft rhymes. J was the composer and DJ for the off-broadway smash hit musical comedy, The Bomb-itty of Errors
.
He was also composer and co-star of MTV's Scratch and Burn, which he created along with his brother GQ
and two of the other bomb-itty guys, Dragon and Jordan. He scored New York indie film "Just Another Story", which aired on Showtime. His brother GQ
wrote, directed and starred in the movie. The Q brothers were associate producers. J was the music video co-director and has a small cameo.
Jeffery Allen Qaiyum has produced the "Smashing" album for the Grommits, The Grommits, a rock/electro/hip-hop trio, and a solo hip hop album entitled "Foul Mouth Poet". He toured the country extensively with The Grommits for much of 2004. He is now the lead singer of Them Vs. Them, a new rock band out of Chicago
. The Q Brothers, formed by JAQ and GQ
, are currently working on an album together entitled, "The Feel Good Album Of The Year," a mix of jazz, heavy metal, R&B, and electronica.
Jeffery Allen Qaiyum currently lives in Venice
, CA
.
Jeffery Allen Qaiyum has also voiced Dexter "Dex" Jackson in the Saints Row series
.
Jacques
Jacques is the French equivalent of James.Jacques is derived from the Late Latin Iacobus, from the Greek , from the Hebrew ...
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Jeffery Allen Qaiyum (Born 1974)is an American professional
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
b-boy, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and MC. He has a brother, GQ
GQ (actor)
Gregory J. Qaiyum , better known by his initials GQ, is an American actor, writer and MC.The son of a Caucasian American mother of German and English descent and a Pakistani father. GQ was raised in Chicago, where he attended Loyola Academy , and later studied at New York University's Tisch School...
, who is also a B-Boy professional.
Biography
Jeffery Allen Qaiyum was born and raised in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. JAQ is of mixed ethnic background having a Pakistani
Pakistani American
A Pakistani American is any citizen or resident of the United States who has Pakistani heritage.- History in the United States :Muslim immigrants from areas that are now part of Pakistan have been migrating to America and first entered the United States as early as the eighteenth century, working...
father and a European American
White American
White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...
mother of German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
descent. The DJ, emcee, beatmaker, producer, beatboxer then moved to NYC where he learned how to make beats and carefully craft rhymes. J was the composer and DJ for the off-broadway smash hit musical comedy, The Bomb-itty of Errors
The Bomb-itty of Errors
The Bomb-itty of Errors is a hip hop theatre retelling of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Written and performed by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, GQ, and Erik Weiner, the show has been performed in New York City , London , Chicago, Dublin, Edinburgh, Florida, Aspen, Syracuse,...
.
He was also composer and co-star of MTV's Scratch and Burn, which he created along with his brother GQ
GQ (actor)
Gregory J. Qaiyum , better known by his initials GQ, is an American actor, writer and MC.The son of a Caucasian American mother of German and English descent and a Pakistani father. GQ was raised in Chicago, where he attended Loyola Academy , and later studied at New York University's Tisch School...
and two of the other bomb-itty guys, Dragon and Jordan. He scored New York indie film "Just Another Story", which aired on Showtime. His brother GQ
GQ (actor)
Gregory J. Qaiyum , better known by his initials GQ, is an American actor, writer and MC.The son of a Caucasian American mother of German and English descent and a Pakistani father. GQ was raised in Chicago, where he attended Loyola Academy , and later studied at New York University's Tisch School...
wrote, directed and starred in the movie. The Q brothers were associate producers. J was the music video co-director and has a small cameo.
Jeffery Allen Qaiyum has produced the "Smashing" album for the Grommits, The Grommits, a rock/electro/hip-hop trio, and a solo hip hop album entitled "Foul Mouth Poet". He toured the country extensively with The Grommits for much of 2004. He is now the lead singer of Them Vs. Them, a new rock band out of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. The Q Brothers, formed by JAQ and GQ
GQ (actor)
Gregory J. Qaiyum , better known by his initials GQ, is an American actor, writer and MC.The son of a Caucasian American mother of German and English descent and a Pakistani father. GQ was raised in Chicago, where he attended Loyola Academy , and later studied at New York University's Tisch School...
, are currently working on an album together entitled, "The Feel Good Album Of The Year," a mix of jazz, heavy metal, R&B, and electronica.
Jeffery Allen Qaiyum currently lives in Venice
Venice, Los Angeles, California
Venice is a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk, a two-and-a-half mile pedestrian-only promenade that features performers, fortune-tellers, artists, and vendors...
, CA
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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Jeffery Allen Qaiyum has also voiced Dexter "Dex" Jackson in the Saints Row series
Saints Row (series)
Saints Row is a video game franchise created by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. Typically, gameplay is presented in open world format. Because of the mixture of nonlinear gameplay with action-adventure and racing sequences, the series is referred to as being sandbox style.After completing Red...
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