Jacob Reuben Marchand was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 4th 1987 to Paul and Florence Marchand. Jacob recorded his first record at the age of 5 with the New Orleans children choir singing the "our father prayer". Several people told his struggling single mother to put him in the music industry but she wanted him to finish school. To find better work his mother moved to Huntsville, Alabama and enrolled Jacob in piano, trumpet, violin and drum lessons. He began liking hip hop music and his mother who was an established poet started taking him on tours with her where he would recite the "I have a dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King. His mother was preparing him to be in front of large crowds of people at one time. Jacob began writing music as just a hobby and he was the talk of the school and in his sophomore high school year he dropped his first album entitled "incognito" in 2003. Jacob having the most likely to be famous picture in his year book made him only more hungry for the fame, fortune, and love for music. He continued to put out good music with his follow up "J.Reusalem pt. 1 the album in 2004. Some how it got to several record label executives at def jam and he was looking to sign a major deal. Unfortunately the talent company based in Atlanta, ga. Were full of scams and the deal was never completed. J.reu, who was full with disappointment in the talent company, and in the time he invested with them. Made him realize he can't depend on anyone but himself. So he put out another album in 2006 called " changing the game". He made several tracks but finally put 16 on the album. While shopping his music he ran in to longtime friend Theodore Lindsey and Mr. Lindsey began to shop J.Reu's music to his nephew "Nick Cannon" for his "can i ball" record label. At the time they had already filled there roster so J.Reu was not a good fit. He the linked up with best buy after writing a jingle for the christmas holiday best buy season. Touring ith best buy in front of thousands was easy because his mother had prepared him years before. J.Reu has come out with several other albums and even working with some of the best songwriters currently in the music/entertainment field. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.