Slim Jimmy

@Musical Artist, Career and Family

Slim Jimmy is an American musical artist, rapper, and hip hop star

Dec 29, 1993

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: December 29, 1993
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Musical Artist, Musicians, Singers, Rappers
  • City/State: California
  • Siblings: Swae Lee
  • Known as: Aaquil Brown
  • Birth Place: Whittier, California, United States

Slim Jimmy born at

Whittier, California, United States

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Birth Place

He presently resides at Atlanta, Georgia and lives a rather lavish lifestyle with his brother Swae Lee, which includes clubbing and staging performances most of the time.

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Personal Life

Slim jimmy had once stated in an interview that he grew up in a neighbourhood where crime happened at his doorstep and in order to build a more positive environment and keep evil at bay, he spent most of his time composing music.

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Personal Life

He has not yet been in a serious relationship, but has had a number of casual flings with his fans and co-musicians.

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Personal Life

Slim Jimmy was born Aaquil Brown in California on 29th December, 1993. At a young age he moved to Ida Street to reside at its housing projects in Tupelo along with his family.

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Childhood & Early life

He grew up along with his younger brother, Khalif Brown later known by the stage name of ‘Swae Lee’. His neighbourhood was immersed in crime, and he was exposed to murder, rape and drugs from a young age.

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Childhood & Early life

His childhood was difficult as his parents split barely a couple of years after moving to Tupelo. After their parents’ divorce, he and his siblings had to move from one home to another in search of shelter.

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Childhood & Early life

Around the same time, they formed a trio band ‘Dem Outta St8Boyz’ along with another band member ‘Lil Pantz’. At that time Slim Jimmy wasn’t his stage name, rather he used to call himself ‘Caliboy’.

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Childhood & Early life

Together the band used to create songs in the basement of Slim Jimmy’s home, including cover songs and would play their tracks at local events. He used to buy new musical instruments with his savings from his part time job.

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Childhood & Early life

He came to limelight for the first time when he participated in the ‘BET’ R&B and hip hop show ‘106 and Park’. He performed under the ‘Dem Outta St8 Boyz’ band alongside another member named Andre Harrys.

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Career

He along his brother came second in the competition and hoped to sign recording deals soon after. They did meet mega recording labels such as Def Jam Recordings and Sony Music but the duo didn’t sign any deals.

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Career

After the show, the third member of the band ‘Lil Pantz’ left the band. Hence Slim Jimmy and his brother formed their own hip-hop/ rap duo.

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Career

In 2014, Slim Jimmy signed his first record deal with the label ‘Ear Drummers Entertainment’. Thus, he changed the duo’s name to ‘Rae Sremmurd’, which is ‘Ear Drummers’ spelt backwards.

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Career

Under the label he began working on his first album alongside his brother. He soon came up with the name ‘Sremm Life’ for their debut album which was released on 6th January 2015.

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His second album’s third single ‘Black Beatles’ ranked number one on the ‘US Billboard Hot 100’. The song also features vocals from Gucci Mane and is produced by Michael Len Williams II. It placed amongst the top 10 songs even in Australia, UK and New Zealand.

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Major Works