Jemeni (singer)

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Jemeni


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Joanne Gairy
Born = 1982
Origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Genre = Hip-hop, R&B
Occupation = Singer, Actress, Broadcaster
Years_active = 2000-present
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Associated_acts = Lamar
URL = [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1829452 MySpace]

Joanne Gairy, better known by her stage name Jemeni, is an actress, writer, activist, broadcaster and community worker. She was born in Grenada, but grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario and now lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She studied Radio and Television Arts at Ryerson University, Toronto.

She is a hip-hop poet, and works in Canadian broadcasting. She was formerly the Flow 93.5 FM radio station and volunteered for the Ryerson University campus radio station CKLN. She is a music critic on Much Music cable channel and is an influential young Caribbean-Canadian woman. [http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/panelists-jemeni.htm CBC Canada Reads panelist profile] ] The Literature Alive series about Caribbean-Canadian authors (broadcast on on Bravo! Television October 6 to December 29, 2005), produced a documentary about Jemeni called "Jemeni in the City" [ [http://www.caribbeantales.ca/ct_newsletter/archives/storytellers/3/she_rocks_the_mic/index.html Literature Alive profile on Caribbean Tales] ] .

Jemeni has won the Caribbean Women of Excellence Award, the Warning Award, the Tara Award, and the Canadian Urban Music award. She defended Nalo Hopkinson's novel "Brown Girl in the Ring" for the prestigious CBC Canada Reads book competition in February 2008.

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