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Nikki Jean

Nikki Jean (born Nicholle Jean Leary on August 25, 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actress. She is the singer, songwriter and pianist for Nouveau Riche, an indie/hip-hop band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She is featured on Lupe Fiasco's second album, The Cool, as a lyricist and vocalist. She's also featured in the "Hip Hop Saved My Life" video with Lupe Fiasco which was released through iTunes on March 18, 2008. Nikki Jean wrote and recorded "Five Alarm Fire" released by DJ Deckstream on Manhattan Records. She recorded Sting's "Be Still My Beating Heart" with The Randy Watson Experience on Rewind!5, released on Ubiquity Records. She is also featured on the song "So Far, So Good" from the album "Thee Adventures of a B-Boy D-Boy" by Muja Messiah.

As an actress, she performed in the award winning independent film On the Outs.

From April 16, 2008 to August 6, 2008, Nikki Jean was part of the Glow in the Dark Tour with Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna and N.E.R.D..

The Nikki Jean Project

Nikki Jean is known throughout the YouTube community for her original videos which appear on her channel "nikkijeanproject". With over one million total video views, over 280,000 channel views and over 6,800 subscribers, she has won three YouTube honors: most viewed musician of the day, most viewed musician of the week and a most viewed musician of the month.

Known Songs

  • "8 Blocks"
  • "Be Still my Beating Heart" (COVER)
  • "Blindin Me"
  • "Coming Around"
  • "Dirty Laundry"
  • "Faithful"
  • "Fly"
  • "Get Over The Sun"
  • "Infinitely Valuable"
  • "Perfect Mess"
  • "Plastic Loves You"
  • "Roses, Second Chances"
  • "Sunshine"
  • "Smile For Me"
  • "Shadows"
  • "Sedate Me"
  • "Timeless"
  • "My Favorite Song"
  • "What's A Girl Supposed To Do"

Guest appearances

  • DJ Deckstream — "Five Alarm"
  • DJ Deckstream — "Exit Sign"
  • Lupe Fiasco — "Hip Hop Saved My Life"
  • Lupe Fiasco — "Little Weapon"
  • Muja Messiah — "So Far So Good"
  • Sylk130 — "Fallen Angel"
  • Tu Phace — "Say Yes"
  • Oddisee — "Tell The Truth"
  • Traphik — "Favorite Song"

Nikki Jean Online

  1. Nikki Jean's artist page on Myspace
  2. Nikki Jean's YouTube channel
  3. Nikki Jean at IMDb
  4. Nikki Jean's #1 Fan Blog
  1. Clutch Magazine
  2. AllHipHop.com: Get To Know Nikki Jean - A Nouveau Riche Girl With a Lupe Fiasco Cosign, 4.03.08
  3. The Daily Texan, 5.02.08, Artist on Kanye Tour Talks Music and Life
  4. CNN.com -- "News to Me"
  5. "Arizemag: Interview -- nikki jean -- Singer/Songwriter 9/14/08
  6. nikki-jean signed to Columbia Records 1/6/09
  7. Southern Living, Singer, Songwriter, and Baker Extraordinaire Nikki Jean Stops by the SLTK!, 3/24/09