Born and raised in Los Angeles, Jessi Malay is an American singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. Jessi has had a passion for performing since two years old when she first started singing and dancing. By the age of 8, she was touring the world with performing groups Kidpower and Rock Theater. As a teenager she was signed to Jive Records as the lead singer of the girl group No Secrets. Following a successful album release and song appearances on The Hot Chick, Jimmy Neutron and Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, the group dissolved and Jessi went off to college at UCLA.
A year later, David Foster signed Jessi to Reprise/Warner Bros. Records and began work on her first album as a solo artist. While at WBR, Jessi worked with some of the hottest producers in the business including: JR Rotem (Destiny’s Child, Rick Ross, Jason Derulo, Nicki Minaj), Andy Goldmark and Bruce Roberts (Cher, Whitney Houston, ‘N Sync, Donna Summer, Elton John), Oak (Chris Brown, JLo) and Stargate (Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Wiz Khalifa). Jessi’s first solo release was her single Gimme featuring Lil Scrappy in 2006. In 2007, she released Booty Bangs featuring Yung Joc, which garnered a huge following amongst industry choreographers and dancers alike. Shortly after, Jessi tore her ACL, had surgery and was forced to take time off to recover. During that time, Jessi decided to return to UCLA to finish her studies. Upon graduating in 2012, Jessi got back in the studio to record her debut album and co-founded her own production company and label, The Coalition Group.
In early 2013, Jessi released Bougie, a single inspired by her first visit to New York Fashion Week and her passion for fashion. Bougie quickly gained traction in clubs and on radio (Sirius XM’s ‘20 on 20’ and New York’s Z100). Along with the release of the song, Jessi released the music video for Bougie, which featured avant garde fashion trends, sexy choreography and a live panther. During this time, she started her own fashion blog, mywhiteT.com, which has garnered much attention from top designers and fellow fashion bloggers. Bougie also led to a nationwide club tour and landed Jessi as a finalist in Macy’s iHeart Radio Rising Star contest.
Recently, Jessi released her debut EP, Give Me Life in May of 2014 which features 9 songs and 5 music videos. Jessi co-wrote and co-directed every song and music video on this independent release. All of the songs were produced and co-written by BPM (Macy Gray, JoJo, Christina Milian, Too Short, etc.) Upon its release, Jessi was asked to open for Danity Kane on their national DK No Filter Tour. Following the success of the tour, Jessi is busy recording her debut album, serving as a celebrity ambassador for ASAS-LA, hosting for ModaMob and collaborating with a number of fashion brands for her MyWhiteT blog. (Source)
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Noises official music video performed by Jessi Malay. #iLikeTheSound
Music Produced by: BPM (Deep H2oz, Mika Lett, Philip White)
Video Produced by: The Coalition Group
Creative Director: Michael Costello
Director of Photography: Larkin Donley
Makeup/Hair: Etienne Ortega
Choreographer: Carmit Bacher
Dancers: Larke, Della Hamby, Falon Johnson, Erin Hernandez
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