This Columbus Ohio Underground Hip-Hop Realist has a strong unique voice that almost demands to be listened to theurbanstar.com. His music has been described as world-weary, sociopolitical gospel rap delivered with a suave flow The Columbus Dispatch - Life / Arts by Aaron Beck. Jakes song KARMA from his CD TEMPTATIONS has been in the Top #10 on the SongVault.FM HipHop / Rap SongVault Radio Top 40 Chart since November 2007. A two time winner in the Berklee College of Music and Essence Magazine Take Back The Music Hip Hop Song Writing Contest, Icee Jakes song Lord Gave Me was chosen by a group of hip-hop celebrity judges including Chuck D; Jean Grae and Spinderella as well as Berklee music scholars. Jake was invited by Boston Mayor, Thomas Menino to perform last Summer August 4th at the Peace Boston 2007 Hip-Hop Festival along with the other 2007 Take Back The Music Winners. Closer to home Jake won Best of Show in the First Annual Columbus State Downtown Digital Arts Festival and Jake has been working hard to promote his CD TEMPTATIONS, including a special U.K. promotion available only through Coolfire.co.uk as well as finishing work on his next CD The DISEASE. This along with Internet Radio & PodCast, the music of this Award Winning Hip-Hop Realist is being heard and is making a buzz on the music scene. ICEE JAKE operates his own recording studio Beljum Studio and has worked with some of the hottest Underground Hip-Hop Artist and Producers; his music has won awards and recognition worldwide from artist and producers in the industry here are just a few of the people he has worked with over the last five years: DaRayia Wilson of Bassline Entertainment, Mic Watta, Kodac, D-Nice, J-Holla of Liv Live Entertainment, Flye Skye of SkyeLine Entertainment, and many more. ICEE JAKES music has appeared on two CD Mixtapes released by Liv Live Entertainment and two of his own Basement Cutz CD mixtapes as well as on the Texas Heatwave South Padre Island, Texas Autobahn Spring Break Jam 2005 DVD. Icee Jake has a registered fan base of nearly 7,500 listeners and his music is featured on more than thirty websites from around the world and he has had more than 20,000 downloads of his music in just the last five years.
