Washington was born, Jacob Ernest Washington, on June 16, 1981, in San Antonio, Texas to a military father, Ernest Rudolph Washington, while this caused the family to relocate often, who was also a street preacher, and mother, Paulette Gail Washington (née, Histo).
He has released one studio albums, in 2014, while this charted on the Billboard magazine charts. He has released three extended play"s,,, and in 2012, where the first two charted. His first compilation album, in 2013, was the unification of all three extended play"s on one album.
He was raised with an older brother, Joshua Joel Washington, who was born in 1979 in Kentucky, and a younger sister, Rachael Rose Messini (née, Washington) born in 1984 in Hawaii.
They finally settled in San Diego, California, where they all are currently located. All three were in the group Souljahz, before Joshua left, and the remaining two renamed the group, The Washington Projects.
Je"kob solo music career started in 2011, with the mixtape,, that was released on October 10, 2011. His next three projects were extended play"s, on July 31, 2012, on October 30, 2012, and on December 18, 2012, the first two charted on the Billboard magazine Gospel chart at Nos.
30, and 42 correspondingly.
The first compilation album,, was released on February 12, 2013, from Save the City Records, where this was a unification of all three previously released extended plays. The second mixtape, II, was released on December 31, 2013. His first studio album,, was released on October 7, 2014, by Jekobmade Musiq.
This album would chart on the aforementioned chart at Number.
