Alex Jacke


Alex Jacke in an American singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. During his sophomore year, he appeared on the highly popular MTV series "My Super Sweet 16," as the special guest performer for DJ Spinderella and former NBA player, Kenny Anderson's daughter, Christy. Jacke left Morehouse College to return to Los Angeles. Like others before him, most notably Tricky Stewart and The-Dream. Laney Stewart took Jacke under his wing which led Jacke to land a worldwide publishing deal with Music Gallery/Universal Music Publishing Group in 2011. Along with Stewart and his production team The Sharpshootaz, Jacke spent most of the first half of 2012 perfecting his debut EP, D.F.M. released on July 9, 2012. On Valentine's Day 2013, Jacke released a "Deluxe" version of his D.F.M. release, simply titled "D.F.M. Deluxe".
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Music career

After building a YouTube following doing singing cover songs, in May 2012, Jacke dropped his first single, "One Thing", which was eventually followed with the release of his "D.F.M." EP in July 2012 and then with the further release of "D.F.M. Deluxe" in February 2013. During the summer of 2013, he was selected as a top 5 finalist for Macy's and iHeart Radio's Rising Star contest where he performed at L.A.'s iHeart Radio Festival. He returned again in December 2013 to release a single called "Sex Is Amazing and then again in 2014, releasing another single, "Apart", on March 3, 2014.

Songwriting

In late 2011, Jacke went in the studio with his fellow Sharpshootaz members and Laney Stewart to work on songs for Jesse McCartney's latest album. One of the songs that Alex co-wrote, "Out Of Words", was leaked in July 2012

Discography

D.F.M. - EP D.F.M. Deluxe - Album Sex Is Amazing - Single
  • ''Apart - Single''

Track listing & personnel

D.F.M.
D.F.M. Deluxe

TV

In 2012, Jacke acted in MTV My Super Sweet Sixteen