Birth name Joshua Adam Rice Also known as J Rice Years active 2000–present | Name J Rice Occupation(s) Singer | |
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Role Musical Artist · jricemusic.net Albums Minecraft Parodies (Modded), The Covers, Vol. 2 Associated acts Jason Chen, Lisa Lavie, Kurt Hugo Schneider, Madilyn Bailey, Jessica Sanchez, Conor Maynard Similar People Jason Chen, Peter Hollens, Kurt Hugo Schneider, David Sides, Stella Mwangi | ||
Instruments Vocals, piano, trumpet | ||
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Joshua Rice (born in Washington state, USA) better known as J Rice is an independent American Conscious Pop and R&B artist. He has self-released four albums: The Intro (2005), So Close (2008) and Phantom Boyz Present: J Rice (2011), and 12+[1] (2014) with original singles "Afraid of Love" (2010) and "Thank You for the Broken Heart" (2011). He has never signed with any label, and has been a youtuber since 2011, building two channels Jriceproductions & Mineworksanimations. Those channels have accumulated over 300 million views, and over 1 million subscribers.
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- what makes you beautiful acoustic one direction cover by j rice shanna crooks
- More than words extreme feat guest artist j rice
- Career
- Albums
- Mixtapes
- Singles
- Appearances
- References
More than words extreme feat guest artist j rice
Career
J Rice came from a musical family. His mother sang opera, grandmother played the violin, and great great grandfather was in a 5-piece quartet with his brothers and sisters.[2] Josh came on to the scene in 2005 with his first self-produced/written/mixed album "The Intro", and continued to experiment with different sounds, collaborators, and social networks. He remained independent, despite production and record deals being offered throughout his career. After one of his songs "Thank You For The Broken Heart" leaked from a record label's A&R dept and started going viral on Youtube, J decided to focus his energies there, where he would build a following of over 200k subscribers. He later partnered with a small animation channel, and started making original songs and parodies, growing that channel to over 750k subscribers and over 300 million views.
In 2016, J started focusing his time on making a new album that would reflect his new found view of the world, and showcase a diverse range of genres. The 11 track album, titled "Joshua" is set for release on October 13, 2017.
J Rice[3] is known for his multi-layer solo interpretations as well as cooperation with many online artists like Ahmir, Jason Chen, Kurt Schneider, David Sides, the then unknown and the eventual American Idol season 11 runner-up Jessica Sanchez[4] and many others.
In 2009, J Rice teamed up with producers The Phantom Boyz and JUiCY RNB in cooperation with DJ Benihana releasing a mixtape called HeartBreakerz: The Official Mixtape with 18 tracks all showcasing J Rice vocals.[5] Continuing his cooperation with producers The Phantom Boyz, in 2011, he released his third studio album Phantom Boyz Present: J Rice.
J Rice was also featured in Stella Mwangi's 2011 album Kinanda on the track "Throw Me a Ladder". Mwengi's album, her second, reached number 15 on the Norwegian VG-lista official albums chart.
He also did a collaboration with The Piano Guys, singing "More Than Words".