Jacob Ernest Washington (born June 16, 1981), who goes by the stage name Je'kob, is an American

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and

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musician. He has released one studio album, ''This Side of the Sky'' in 2014, while this charted on the ''Billboard'' magazine charts. He has released three

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s, ''Faith'', ''Hope'', and ''Love'' in 2012, where the first two charted. His first

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, ''Faith Hope Love'' in 2013, was the unification of all three extended play's on one album.

Early life

Jacob Ernest Washington Work ID No. 420729019 ISWC No. T9139092152 was born in

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, Texas to mother Paulette Gail Washington (''née'', Histo) and military father Ernest Rudolph Washington. Due to his father's military service, Washington's family relocated several times, during which each of the Washington children were born in different states. Washington's older brother, Joshua Joel Washington, was born in

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in 1979. His younger sister, Rachael Rose Messini (''née'', Washington), was born in Hawaii in 1984. The family finally settled in San Diego, California, where they are all currently located. Along with Washington's brother and sister, Washington formed the group Souljahz. Once older brother Joshua broke with the Souljahz, the remaining two renamed the group "The Washington Projects."

Music career

Washington's solo music career started with the

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''Pocketless Souls'', released on October 10, 2011. His next three projects were extended plays, ''Faith'' on July 31, 2012, ''Hope'' on October 30, 2012, and ''Love'' on December 18, 2012; the first two charted on the ''Billboard'' magazine Gospel Albums chart at Nos. 30Chart search for ''Faith'' on Gospel Albums
at billboard.com/biz and 42Chart search for ''Hope'' on Gospel Albums
at billboard.com/biz respectively. The first

, ''Faith Hope Love'', was released on February 12, 2013 through Save the City Records, a unification of all three previously-released extended plays. Washington's second mixtape, ''Pocketless Souls II'', was released on December 31, 2013. His first studio album, ''This Side of the Sky'', was released on October 7, 2014 by Jekobmade Musiq. This album would chart on the aforementioned chart at No. 25.Chart search for ''This Side of the Sky'' on Gospel Albums
at billboard.com/biz

Discography

;Albums *''Faith Hope Love'' *''This Side of the Sky'' ;EPs *''Faith'' *''Hope'' *''Love'' ;Mixtapes *''Pocketless Souls'' *''Pocketless Souls II''

References

External links

Official website

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