Jermaine Lewis, (born March 18, 1990), better known by his

stage name A stage name or professional name is a pseudonym used by performers, authors, and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. The equivalent concept among writers is called a ''nom de plume'' (pen name). Some performers ...

Maine Event, is an American

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing ...

and

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from

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale ( ) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County, Florida, Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the ...

. Maine is best known for his 2015 single "441" featuring

Jay Burna Jude Francois, (born March 7, 1995), better known by his stage name Jay Burna, is a Haitian American rapper. Jay is best known for his hit singles "Ready", "Mood", and "Mine All Mine". Jay has also worked with artists and producers such as T.I, K ...

and his multiple mixtape releases underground.

Biography

Jermaine Lewis was born on March 18, 1990, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is of Jamaican descent. He grew up the youngest of four children to his mother but only the middle child to his father. His mother, who moved to America before he was born, use to send him as a kid to often stay with his father who was a local business man in

Santa Cruz, Jamaica Santa Cruz is a town in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, on the A2 road connecting Black River, Jamaica, Black River to Mandeville, Jamaica, Mandeville. A minor market village until the 1950s, the development of nearby areas for bauxite mining stimul ...

. He is also related to former

Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth as a side project from Talking Heads. Their best known songs include the UK top 10 hit " Wordy Rappinghood" and the US top 40 hi ...

band member Mystic Bowie.

Music

Maine Event released his first mixtape in 2008 through his Black Congress Music Group imprint. In November 2015 he released his latest mixtape, ''Now Or Never: Chapter 2''. He just dropped a new single title
"Shinobi"
feat Ali Coyote & Jay Burna

References

* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maine Event 1990 births Living people Rappers from Florida Musicians from Fort Lauderdale, Florida American rappers of Jamaican descent 21st-century American rappers