Jesse Alexander McDonald, better known by their

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Jesse Dangerously or The Halifax Rap Legend, is an

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artist from Halifax,

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and operating out of

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. Dangerously has released solo projects, provided guest vocals for other local artists, hosted a weekly radio show, written a weekly column, and produced beats for other musicians. They are a member of the Backburner crew.

Career

Rapper

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has referred to Dangerously as a

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artist, saying the following: "''The truth is I'm kicking every other rapper like me's ass up and down the boardwalk. I only like one and will say his name quite happily. Jesse Dangerously. He's good. The rest suck. That’s hard to say and i haven't said it before because some of these people are my fans, some are my friends.''" From June 2004 until May 2007, Dangerously hosted ''The Pavement'', a weekly hip hop show on CKDU 88.1 FM that was handed down to them from

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and

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. They have guest lectured at Saint Mary's University on the topic of

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issues in rap music and popular culture, and from January 2006 until October 2007, they penned a weekly column on regional hip-hop for '' The Daily News'' of Halifax.

Personal life

Dangerously is

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, and uses both

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and

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pronouns.

Discography

Solo

*''B.R.E.A.K.'' (1996) *Eastern Canadian World Tour 2002 (2002) *''How to Express Your Dissenting Political Viewpoint Through Origami'' (2004) *''Inter Alia'' (2005) *''Verba Volant'' (2007) *''Humble & Brilliant'' (2011)

Collaborations

*The Sentinels - ''The Lying City'', EP (1998) *Imaginary Friends - ''The ImF Ride b/w Even Exist (As In, "We Don't...")'', 7" (2004) *The Mighty Rhino - "Basically Jesus" (also featuring More Or Les, I Am Joseph & Cam James), from ''We Will No Longer Retreat Into Darkness'' (2018) *The Library Steps - ''Rap Dad, Real Dad'', LP (2018) (Collaboration with Ambition) *Danger Grove - ''Want, For Nothing'', LP (2018) (Collaboration with Lizard Grove)

References

External links

Jesse Dangerously's site

Jesse Dangerously's Blog

Halifax Daily News column

Electronic Press Kit

Nerdcore Compilation CD Project
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