| “ | Yo Pi'erre, wanna come out here? | ” |
―Jenks' producer tag | ||
Jordan Timothy Jenks (born: September 19, 1993), better known professionally as Pi'erre Bourne, is an American record producer and rapper known for his music and production.
Personal Life[]
Jenks was born on September 19, 1993, in Fort Riley, Kansas, and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. Inspired by his uncle Dwight who was a rapper and graphic artist, Jenks began making beats when he was in elementary school, using FL Studio on his uncle's computer.
Career[]
Jenks went to school for graphic design for a year before dropping out. At 18, his uncle encouraged him to pursue his career in music, causing Jenks to move to Atlanta to study sound engineering. While in school, he met and began collaborating with DJ Burn One, who encouraged him to create his own instrumentals and not rely on samples. After graduating school, the studio where they worked hired him as a full-time engineer. In 2015, Jenks began working for Epic Records as a sound engineer, leaving a year later to focus on his own career.
He began producing for Young Nudy and Trippie Redd in 2016. He met Playboi Carti in 2017, collaborating on the track "Woke Up Like This" and producing most tracks on his debut project. Their song "Magnolia" peaked at 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100. This kickstarted Jenks' producing career, who started producing songs for more popular artists such as 21 Savage, Trippie Redd, Rich the Kid, Lil Yachty, Famous Dex, NAV, Young Thug and Lil Uzi Vert. He has also released a series of mixtapes called The Life of Pi'erre and has his own imprint, SossHouse, at Interscope Records. He produced Travis Scott's single "Watch" He also produced Playboi Carti's album Die Lit and helped produce for Kanye West's albums Ye and Jesus Is King.
In 2019, Jenks and Young Nudy released their collaborative mixtape titled Sli'merre. All songs on the mixtape were produced by Pi'erre, and hit number 1 on Apple Music's US All Genres chart and debuted at number 167 on the Billboard 200, later peaking at number 63 the following week. In 2020, Jenks debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Producers chart, thanks to production credits on the deluxe edition of Lil Uzi Vert's second album, Eternal Atake.
In 2022, Jenks released a single called "Good Movie". In September, he released his third studio album titled Good Good Movie.
Channel History[]
Jenks created his channel on July 1, 2009, and he uploaded his first video on March 22, 2010. He uploaded short vlogs, music videos, and audio to his channel.
