Pi'erre Bourne
Pi'erre Bourne
Jordan Jenks (born September 19, 1993), professionally known as Pi'erre Bourne, is an American Producer and Rapper lives in Queens, New York. He is originally from South Carolina. Bour s worked extensively with Playboi Carti, Uno The Activist, 21 Savage, Young Nudy, and Trippie Redd.
Early Life
Pi'erre Bourne "Honeyberry" Music Video
Bourne was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. His mother was in the military which required him and his family to live in the South. Pierre would spend his summers in Queens, New York where he would be introduced to hip-hop. Some of his favorite artists and collectives to listen to growing up were 50 Cent and G-Unit, DipSet, and Jeezy. When Bourne was in elementary school, his uncle showed him how to download music from the internet and how to find instrumentals. He first started making beats on his uncle's computer that had Fruity Loops on it. During his high school years, one of his favorite mixtapes was Wiz Khalifa's Kush & Orange Juice.
Education and Career Beginnings
Smoking a blunt
Bourne went to school for graphic design for a year before getting in trouble and suspended; he eventually dropped out.
He spent some time at his grandparents' place smoking weed and briefly worked at a Walmart and Target while living with his father in South Carolina.
His uncle encouraged him to go for school for music and Bourne went the SAE Institute in Atlanta to study sound engineering. He earned his certificate in nine months. A major reason why Bourne chose to relocate to Atlanta was due to the amount of rappers and producers who were blowing up in the city at the time.
While in school, he met DJ Burn One who would take Bourne under his wing in the studio.
Some of his earlier worked contained samples of Willie Hutch and Curtis Mayfield.
When his uncle advised him about the high clearance fees for using the samples, Bourne began use instruments in the studio while working with DJ Burn One.
After graduating school, the studio where Bourne worked with DJ Burn One at hired him as a full-time engineer.
He would later work for Epic Records as a sound engineer for a year and worked across a wide range of music genres. He left Epic in order to focus on his own career.
Rise to Success
Bourne met Playboi Carti in February 2017 and first worked with each other on the song Wokeuplikethis." There most successful song to date is "Magnolia." They have been best friends since and share a love for purple pack Backwoods. Bourne has produced a number of successful songs including "Baby Girl" by 21 Savage and "#FREESMOKE" by Uno The Activist. Bourne has a series of mixtapes called The Life of Pi'erre which encapsulates his production work. He is currently signed as a producer to SossHouse and Interscope Records.
Along with producing, Bourne is also a rapper and has released videos for "Water Boy" and "Honeyberry."
He aspires to be like Kanye West and produce beats for people throughout his career while still pursuing rapping.